Alo Selected as Finalist for Player of the Year

NORMAN — Oklahoma senior utility player Jocelyn Alo has been named one of the three finalists for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, USA Softball announced Wednesday.

Alo, the Big 12 Player of the Year and First Team All-Big 12 selection, has paced the potent Oklahoma offense in 2021, holding the nation's lead in home runs (27) and slugging percentage (1.120) and ranks second in RBIs (75) and fifth in batting average (.479).

The senior slugger has homered in 25 of OU's 47 games, including two grand slams and two multi-home run games. She has successfully reached base in 59 of OU's last 60 games dating back to last season, including going on a program record 40-game consecutive hit streak from Feb. 21, 2020 vs. Texas A&M to April 3, 2021 vs. Kansas.

Additionally, Alo tied the NCAA record for consecutive games with a home run at seven from March 7 vs. Sam Houston through OU's first matchup with Iowa State, March 26. The Hauula, Hawaii, native has 81 career homers, just 14 shy of the OU and NCAA career record for home runs (95), set by 2015 OU grad Lauren Chamberlain.

No. 1 Oklahoma was one of three programs to have multiple top-10 finalists for the award, as Tiare Jennings was a Top-10 candidate the the award, considered the most prestigious honor in NCAA Division I softball.

Alo joins UCLA's Rachel Garcia and Washington's Gabbie Plain as the three finalists. The winner will be announced June 1 prior to the start of the NCAA Women's College World Series

Oklahoma alumna Keilani Ricketts was a two-time recipient of the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award in 2012 and 2013. Most recently, 2019 graduate Sydney Romero was a top-three finalist in 2019.

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