2012 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL | SIX WCWS APPEARANCES | EIGHT BIG 12 TITLES | 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 38 ALL-AMERICANS David Bassity, Assistant Communications Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 West Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 Phone: (405) 274-1455 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @SoonerSoftball 84 ALL-REGION SELECTIONS | 7 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 4 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 64 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM HONOREES | 79 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS 2012 RESULTS FEBRUARY Sportco Kick-Off Classic 10 vs. Cal State Bakersfield Las Vegas, Nev. W, 6-0 at. UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. W, 5-0 11 vs. Weber State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 12-2 (5) vs. Kent State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 6-0 12 vs. Kent State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 11-1 ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge 17 vs. Virginia Tech Auburn, Ala. W, 10-0 (5) vs. #20 Georgia Tech Auburn, Ala. L, 1-0 San Diego State (7-4, 0-0 MW) Boise State (7-3, 0-0 WAC) #13 Georgia (6-1, 0-0 SEC) North Texas (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt) 18 vs. #2 Alabama Auburn, Ala. Cancelled vs. #24 Auburn Auburn, Ala. Cancelled February 23, 2012 February 24, 2012 February 25, 2012 February 29, 2012 8:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Cathedral City Classic 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 23 vs. San Diego State Palm Springs, Calif. 8:00 p.m. Series: Oklahoma leads 7-1 Series: Oklahoma leads 1-0 vs. UC Davis Palm Springs, Calif. 10:30 p.m. 24 vs. Boise State Palm Springs, Calif. 5:30 p.m. Series: Series tied 1-1 Series: Oklahoma leads 21-0 vs. #14 Stanford Palm Springs, Calif. 8:00 p.m. UC Davis (2-4, 0-0 Big West) #14 Stanford (8-3, 0-0 Pac 12) 25 vs. #13 Georgia Palm Springs, Calif. 12:00 p.m. February 23, 2012 February 24, 2012 Most recent: 2-24-11 Most recent: 5-5-11 29 at North Texas Denton, Texas 6:00 p.m. 10:30 pm. 8:00 pm. Result: OU lost 1-0 Result: OU won 9-1(5) MARCH Series: Never Met Series: Stanford leads 2-1 2 vs. LSU NORMAN 6:00 p.m. 3 vs. LSU Oklahoma City, Okla. 4:00 p.m. vs. Iowa Oklahoma City, Okla. 6:30 p.m. 2012 TEAM INFORMATION No. 6 Oklahoma (6-1) heads to its third tournament 4 vs. Iowa NORMAN 11:00 a.m. 6 Austin Peay NORMAN 5:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record ........................................................................6-1 in three weeks as it travels to Palm Springs, Calif., this Marriott presents Oklahoma Spring Festival 2012 Conference Record (Standing) .....................................0-0 (T-1st) weekend for the Cathedral City Classic. 9 vs. Indiana NORMAN 6:00 p.m. 2012 USA Today/NFCA Ranking ...........................................................6 10 vs. Wichita State NORMAN 1:30 p.m. vs. Indiana NORMAN 4:00 p.m. 2012 ESPN.com/USA Softball Ranking ................................................6 Oklahoma will play five games in three days begin- 11 vs. Wichita State NORMAN 1:00 p.m. ning with back-to-back games against San Diego Judi Garman Classic 2012 OUTLOOK State and UC Davis on Thursday night at 8 and 10:30 15 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. 3:00 p.m. vs. #12 Michigan Fullerton, Calif. 7:30 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................................13/3 p.m. CST respectively. 16 vs. Virginia Fullerton, Calif. 3:00 p.m. Position Starters Returning/Lost .....................................................5/3 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. 7:30 p.m. 17 vs. #5 Washington Fullerton, Calif. 1:00 p.m. Pitchers Returning Lost ...................................................................4/0 Friday will feature the Sooners in back-to-back games 23 at #9 Baylor Waco, Texas 6:30 p.m. Newcomers .........................................................................................6 again as they face Boise State and No. 14 Stanford 24 at #9 Baylor Waco, Texas 2:00 p.m. All-Americans Returning/Lost .........................................................2/0 at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. CST before closing out the 25 at #9 Baylor Waco, Texas 12:00 p.m. 28 vs. #21 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. 