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Report: Oklahoma Sophomore Enters Transfer Portal

Jocelyn Erickson, who just finished her freshman season with the Oklahoma Sooners, has reportedly entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. The news was first reported

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Jocelyn Erickson, who just finished her freshman season with the Oklahoma Sooners, has reportedly entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

The news was first reported was reported Monday by Justin McLeod of Extra Innings Softball via Twitter.

Erickson, from Phoenix, batted .337 this season with seven home runs, 11 doubles and 32 RBIs as she alternated as a starter between first base (16 games), right field (nine) and designated player (seven).

She began her career red hot, with home runs in four consecutive games in February, including a game on Feb. 18 against Stephen F. Austin in which she was 5-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and eight RBIs.

Jocelyn Erickson
Jocelyn Erickson :: John E. Hoover / AllSooners

By Feb. 24, her batting average had climbed to a team-leading .579. She also led the squad at that point with five home runs and 17 RBIs.

But Erickson's productivity dipped over the remainder of her rookie season, as she hit just two home runs with 18 RBIs over the next 53 games. During the Sooners' final 10 games of the postseason, the left-handed hitting Erickson batted .118 and hit just one home run with one RBI, a solo shot against California.

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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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