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Oklahoma Lands Commit from Another Hawaii Softball Star

Ori Mailo committed to Patty Gasso and the Sooners on Monday, marking the third week in a row OU's 2026 recruiting class has landed one of the nation's top stars.

John E. Hoover

Ori Mailo
Ori Mailo / Ori Mailo via Twitter/X

Patty Gasso landed another commitment to the Oklahoma softball program on Monday.

Jerrell “Obi” Mailo, a prospect in the 2026 recruiting class, announced her verbal commitment to OU via Twitter/X.

“God is always good and His steadfast love endures,” she wrote. “I am extremely honored and humbled to announce that I will be verbally committing to the University of Oklahoma to further my academic and athletic career. Thank you to coach Patty Gasso and the OU staff for believing in me! #BOOMER!

According to On3 rankings, she’s the No. 40 overall player in the nation, No. 18 among infielders, and the No. 1-ranked player in Hawaii. She plays first and third base and also pitches in high school.

A 5-foot-4 power hitter, Mailo hails from Waianae on the island of Oahu, Hawaii — the same island as Oklahoma’s NCAA home run queen, Jocelyn Alo. She attends Mililani High School, where former OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel went to school.

Mailo hit 17 home runs for her travel ball team this summer. She posted on Twitter that her goal going into the summer was to hit 10 homers.

It's the third week in a row Gasso has landed a 2026 recruit. Last week, Arizona outfielder Peyton Westra committed to Oklahoma. The week before, OU picked up a pledge from California pitcher Malaya Majam-Finch, the niece of softball legend Jennie Finch.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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