USA Today noted that Canady’s impact on the field was immediate and unmatched. Despite suffering a minor injury, she helped lead Texas Tech to its first Big 12 regular-season and conference titles

Until allowing five Texas softball runs on five hits in the first inning of a 10-4 trampling, Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady didn’t know limits.

Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady threw every pitch for the Red Raiders in the Women’s College World Series, all the way through the first two games of the championship series and the first inning of the third.