Juarez, in her first season with the Sooners after transferring from Arizona State, is 21-0 with a 1.32 ERA. Juarez has struck out 10 batters per seven innings. She's been used as Oklahoma's primary starter in a rotation with Mariah Lopez and Shannon Saile.
She would become the second Oklahoma pitcher to win the award. Keilani Ricketts, now a volunteer assistant for the Sooners, was named Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013.
The top-three finalists will be announced May 22.
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year finalists
![Giselle "G" Juarez pitches in Bedlam softball as the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) play the Oklahoma State Cowboys (OSU) at Marita Hynes Field at the OU Softball Complex on May 4, 2019 in Norman, Okla. [Steve Sisney/For The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/large960_blur-a2e9450ec01a5768b74d610dc811f4b8.jpg)