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Oklahoma softball: Jocelyn Erickson 3rd Sooner softballer to enter portal

By Chip Rouse

Oklahoma's Jocelyn Erickson (7) hit a double in the fourth inning during a college softball game between the California Golden Bears and the University of Oklahoma Sooners at the Norman Regional of NCAA softball tournament at Marita Hynes Field in Norman, Okla., Sunday, May, 21, 2023.
Oklahoma's Jocelyn Erickson (7) hit a double in the fourth inning during a college softball game between the California Golden Bears and the University of Oklahoma Sooners at the Norman Regional of NCAA softball tournament at Marita Hynes Field in Norman, Okla., Sunday, May, 21, 2023. /
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The three-time defending national champion Oklahoma softball team is so far losing more players than what it will be adding to the 2024 roster.

The roster is down seven players — four by graduation and three more via the transfer portal — since the Sooners posted their third consecutive Women’s College World Series championship.

The latest to depart the program is freshman utility player Jocelyn Erickson, who announced her decision on Monday this week. She joins two-time All-American pitcher Jordy Bahl and catcher/utility Sophia Nugent, who previously had announced they were transferring.

Erickson appeared in 57 Oklahoma games this past season, including 32 starts. The Phoenix, Arizona, native hit .337 this season with seven home runs and 32 runs batted in. She entered the NCAA postseason with a .371 batting average but was just 2 for 11 in the postseason. Four of her seven home runs were hit during the first month of the season (in February), but she hit just three more the rest of the way.

A member of Oklahoma’s highly ranked 2022 recruiting class, Erickson was rated the No. 10 player in the class nationally by Extra Inning Softball and the No. 7 player by Max Preps.

It is not known at this time where Erickson might be headed. Bahl has committed to Nebraska in her home state and Nugent has committed to Tennessee. Both Bahl and Nugent will be juniors with two more years of eligibility remaining.

The four OU players whose eligibility ended with the 2023 season were Alex Storako, Haley Lee, Grace Lyons and Grace Green.

The Sooners have another top-ranked recruiting class coming in, but with no transfer additions yet, the current net loss to the roster is minus-three.

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