WATCH: Oklahoma Star Tiare Jennings Throws Out First Pitch at Dodgers Game

The Sooners fabulous freshman joined her coach by tossing out the ceremonial first pitch for her hometown MLB club.

John E. Hoover|

WATCH: Oklahoma Star Tiare Jennings Throws Out First Pitch at Dodgers Game

Tiare Jennings' freshman year couldn't get any better. But it did.

Jennings, the National Freshman of the Year and a national champion second baseman for the Oklahoma Sooners, got to throw out the first pitch before the Los Angeles Dodgers game against Pittsburgh on Monday night.

She's a 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 🤩@_tiarejennings | @Dodgers pic.twitter.com/pQkjQj2R1M
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) August 17, 2021

Jennings, from nearby San Pedro, CA, set a national freshman record with 92 RBIs as she helped lead the Sooners to this year's national title — Patty Gasso's fifth at OU. She batted .462 with 27 home runs in her first collegiate season.

Jennings was the second Sooner to throw out a ceremonial pitch for the Dodgers this summer. Gasso, who grew up listening to Vin Scully call Dodger games on the radio, got the honor on Aug. 16.

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Published Aug 18, 2021

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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