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Record Watch: Oklahoma's Offense has 2021 Sooners' Records in Play

Here's a look at how the 2026 Sooners' offense stacks up against the best in college softball history.
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Oklahoma catcher Kendall Wells celebrates a home run with Patty Gasso.
Oklahoma catcher Kendall Wells celebrates a home run with Patty Gasso. | Carson Field / Sooners on SI

NORMAN — Oklahoma softball’s offensive barrage through 21 games has been something to behold, even by the Sooners’ lofty standards.

Patty Gasso’s team is hitting .465 with 86 home runs, a .964 slugging percentage and a .558 on-base percentage.

The Sooners are doing it up and down the lineup.

All 14 OU position players who have appeared in a game this season have at least three home runs, all have driven in at least 13 runs, and only one hitter is hitting below .400.

Oklahoma’s 86 home runs are far and away the most in the country.

Only three programs have even half as many home runs as the Sooners. UCLA has 60, Florida 55 and Texas Tech 45. 

The schedule gets harder once SEC play begins March 13 at home against Auburn, but this offense certainly looks like it’ll keep on rolling.

Oklahoma has 34 games remaining on its schedule, plus the SEC Tournament the NCAA postseason.

The standard for college softball offenses was the 2021 Oklahoma squad, which starred Jocelyn Alo, Tiare Jennings, Jayda Coleman, Kinzie Hansen and more.

Those Sooners set NCAA records for runs, home runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and total bases.

The 2021 Oklahoma team scored 20 or more runs five times.

This year’s Sooners have already reached that mark, including twice reaching at least 30 runs and once more coming just short at 29.

Oklahoma had scored 30 or more runs just twice before in program history entering this season.

Here’s a look at how this year’s OU squad stacks up to those records, plus where Kendall Wells stands in a chase to set the freshman mark for home runs.

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Runs

Record: 638, Oklahoma 2021

2026 Sooners: 294 (Leader: Kasidi Pickering, 33)

Home Runs

Record: 161, Oklahoma 2021

2026 Sooners: 86 (Leader: Kendall Wells, 15)

Slugging Percentage

Record: .778, Oklahoma 2021

2026 Sooners: .964 (Leader: Chaney Helton, 1.176)

On-Base Percentage

Record: .490, Oklahoma 2021

2026 Sooners: .558 (Leader: Kasidi Pickering, .640)

Total Bases

Record: 1,279, Oklahoma 2021

2026 Sooners: 585 (Leader: Kendall Wells, 72)

Freshman Home Runs

Record: 30, Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma) 2018; Lauren Chamberlain (Oklahoma) 2012; Kelly Majam (Hawaii) 2010

Contender: 15, Kendall Wells

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Ryan Aber
RYAN ABER

Ryan Aber has been covering Oklahoma football for more than a decade continuously and since 1999 overall. Ryan was the OU beat writer for The Oklahoman from 2013-2025, covering the transition from Bob Stoops to Lincoln Riley to Brent Venables. He covered OU men's basketball's run to the Final Four in 2016 and numerous national championships for the Sooners' women's gymnastics and softball programs. Prior to taking on the Sooners beat, Ryan covered high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks and Oklahoma City Barons for the newspaper from 2006-13. He spent two seasons covering Arkansas football for the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas before returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City. Ryan also worked at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Muskogee Phoenix. At the Phoenix, he covered OU's national championship run in 2000. Ryan is a graduate of Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.

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