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Oklahoma's Patty Gasso Lands Yet Another High School Star

One of the top 2025 prospects in the nation, Kai Minor has power, speed and a championship pedigree in Gasso's favorite recruiting grounds.
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Oklahoma's Patty Gasso Lands Yet Another High School Star
Oklahoma's Patty Gasso Lands Yet Another High School Star

Patty Gasso went back west, and she’s bringing back a champion.

Kai Minor, an outfielder, a speedster on the bases with power at the plate and a two-time travel ball national champion, announced her commitment to Gasso and Oklahoma on Friday via Twitter.

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Like many of Gasso’s best players, Minor plays for the Orange County Batbusters. She plays high school ball for Orange Lutheran and is a member of the class of 2025.

She’s listed among the top 25 players in the nation, according to Perfect Game Softball.

“All Glory to God,” Minor wrote in her Twitter post. “With profound gratitude and humility, I am thrilled to announce my commitment to the University of Oklahoma to pursue my academic and softball dreams. Thank you Coach Gasso, Coach JT, Coach Rocha, and the entire OU Softball staff for this incredible opportunity.

“Thank you Coach Mike Stith, the OC Batbusters, the Orange Lutheran High School coaching staff, Mike Brown, and all of the coaches who have helped me become the young woman and softball player I am today. I am forever grateful to my parents and family for their wisdom, patience, guidance, and support. Thank you to my teammates and friends for your unwavering support and loyalty. This is just the beginning, and I am eager and excited to arrive in Norman and represent the Crimson and Cream!”

Minor is the latest prize for Gasso and her 2025 recruiting class.

Just in the past week and a half, OU has landed 2025 infielder Lexi McDaniel, 2025 right-handed pitcher/infielder Allyssa Parker, 2025 catcher Kendall Wells and 2025 pitcher Sophia Bordi.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

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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