7:30 p.m. event Saturday morning versus No. 13 Georgia at 12 30 vs. Kansas NORMAN 7:00 p.m. p.m. CST. 31 vs. Kansas NORMAN 2:00 p.m. 2011 AWARDS AND HONORS APRIL 1 vs. Kansas NORMAN 12:00 p.m. NFCA All-Americans NFCA Player of the Week The event gives OU yet another stiff challenge on its 5 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 7:00 p.m. schedule as San Diego State was one of 17 teams on 6 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 7:00 p.m. Keilani Ricketts, first team Keilani Ricketts, May 10 7 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 12:00 p.m. Jessica Shults, second team OU’s schedule to reach the 2011 NCAA tournament 11 at #21 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7:00 p.m. 13 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 7:00 p.m. USA Softball Collegiate Player while Stanford and Georgia are two of eight teams 14 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 3:00 p.m. NFCA All-Central Region of the Year Top 25 that advanced to the 2011 NCAA Super Regionals. 15 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 12:00 p.m. 18 vs. North Texas NORMAN 6:00 p.m. Destinee Martinez, first team Keilani Ricketts 20 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 7:00 p.m. Keilani Ricketts, first team Jessica Shults 21 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 2:00 p.m. Georgia and Oklahoma met in 2011 at OU’s first game 22 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 12:00 p.m. Jessica Shults, first team in the event with the Bulldogs claiming a 1-0 win as 25 vs. #21 Oklahoma State NORMAN 7:00 p.m. Brittany Williams, first team Big 12 Player of the Week 28 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 1:00 p.m. the Sooners went on drop four of five games. 29 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 12:00 p.m. Jessica Shults, February 15 All-Big 12 Dani Dobbs, March 22 MAY OU holds a 10-4 series record over its opponents this 4 vs. #8 Texas NORMAN 7:00 p.m. Chana’e Jones, first team 5 vs. #8 Texas NORMAN 2:00 p.m. weekend. 6 vs. #8 Texas NORMAN 12:00 p.m. Destinee Martinez, first team Big 12 Pitcher of the Week 11 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 4:00 p.m. Keilani Ricketts, first team Keilani Ricketts, February 15 12 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 2:00 p.m. The Sooners are coming off their first loss of the 13 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 12:00 p.m. Dani Dobbs, second team Keilani Ricketts, May 10 Haley Nix, second team season, a 1-0 defeat at the hands of No. 20 Georgia NCAA Regional Tech. The Yellow Jackets, the 2011 ACC regular season 18 TBD CAMPUS SITES TBA Jessica Shults, second team champions, held the Sooners scoreless for the first NCAA Super Regional 25 TBD Campus Sites TBA CoSIDA Academic All-District time in 21 games. Dani Dobbs, second team NCAA Women’s College World Series 31 TBD Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA OU splits its ACC series at the ACC/Big 12/SEC Chal- Academic All-Big 12 lenge last weekend with a 10-0 five-inning, run-rule Note: All times listed as central Dani Dobbs, first team defeat of Virginia Tech before games with No. 2 Michelle Gascoigne, first team Alabama and Auburn were rained out. Chana’e Jones, first team 2012 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL 2 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 00 Destinee Martinez OF L/R 5-3 So. 1L Corona, Calif. (Roosevelt HS) Find us on Facebook! 2 Brianna Turang OF L/R 5-6 Jr. 2L Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) 7 Javen Henson INF R/R 5-7 So. 1L Red Oak, Okla. (Red Oak HS) Oklahoma Sooners - Official Page 8 Ali Vandever INF R/R 5-5 So. 1L Davenport, Okla. (Davenport HS 10 Keilani Ricketts LHP L/L 6-2 Jr. 2L San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS) 12 Callie Parsons OF L/L 5-4 Fr. HS Pryor, Okla. (Pryor HS) 17 Kelley Reeves INF R/R 5-6 Fr. HS Arvado, Colo. (Ralston Valley HS) 18 Jessica Shults C L/R 5-9 Jr. 2L Valencia, Calif. (Hart HS) 22 Allee Allen LHP R/L 5-6 Sr. 3L Buena Park, Calif. (Kennedy HS) 23 Brittany Williams UTL L/R 5-6 So. 1L Santa Clarita, Calif. (Canyon HS) 27 Jessica Vest INF R/R 5-4 Fr. HS Hollister, Calif. (San Benito HS) 28 Haley McGregor OF R/R 5-6 So. 1L Wichita, Kan. (The Independent School) 32 Michelle Gascoigne LHP R/L 5-9 Jr. 2L Benicia, Calif. (Benicia HS) 33 Katie Norris UTL R/R 5-11 Sr. 3L Stillwater, Okla. (Stillwater HS) 40 Kirsten Allen RHP R/R 5-11 Sr. 3L Union, Ky. (Ryle HS) 42 Georgia Casey RHP/INF R/R 5-5 Fr. TR Sydney, Australia (Mount St. Benedict College) Follow Sooner softball on Twitter! 44 Lauren Chamberlain INF R/R 5-9 Fr. HS Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (El Toro HS) www.Twitter.com/SoonerSoftball 63 Erica Sampson C/OF R/R 5-7 Fr. HS Tahlequah, Okla. (Tahlequah HS) WHAT DID YOU SAY? RICKETTS SETS CAREER STRIKEOUTS RECORD FIRST INNING OU Softball Pronunciation Guide Keilani Ricketts needed just appearance in the 2012 to capture the The Oklahoma pitching staff is not letting its opponents get much in Oklahom career strikeouts record.