AUSTIN, Texas – Texas softball had four players listed among the annual All-Big 12 teams as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

Freshman catcher Taylor Ellsworth received All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Freshman team accolades. Senior pitcher Tiarra Davis and senior shortstop Devon Tunning each earned their third career All-Big 12 nods with second-team selections, while rookie outfielder Kaitlyn Washington joined Ellsworth as part of the Big 12 All Freshman squad.

This marks the 12th consecutive season that Texas softball has boasted at least four players listed among the various All-Big 12 squads dating back to 2006. With this season's four recipients, the Longhorns program has now crossed the century mark for all-league selections with 101 total.

Ellsworth has wasted little time settling into the Burnt Orange & White after skipping her senior season of high school softball to join the Texas softball program early. The local Georgetown, Texas, product currently leads the Longhorns in batting average at .422 overall, good enough to also rate third in the current Big 12 rankings, slugging percentage (.550) and is 10th in the league in on-base percentage (.439). She has registered 14 multi-hit games, including a school-record-tying 5-for-5 performance in a contest at Oklahoma State on March 26, and a team-leading seven multi-RBI efforts this season, while reaching base safely in 27 of her 37 games played. Ellsworth also tops the Longhorns in batting average against RPI Top 75 foes at .426 overall (20-for-47) with a .491 on-base mark.

In the circle for the Horns, Davis has tossed a team-best 100 innings during a season in which every contributor of a five-member Texas pitching staff has thrown at least 31.1 frames. The Henderson, Texas, product possesses a team-leading eight wins, including triumphs over nationally-ranked foes No. 15/13 Tennessee, No. 20/22 Missouri and No. 17/13 Baylor. She's often helped her own cause at the plate by batting .290 overall with 18 hits and seven RBIs. With her efforts this year, Davis has now moved into fifth all-time on the Forty Acres in wins (55), innings pitched (571.1), appearances (128), complete games (59) and strikeouts (496).

While holding down the shortstop position for the Horns in 2017, Tunning has helped set the table all season long from the top of the line-up. Texas' second-leading hitter with a .341 average, the Montgomery, Texas, native has reached base safely in 41 of 52 games while hitting safely in 34 of 52 match-ups. She currently leads the Burnt Orange & White and the Big 12 in doubles (13), is tied for ninth in the league in both hits (57) and runs scored (36) and rates 10th in walks (21). Tunning owns a team-leading 18 multi-hit and six multi-RBI performances this season and posted three hits in a single game on five occasions including against No. 16 Minnesota and Oklahoma State.

In her initial campaign at UT, Washington has proven to be a valuable contributor, especially down the stretch. Over Texas' last 14 games since starting a series at Texas Tech on April 14, the Humble, Texas, product is hitting at a .326 clip with 15 hits, 10 runs scored, a team-leading six doubles, seven walks and six RBIs while posting a 1.003 OPS. All five of Washington's career multi-hit performances have come during that 14-game stretch, including a career-high 3-for-6 effort with two doubles and a vital RBI in a 4-1 (14 inn.) triumph over the Red Raiders. For her work during the series sweep at Texas Tech (hit .467 overall with three doubles and four RBIs), she picked up her first career selection as the Big 12 Conference's Player of the Week.

Texas opens the Big 12 Tournament on Fri., May 12, with pool play match-ups against Texas Tech (11 a.m. CT at Integris Field) and No. 6 Oklahoma (2 p.m. at ASA Hall Of Fame Stadium). UT's meeting with the Sooners is slated for live broadcast on FOX College Sports.

2017 ALL-BIG 12 TEAM & AWARD WINNERS

Coach of the Year: Patty Gasso, Oklahoma (23rd season)

Player of the Year: Shay Knighten, Oklahoma (INF, So., Buena Park, Calif.)

Pitcher of the Year: Paige Parker, Oklahoma (Jr., Independence, Mo.)@

Defensive Player of the Year: Jessie Scroggins, Baylor (OF, Jr., Lakewood, Calif.)

Freshman of the Year: Nicole Mendes, Oklahoma (UTIL, Houston, Texas)^

ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM

Name School Yr. Pos. Hometown/Last School

Lindsey Cargill Baylor Sr. INF Robinson, Texas

Jessie Scroggins Baylor Jr. OF Lakewood, Calif.

Kelsee Selman Baylor Sr. RHP Lufkin, Texas / LSU

Kyla Walker Baylor So. OF Franklin, Texas

Sami Williams Iowa St. Fr. INF Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Shay Knighten Oklahoma So. INF Buena Park, Calif.

Paige Lowary Oklahoma Jr. LHP Dallas Center, Iowa / Missouri

Nicole Mendes Oklahoma Fr. UTIL Houston, Texas

Paige Parker Oklahoma Jr. LHP Independence, Mo.

Vanessa Shippy Oklahoma State Jr. UTIL Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Brandi Needham Oklahoma State Sr. RHP Dripping Springs, Texas / Illinois

Taylor Ellsworth TEXAS Fr. C/INF Georgetown, Texas

ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM

Name School Yr. Pos. Hometown/Last School

Ari Hawkins Baylor Sr. INF Mountain House, Calif.

Gia Rodoni Baylor So. RHP Los Banos, Calif.

Harli Ridling Kansas Jr. C Sentinel, Okla.

Fale Aviu Oklahoma So. OF Oceanside, Calif.

Caleigh Clifton Oklahoma So. INF Wayne, Okla.

Nicole Pendley Oklahoma Jr. OF Rio Rancho, N.M.

Sydney Romero Oklahoma So. INF San Diego, Calif.

Rylee Bayless Oklahoma State Jr. INF Kansas City, Mo. / Northeastern Oklahoma

Madi Montgomery Oklahoma State So. UTIL Burleson, Texas

Tiarra Davis TEXAS Sr. P/INF Henderson, Texas

Devon Tunning TEXAS Sr. SS/INF Montgomery, Texas

Kierra Miles Texas Tech Sr. OF Mustang, Okla.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Name School Pos. Hometown/Last School

Taylor Ellis Baylor INF Waco, Texas

Maddison Kettler Baylor OF/INF West, Texas

Shelby McGlaun Baylor P/INF Humble, Texas

Sami Williams Iowa State INF Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Mariah Lopez Oklahoma RHP Saugus, Calif.

Nicole Mendes Oklahoma UTIL Houston, Texas

Taylor Ellsworth TEXAS C/1B Georgetown, Texas

Kaitlyn Washington TEXAS OF Humble, Texas

Raina O'Neal Texas Tech OF Richmond, Texas

Kassidy Scott Texas Tech RHP Piedmont, Okla.

Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes

^ Unanimous Selection

& Two-time All-Big 12 Setter of the Year (2015-16)

@ Three-time Pitcher of the Year (2015, '16, '17)