Oklahoma Softball: Jocelyn Alo Wins 2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Award

For the second straight 12 months, Jocelyn Alo has been named the nation’s greatest participant.

Already faculty softball’s “House Run Queen”, Alo took dwelling the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Participant of the Yr award on Tuesday evening.

Alo beat out South Florida pitcher Georgina Corrick and Washington infielder Baylee Klingler for the consideration.

Oklahoma’s tremendous senior from Hawaii accomplished her historic dwelling run chase this season, launching profession dwelling run No. 96 in her dwelling state again on March 12.

Since then, Alo hasn’t confirmed any indicators of slowing down.

Alo ranks second within the nation in batting common (.497), second in dwelling runs (29), first in slugging share (1.163) and first in on-base share (.634), all whereas having to beat an almost eight-game stretch the place opposing groups deliberately walked the Sooner slugger again and again forward of her record-breaking blast.

She’s pushed in 72 RBIs this season, which is tied with Tiare Jennings to paved the way for the Sooners, and has drawn 49 walks on the 12 months whereas solely hanging out 16 instances.

On prime of the sheer numbers that soar off the web page, Alo additionally has a knack for arising enormous when her group wants her most.

In OU’s common season finale, Alo stepped in and hit a large grand slam within the fifth inning to place her group forward of the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. And whereas Oklahoma finally fell to OSU within the Huge 12 Match Championship, she hit one other monster bomb to tie the sport again up in Oklahoma Metropolis.

She busted open Oklahoma’s first Tremendous Regional recreation towards UCF within the second inning to spur her group on to a run rule victory, and even hit a towering dwelling run in Sport 2 of the Norman Tremendous Regional, a recreation that will show to be her final at Marita Hynes Subject. 

Earlier this 12 months, Alo was named the Huge 12 Participant of the Yr, and was named to the All-Huge 12 First Crew for the fourth time in her profession.

Alo is the fifth participant all time to win the award in back-to-back seasons, and she or he is just the second Sooner ever take dwelling the award after Keilani Ricketts received the award within the 2012 and 2013 seasons. 

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