Upcoming Event: Softball versus Battle Series - 1 on October 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Softball
vs Battle Series - 1
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2025 Softball Roster
Parker, Ella
Jersey Number 5
Ella Parker
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- null
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
Bio
Career Highlights & Honors
2025 (Sophomore): First Team NFCA All-American ... hit .423 with 51 runs, 74 hits, 19 doubles, 15 home runs, 53 RBIs, 36 walks and a .789 slugging percentage ... primarily played as the team's designated player ... also made a few starts in the field during the early parts of the season ... hit .457 over her final ten games of the season, launching five home runs and driving in 10 ... finished the season on an eight-game hitting streak ... hit a walk-off three-run home run in OU's 4-3 win against No. 7 Tennessee in the opening game of the Women's College World Series ... homered and drove in three to help OU clinch the Super Regional with a 13-2 win against No. 15 Alabama ... NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team pick ... 2025 SEC All-Tournament pick ... riding a nine-game hitting streak entering NCAA Regionals ... started the year off hitting safely in her first 11 games to stretch her hitting streak to 15 by taking into account four games at the end of the 2024 season ... went 3-for-3 with two RBIs during an 11-3 win against No. 18/17 Oklahoma State April 9 ... reached in all four plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with 3 runs in a 6-5 win against No. 15/16 Mississippi State April 20 ... hit .591 in the opening weekend, earning SEC Player of the Week honors ... her .574 batting average through the first 19 games was good for the best such total since at least 2017 over the opening 19 games of a season ... reached 100-career hits Feb. 28 against Marshall ... also earned SEC Player of the Week honors Feb. 17 ... launched a big three-run homer in OU's 8-0 win against Mizzou March 21 ... hit two homers in an 8-0 win against Hofstra Feb. 15 ... homered in her return to her hometown in a win at LMU Feb. 8 ... hit a grand slam in OU's 6-0 win against UCF April 4.
2024 (Freshman): Named a top-three finalist for TUCCI/NFCA DI Freshman of the Year in an incredible debut campaign anchoring the top of the Oklahoma lineup as the club’s leading hitter … Started 58 games and appeared in all 66 contests, producing a ridiculous .415/.516/.722 triple-slash for a 1.238 OPS … Drove in 62 runs, homered 13 times and crushed 15 doubles … Collected 73 hits and scored 60 runs … Led OU with 17 stolen bases on 21 tries for a 81% success rate … Drew walks at a 15.7% clip … Led the Sooners with a .553 weighted on-base average while also ranking first in batting average and stolen bases, second in on-base percentage, doubles and RBIs, third in hits and runs scored and fourth in home runs … Crushed right-handed pitchers to the tune of a team-leading .467 batting average and a 1.372 OPS … Slashed .429/.525/.778 for a 1.303 OPS with runners in scoring position, leading Oklahoma in batting average in RISP situations … Produced 22 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs 15 times … Added five three-hit games … Oklahoma’s primary DP also saw time at first base and the outfield corners … Logged 21.0 errorless innings at first, converting each of her 19 chances in the field … Played 3.0 frames in right field and 2.0 in left … Drove in a career-high five runs vs. Baylor (3/23) … Homered twice vs. Seattle (2/25) and at UCF (4/28) … Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2024 Big 12 Championships after going 7-for-10 (.700) with six runs scored, a home run, two doubles and five runs batted in … Added WCWS All-Tournament honors, batting a team-leading .381 with a home run and five RBIs as the Sooners claimed their fourth-straight NCAA Championship … Earned third-team All-America honors from the NFCA and added Freshman All-American laurels from Softball America … Together with Kasidi Pickering became the first OU freshman duo to both record double-digit home runs and 50+ RBIs in their debut campaign.
FUN FACTS: Nickname is EP ... Favorite food is her dad’s spaghetti ... Favorite professional team growing up is the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Favorite athlete is Aleshia Ocasio ... Would love to play track or water polo if not softball ... Favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... Wanted to be an ice cream scooper when she was growing up ... Biggest fear is bugs ... Favorite musical artist is Ariana Grande ... Dream vacation spot is the Maldives ... Loves taking photos on her camera and cooking new recipes ... Favorite show right now is Night Agent ... Dream job is sports psychologist ... Favorite book is Catcher in the Rye.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed-hitting utility player from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. … Extra Innings’ No. 3 ranked recruit in the class of 2023 … No. 15 recruit in the class by Softball America … Enjoyed a monster junior season, hitting .651 with 11 home runs, 31 RBIs, a .768 on-base percentage and a 2.04 ERA across 34.1 innings pitched ... 2021-22 Mission League CIF Most Valuable Player ... 2021-22 All-CIF ... 2021-22 Cal-Hi All-State Team ... 2022 Mission League Team Champions.
CLUB: Played club ball for OC Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, Calif.) … 2022 Alliance Fastpitch National Champions ... 2022 Top Club National Champions ... 2022 Triple Crown National Champions ... 2021 Alliance All-Tournament.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Melissa and Keith Parker … Has three siblings (Mia, Ava and Keith Jr.) … Sister, Mia, played softball at George Washington … Uncle, Dave Roberts, played baseball at UCLA and is manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Health and exercise science major.
