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Oklahoma Lands Local Softball Star

Allyssa Parker is a dominating pitcher at Pocola High School in he 2025 recruiting class, and on Monday she announced she'll join Patty Gasso's Sooners.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma Lands Local Softball Star
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Patty Gasso landed another home grown talent on Monday.

At just after 1 p.m. — a few hours after Gasso posted her usual tease on Twitter — Pocola star Allyssa Parker announced she had committed to the Sooners.

Parker, a member of the 2025 class and Gasso’s third verbal commit in the past week, said on Twitter she was “extremely grateful” to represent her home state.

Parker’s Twitter bio says she plays club ball for the Aces 18U team and indicates she pitches and plays infield. Her profile on SportsRecruits.com shows she plays shortstop, second base and third base.

The 5-foot-11 Parker is expected to pitch for the Sooners. According to Extra Innings Softball, Parker is the No. 8 overall prospect in the nation and ranks No. 4 nationally among pitchers.

In a game last week for Pocola, Parker logged 14 strikeouts and hit a grand slam. She is a finalist for Prep Nation TV's State Player of the Year in Oklahoma.

Last week Gasso made two other additions to the 2025 class, landing Sophia Bordi and Kendall Wells. 

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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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