Multiple Texas Tech Players Hospitalized In Horrific Lake Ransom Canyon Jet Ski Crash
Several players suffered injuries.
Texas Tech softball was at Lake Ransom Canyon for a team event Thursday. Two jet skis collided. Three players left with injuries. The school says none of them were critical.
The first 911 call hit at 3:38 p.m. Ransom Canyon police, fire, and Texas Parks and Wildlife opened an investigation. Lubbock County’s sheriff logged three adult women with injuries to extremities, legs, and a hand.
What Texas Tech Said After the Crash
Gerry Glasco. Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
A Texas Tech Athletics spokesperson confirmed the scene.
“Texas Tech Athletics can confirm members of its softball program were involved in an accident Thursday afternoon at Lake Ransom Canyon outside of Lubbock as part of a team event. There were thankfully no critical injuries as a result of the accident. All injured student-athletes have been treated and are expected to make a full recovery.”
EMS took one player to University Medical Center. The other two rode in personal vehicles. Everything Lubbock first reported the two-ski wreck and the hospital split. D1 Softball and Sports Illustrated later matched the school’s line.
Head coach Gerry Glasco posted Friday.
“Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers! Glad everyone is okay and recovering well!”
He did not name the three athletes. The school has not either.
Texas Tech softball is not a quiet program. Glasco’s teams went 115-24 over the last two seasons. They reached the Women’s College World Series finals both years and lost to Texas each time. A midweek lake day was supposed to be a break. It became a crime-scene tape and a statement.
How Texas Tech Moves On From Here
Jun 4, 2026; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Texas Longhorns infielder Viviana Martinez (23) bats in the fourth inning against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during Game Two of the NCAA WomenÕs College World Series championship series at Devon Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-Imagn Images
Names still matter in Lubbock. Patrick Mahomes put the school on national TV and later cut a $5 million check for Jones AT&T Stadium. That is football. This was the softball roster on water.
The program now waits on the investigation and on those three players. No one has said how the skis hit. No one has said who was driving. The only official medical line is full recovery expected.
College programs sell these lake days as bonding. When two machines collide, the bonding clip becomes a police report. Texas Tech wanted a team event. It got three injured players and a public note that they will be fine.
The Red Raiders still have a season to play. First, they need those three back on land, and then back in the cage.