- 2025 NFCA First Team All-American
- 2024 NFCA Third Team All-American
- 2025 NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team
- 2024 NFCA Central All-Region Third Team
- National Champion (2024)
- 2x WCWS All-Tournament Team (2024, 2025)
- 2x SEC Player of the Week
- 2025 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2024 Softball America Freshman All-American
- 2024 NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Top 3 Finalist
- 2024 Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2024 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- 2023-24 Big 12 Academic All-Rooke Team
- Ranked No. 11 D1Softball's final player rankings of 2025
- Ranked No. 10 in Softball American's final player rankings of 2025
- Spring 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Sophomore): First Team NFCA All-American ... hit .423 with 51 runs, 74 hits, 19 doubles, 15 home runs, 53 RBIs, 36 walks and a .789 slugging percentage ... primarily played as the team's designated player ... also made a few starts in the field during the early parts of the season ... hit .457 over her final ten games of the season, launching five home runs and driving in 10 ... finished the season on an eight-game hitting streak ... hit a walk-off three-run home run in OU's 4-3 win against No. 7 Tennessee in the opening game of the Women's College World Series ... homered and drove in three to help OU clinch the Super Regional with a 13-2 win against No. 15 Alabama ... NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team pick ... 2025 SEC All-Tournament pick ... riding a nine-game hitting streak entering NCAA Regionals ... started the year off hitting safely in her first 11 games to stretch her hitting streak to 15 by taking into account four games at the end of the 2024 season ... went 3-for-3 with two RBIs during an 11-3 win against No. 18/17 Oklahoma State April 9 ... reached in all four plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with 3 runs in a 6-5 win against No. 15/16 Mississippi State April 20 ... hit .591 in the opening weekend, earning SEC Player of the Week honors ... her .574 batting average through the first 19 games was good for the best such total since at least 2017 over the opening 19 games of a season ... reached 100-career hits Feb. 28 against Marshall ... also earned SEC Player of the Week honors Feb. 17 ... launched a big three-run homer in OU's 8-0 win against Mizzou March 21 ... hit two homers in an 8-0 win against Hofstra Feb. 15 ... homered in her return to her hometown in a win at LMU Feb. 8 ... hit a grand slam in OU's 6-0 win against UCF April 4.
2024 (Freshman): Named a top-three finalist for TUCCI/NFCA DI Freshman of the Year in an incredible debut campaign anchoring the top of the Oklahoma lineup as the club’s leading hitter … Started 58 games and appeared in all 66 contests, producing a ridiculous .415/.516/.722 triple-slash for a 1.238 OPS … Drove in 62 runs, homered 13 times and crushed 15 doubles … Collected 73 hits and scored 60 runs … Led OU with 17 stolen bases on 21 tries for a 81% success rate … Drew walks at a 15.7% clip … Led the Sooners with a .553 weighted on-base average while also ranking first in batting average and stolen bases, second in on-base percentage, doubles and RBIs, third in hits and runs scored and fourth in home runs … Crushed right-handed pitchers to the tune of a team-leading .467 batting average and a 1.372 OPS … Slashed .429/.525/.778 for a 1.303 OPS with runners in scoring position, leading Oklahoma in batting average in RISP situations … Produced 22 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs 15 times … Added five three-hit games … Oklahoma’s primary DP also saw time at first base and the outfield corners … Logged 21.0 errorless innings at first, converting each of her 19 chances in the field … Played 3.0 frames in right field and 2.0 in left … Drove in a career-high five runs vs. Baylor (3/23) … Homered twice vs. Seattle (2/25) and at UCF (4/28) … Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2024 Big 12 Championships after going 7-for-10 (.700) with six runs scored, a home run, two doubles and five runs batted in … Added WCWS All-Tournament honors, batting a team-leading .381 with a home run and five RBIs as the Sooners claimed their fourth-straight NCAA Championship … Earned third-team All-America honors from the NFCA and added Freshman All-American laurels from Softball America … Together with Kasidi Pickering became the first OU freshman duo to both record double-digit home runs and 50+ RBIs in their debut campaign.
FUN FACTS: Nickname is EP ... Favorite food is her dad’s spaghetti ... Favorite professional team growing up is the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Favorite athlete is Aleshia Ocasio ... Would love to play track or water polo if not softball ... Favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... Wanted to be an ice cream scooper when she was growing up ... Biggest fear is bugs ... Favorite musical artist is Ariana Grande ... Dream vacation spot is the Maldives ... Loves taking photos on her camera and cooking new recipes ... Favorite show right now is Night Agent ... Dream job is sports psychologist ... Favorite book is Catcher in the Rye.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed-hitting utility player from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. … Extra Innings’ No. 3 ranked recruit in the class of 2023 … No. 15 recruit in the class by Softball America … Enjoyed a monster junior season, hitting .651 with 11 home runs, 31 RBIs, a .768 on-base percentage and a 2.04 ERA across 34.1 innings pitched ... 2021-22 Mission League CIF Most Valuable Player ... 2021-22 All-CIF ... 2021-22 Cal-Hi All-State Team ... 2022 Mission League Team Champions.
CLUB: Played club ball for OC Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, Calif.) … 2022 Alliance Fastpitch National Champions ... 2022 Top Club National Champions ... 2022 Triple Crown National Champions ... 2021 Alliance All-Tournament.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Melissa and Keith Parker … Has three siblings (Mia, Ava and Keith Jr.) … Sister, Mia, played softball at George Washington … Uncle, Dave Roberts, played baseball at UCLA and is manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Health and exercise science major.
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