Four Oklahoma Sooners make Top 25 finalists for Player of the Year
No team in the country has more players in USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 list than Oklahoma.
Four is a good number for Oklahoma softball. It's the number of straight national championships the Sooners won from 2021 to 2024 and, as of Wednesday, it's the number of Oklahoma softball players who named to USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 list . OU is the only team in the country who had four such players on the list.
Gabbie Garcia, a sophomore infielder, is one of just two second-year players among the top 25. With three games left in the regular season and several more expected during the postseason, Garcia has already eclipsed her freshman year totals in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs and walks. Her 22 homers and 66 RBIs both rank third in the Southeastern Conference .
Parker, one of the team's best players in last year's postseason, picked up where she left off this year. The senior outfielder is hitting . 430 with 19 homers and 57 RBIs.
Minor and Wells, both freshmen, are the only two first-year players on the list. Minor's . 440 batting average is tops among SEC freshman and third in the nation among freshman.