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2023 Oklahoma Sooners Softball Team
The 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-ninth season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex. They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished with a 61–1 record, including 18–0 in conference play. The Sooners only loss on the season was during an early season tournament in Waco, Texas to the Baylor Bears softball, Baylor Bears, 3–4. The Sooners won the 2023 Big 12 Conference softball tournament, 2023 Big 12 Tournament, and qualified for the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They advanced to the 2023 Women's College World Series, where they defeated Florida State Seminoles softball, Florida State in two games to win their seventh championship in program history, and third consecutive championship. They became the first team to three-peat since UCLA Bruins softball, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Gasso
Patricia Marie Gasso ( née Froehlich; born May 27, 1962) is an American softball coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. She has been the head softball coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1995. She has led the Sooners team to seven national championships (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023) and has compiled a career record of 1,456–345–2 and a winning percentage of . Early years Born Patricia Marie Froehlich in Los Angeles, Gasso grew up in Torrance, California. She played softball at California State University, Long Beach. She also coached softball at Long Beach City College from 1990 to 1994, compiling a record of 161–59–1. Oklahoma In 29 years at the University of Oklahoma, she has compiled a record of 1,395–344–2 and a winning percentage of .(Enter "gasso" in the "Last Name" box and click the "Coach" button to retrieve Gasso's career record.) Her teams have advanced to the Women's College World Series fourteen times and won the national championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Oklahoma Sooners Softball Team
The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-eighth season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex. They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished the season with a 59–3 record, including 17–1 in conference play. Previous season The Sooners finished the 2021 season 56–4 overall, and 16–1 in the Big 12, finishing in first place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Sooners received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament after winning the Big 12 Tournament. During the NCAA tournament they defeated Morgan State in the regional finals and Washington in the super regionals. They won the 2021 Women's College World Series over Florida State. Preseason Oklahoma was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the preseason polls by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona State Sun Devils Softball
The Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represents Arizona State University in NCAA Division I College softball. The team competes in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays its home games at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Clint Myers, former head coach of the Sun Devils, guided the team to the Women's College World Series in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The Sun Devils team won the National Championship in 2008 & 2011. History 1960s and 1970s The Sun Devil softball team began in 1967. By the 1970s, the team had been established under head coach Mary Littlewood as a power. Some of the best players in the country became Sun Devils in the early 1970s. Among them were: Paula Miller; Marilyn Rau; Ginger Kurtz and Judy Hoke. All of these women at one time during their playing careers were selected as Amateur Softball Association All-Americans. The 1972 and 1973 teams won the Women's College World Series, which at the time was not organized by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oklahoman
''The Oklahoman'' is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, United States, and is the only regional daily that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area. The Alliance for Audited Media (formerly Audit Bureau Circulation) lists it as the 59th largest U.S. newspaper in circulation. ''The Oklahoman'' has been published by Gannett (formerly known as GateHouse Media) owned by Fortress Investment Group and its investor Softbank since October 1, 2018. On November 11, 2019, GateHouse Media and Gannett announced GateHouse Media would be acquiring Gannett and taking the Gannett name. The acquisition of Gannett was finalized on November 19, 2019. Copies are sold for $2 daily or $3 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day; prices are higher outside Oklahoma and adjacent counties. Ownership The newspaper was founded in 1889 by Samuel W. Small, Sam Small and taken over in 1903 by Edward K. Gaylord. Gaylord would run the paper for 71 years, and upon his death, the paper remained under the Gaylord family. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Wolverines Softball
The Michigan Wolverines softball team represents the University of Michigan in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I competition. College softball became a varsity sport at the University of Michigan in 1978. Bonnie Tholl has been the head coach since 2023, following the retirement of longtime head coach Carol Hutchins. In 2005, Hutchins' team became the first Division I softball team since 1976 from east of the Mississippi River to win the Women's College World Series. History Soluk years Gloria Soluk was the first head coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team. When she was hired by Michigan in 1977, it was as Michigan's women's basketball coach, and there was no softball team. She later recalled, "I was asked to serve as the head coach for the first few seasons in order to get things off the ground." In her three seasons as head coach from 1978 to 1980, the Wolverines compiled a record of 50 wins and 25 losses for a .667 winning percentage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redshirt
