OU Softball: Five Sooners Selected to Represent Team USA This Summer

Four current Sooners and one Oklahoma softball legend will play for the Red, White and Blue this summer.

Ryan Chapman | Apr 12, 2024

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There is plenty of Oklahoma softball flavor on the 2024 U.S. Women’s Elite Team headed to the 2024 Japan All-Star Series this summer.

Current Sooners Kelly Maxwell, Kinzie Hansen and Jayda Coleman were all selected to represent the Red, White and Blue alongside OU legend Jocelyn Alo.

All four have represented Team USA before, and will travel to the Japan All-Star Series from July 4-8.

Former Sooner Jocelyn Erickson was also named to the team as a catcher from the Florida Gators.

OU led the way with four representatives on the squad, followed by Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Stanford, who all had two selections. Oklahoma State, UCLA and Washington all had one representative each.

Tiare Jennings will also represent the United States this summer in the WBSC World Cup Finals in Italy.

The OU co-captain was the only Sooner selected to the event that will take place from July 15-21.

Athletes were chose by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee based on evaluations from both USA Softball National Team events, trials and camps as well as performances at the collegiate level.

Published Apr 12, 2024

RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is managing editor at Sooners On SI and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK.