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
Sooners Well Represented in Inaugural Season of the AUSL
June 07, 2025 | Softball
Jennings, Landry, Ricketts, Romero, Trautwein and Wondrasek Set for 2025 Season
NORMAN — Oklahoma Softball is well represented in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) as play opens Saturday, June 7 in Rosemont, Ill., and Wichita, Kan.
Sooner alumni Tiare Jennings (2021-24), Sam Landry (2024), Keilani Ricketts (2010-13), Sydney Romero (2016-19) and Hope Trautwein (2022) will suit up in the first season of the AUSL. Director of Player Development Ryan Wondrasek will serve on the Blaze coaching staff.
AUSL games will be broadcast on ESPN, MLB Network, MLB.com, MLB.TV and the MLB app throughout the summer. Love's Field will host four games between the Volts and Talons June 20-23.
Jennings, a four-time NFCA All-American and four-time national champion at OU, will join Landry on the Volts. A native of San Pedro, Calif., Jennings also serves as a student assistant coach with OU Softball. The infielder goes down as one of the most decorated players in Sooner Softball history, hitting .412 with 314 hits, 277 runs, 64 doubles, 98 home runs and 314 RBIs. In 2021 she was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Freshman of the Year. She goes down as the career record holder for RBIs at the Women's College World Series (WCWS) with 29.
Landry was taken first overall by the Volts in the inaugural AUSL Draft May 3. In one season with OU, Landry was named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team. She also took home NFCA Second Team recognition, going 25-6 with 186 strikeouts in 191.2 innings of work for the Sooners. She was named SEC Pitcher of the Week three times and finished the 2025 season and her career as the winningest pitcher in Division I among active hurlers.
Ricketts, a member of the 2013 OU national championship team, will compete with the Blaze in the latest chapter of her professional career. The two-way player also spent multiple seasons with the USSSA Pride (2013-18) and the Oklahoma City Spark (2023-24) after being honored as an All-American every season in Norman. Ricketts went 125-35 in the circle, working over 1,000 innings while also launching 47 homers and driving in 156 for Oklahoma. She was named the 2013 WCWS Most Outstanding Player during the Sooners' second title season.
Romero, currently an assistant coach on the Oregon Ducks Softball staff, was a two-time national champion with the Sooners after helping OU to the 2016 and 2017 crowns. The third baseman started 257 of her 258 games in the Crimson and Cream, hitting .375 with 54 home runs and 215 RBIs as a two-time NFCA First Team All-American. At the conclusion of her collegiate career, Romero was the career record holder for at-bats (853) and doubles (58).
Trautwein spent the 2022 season in Norman after a dominant stint at North Texas (2018-21). In her lone campaign the Pflugerville, Texas, native went 22-1 with a 0.77 earned run average and 157 strikeouts in 126.2 innings pitched. She threw two solo no-hitters and combined on another perfect game and no-hitter during the 2022 season. That year she was tabbed to the 2022 All-Big 12 First Team and also earned a spot on the WCWS All-Tournament Team.
Wondrasek just completed his third season as the director of player development with the Sooners, helping OU to three WCWS appearances and two national championships. After a number of stints throughout the collegiate softball ranks, Wondrasek joined OU ahead of the 2023 season and assists in data, analytics and video collection as it relates to scouting and development.
Sooner alumni Tiare Jennings (2021-24), Sam Landry (2024), Keilani Ricketts (2010-13), Sydney Romero (2016-19) and Hope Trautwein (2022) will suit up in the first season of the AUSL. Director of Player Development Ryan Wondrasek will serve on the Blaze coaching staff.
AUSL games will be broadcast on ESPN, MLB Network, MLB.com, MLB.TV and the MLB app throughout the summer. Love's Field will host four games between the Volts and Talons June 20-23.
Jennings, a four-time NFCA All-American and four-time national champion at OU, will join Landry on the Volts. A native of San Pedro, Calif., Jennings also serves as a student assistant coach with OU Softball. The infielder goes down as one of the most decorated players in Sooner Softball history, hitting .412 with 314 hits, 277 runs, 64 doubles, 98 home runs and 314 RBIs. In 2021 she was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Freshman of the Year. She goes down as the career record holder for RBIs at the Women's College World Series (WCWS) with 29.
Landry was taken first overall by the Volts in the inaugural AUSL Draft May 3. In one season with OU, Landry was named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team. She also took home NFCA Second Team recognition, going 25-6 with 186 strikeouts in 191.2 innings of work for the Sooners. She was named SEC Pitcher of the Week three times and finished the 2025 season and her career as the winningest pitcher in Division I among active hurlers.
Ricketts, a member of the 2013 OU national championship team, will compete with the Blaze in the latest chapter of her professional career. The two-way player also spent multiple seasons with the USSSA Pride (2013-18) and the Oklahoma City Spark (2023-24) after being honored as an All-American every season in Norman. Ricketts went 125-35 in the circle, working over 1,000 innings while also launching 47 homers and driving in 156 for Oklahoma. She was named the 2013 WCWS Most Outstanding Player during the Sooners' second title season.
Romero, currently an assistant coach on the Oregon Ducks Softball staff, was a two-time national champion with the Sooners after helping OU to the 2016 and 2017 crowns. The third baseman started 257 of her 258 games in the Crimson and Cream, hitting .375 with 54 home runs and 215 RBIs as a two-time NFCA First Team All-American. At the conclusion of her collegiate career, Romero was the career record holder for at-bats (853) and doubles (58).
Trautwein spent the 2022 season in Norman after a dominant stint at North Texas (2018-21). In her lone campaign the Pflugerville, Texas, native went 22-1 with a 0.77 earned run average and 157 strikeouts in 126.2 innings pitched. She threw two solo no-hitters and combined on another perfect game and no-hitter during the 2022 season. That year she was tabbed to the 2022 All-Big 12 First Team and also earned a spot on the WCWS All-Tournament Team.
Wondrasek just completed his third season as the director of player development with the Sooners, helping OU to three WCWS appearances and two national championships. After a number of stints throughout the collegiate softball ranks, Wondrasek joined OU ahead of the 2023 season and assists in data, analytics and video collection as it relates to scouting and development.
Players Mentioned
INF
/ Softball
RHP
/ SoftballGasso, Landry, Parker, Barker, Dayton, Sanders Postgame vs Texas Tech
Monday, June 02
SB WCWS Highlights: OU 4, Oregon 1
Sunday, June 01
Gasso, Sanders, Emerling, Landry Postgame vs Oregon
Sunday, June 01
Championship Mindset: Season 3, Episode 5 - Together
Sunday, June 01