Redshirt, Red Shirt, or Redshirts may refer to: Entertainment * ''Red Shirts'' (film), a 1952 film about Anita Garibaldi by Franco Rossi * Redshirt (stock character), originally derived from ''Star Trek'', a stock character who dies soon after being introduced * ''Redshirts'' (novel), a 2012 novel by John Scalzi * "Redshirts" (song), a 2012 song by Jonathan Coulton * ''Redshirt'' (video game), a 2013 video game by Mitu Khandaker Places * Red Shirt Lake, a lake in Alaska * Red Shirt, South Dakota, a Lakota village in South Dakota * Red Shirt Table, a table mountain in South Dakota Politics * Khudai Khidmatgar or Red Shirts, a Pashtun movement against British rule in colonial India * Redshirts (Italy), followers of guerrilla leader Giuseppe Garibaldi * Red Shirts (Mexico), a Mexican anti-Catholic paramilitary organization of the 1930s * Abahlali baseMjondolo or Red shirts, a South African shack-dwellers' movement * Red Shirts (Taiwan) or Million Voices Against Corruption, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Storako
Alex Ryann Storako (born March 6, 2000) is an American softball pitcher for the Oklahoma City Spark of Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She played college softball for Michigan and Oklahoma. As a junior in 2021, she set a Michigan program record with 22 strikeouts in a game and was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. Early life Storako was born in Frankfort, Illinois, to Rob and Jamie Storako, and moved to Bourbonnais, Illinois at the age of seven. Storako attended Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee, Illinois her freshman and sophomore years of high school, before transferring to Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, Illinois. High School career As a freshman, she averaged more than a strikeout per inning and pitched the Irish to a third-place finish in Class 2A. As a sophomore, she led Bishop McNamara to the Class 3A Elite Eight, and finished the season with a 1.85 earned run average (ERA) and 201 strikeouts. Offensively, she hit .433 with 19 extra-base hits and 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oklahoma Daily
''OU Daily'', formally known as The Oklahoma Daily, is the independent, student-produced newspaper at the University of Oklahoma, with a circulation of 6,000. Though it maintains a connection with OU's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the newspaper is not a part of required learning for journalism students at OU. Some classes, however, are offered at ''The Daily'' for academic credit. ''The Daily'' is operated by OU Student Media, a division of Student Affairs, which also houses the ''Sooner'' yearbook, ''Sower'' magazine, the OU Visitor Guide and an advertising office. At the paper, students are hired year round on both a paid and volunteer basis. The editor-in-chief is the only person to serve an entire school year in the same position, and the editorial board changes every semester. The newspaper runs an average of 8 to 12 pages per edition depending on the amount of advertisements sold. Because ''The Daily'' no longer owns an on-campus printer, editions ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Lady Volunteers Softball
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team represents the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA Division I women's softball competition. Coached by Karen Weekly, the team has become a consistently top tier team in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball. In September 2017, the “Lady Volunteers” name was reinstated for all women’s athletics teams. Overview The Lady Vols first fielded a softball team in 1996 with Jim Beitia as head coach. In 2002, Tennessee brought in the husband and wife team of Ralph and Karen Weekly as co-head coaches. Since 2004, the team has reached the NCAA Tournament every year and the Women's College World Series five times. In 2007 the Lady Vols managed to make history finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Cougars Softball
The Houston Cougars softball team is the college softball team of the University of Houston. The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference as a Division I (NCAA), Division I team. Their home games are played at Cougar Softball Stadium on-campus. The team was established in 2001, and was the regular season champion of Conference USA three times. The Cougars are coached by Kristin Vesely. Until their permanent home field was completed near the end of their inaugural season, the Cougars played their home games at Baseball USA, a complex in West Houston. Head coaches Notes: Through 2023 season. Awards and honors Conference awards ;American Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year, AAC Pitcher of the Year *Savannah Heebner, 2018 ;AAC Player of the Year *Shelby Miller, 2017 *Sarah Barker, 2019 ;AAC Rookie of the Year *Arielle James, 2017 See also *List of NCAA Division I softball programs References External links * Houston Cougars softball 2001 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Longhorns Softball
The Texas Longhorns softball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in softball in 1997; the softball team competed as a club team for one year in 1996. Texas has an all-time varsity win–loss record of 986–435–3 () as of the end of the 2021 season. The Longhorns have won four regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships in softball.2017 Texas Softball Fact Book, pp. 2, 52–58 (The Big 12 did not hold a softball tournament during the 2011 to 2016 seasons.) Texas has made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 26 seasons of varsity competition, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) six times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022) and the super regional round, which was introduced in 2005, on eight occasions. The Longhorns play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Women's College World Series
The 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 20 through June 9, 2022, as the final part of the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament culminated with the 2022 Women's College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Format A total of 64 teams entered the tournament, with 32 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 32 bids were issued at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Bids The Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12 and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular-season champion. All other conferences had their automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner. Automatic At-large By conference National seeds 16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 15 at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
