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OU Softball: Oklahoma OF Hannah Coor Out for the Season

The Sooners' reserve outfielder and baserunning specialist has what coach Patty Gasso called a back issue and will take a medical redshirt this season.

John E. Hoover

Hannah Coor, a sophomore outfielder on the Oklahoma softball team, is out for the season.

Head coach Patty Gasso confirmed the injury as a back issue on Wednesday after practice during a press conference at Marita Hynes Fields. Coor indicated on her Instagram account earlier in the week that she would be back “next year.”

“Not expecting her to be back,” Gasso said. “She could potentially toward the end of the season, but I’d rather save that year.”

Coor was a freshman reserve on the Sooners’ 2022 national championship team who played in 40 games — mostly as a pinch-runner. She had just two at-bats (no hits) but scored 19 runs. She also drew four walks and was 6-of-8 on stolen bases.

Hannah Coor (left) and Jana Johns
Hannah Coor (left) and Jana Johns / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Coor scored three runs in the College World Series, stole a base in the Super Regional finale against UCF and scored runs in NCAA Regional games against Texas A&M and Prairie View. She also stole a base during the Sooners’ Bedlam win over Oklahoma State.

Coor, from Yorba Linda, CA, was 0-for-1 in four games played this season, with her only at-bat coming against San Jose State. She also was a late sub against Duke, Liberty and Washington.

Gasso said Coor will get surgery soon and take a medical redshirt this season.

“She’s been in constant pain, and it’s hard to watch an athlete in that space,” Gasso said. “ … This has been going on a long time.”

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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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