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| Born: (1998-09-23)September 23, 1998 (age 27) Hauʻula, Hawaii, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
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Jocelyn Aloha Pumehana Alo (born September 23, 1998) is an American professionalsoftball player for theOklahoma City Spark of theAssociation of Fastpitch Professionals (AFP). She playedcollege softball for theOklahoma Sooners. Alo was named 2018NFCA National Freshman of the Year, and namedUSA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022. She is theNCAA Division I career leader inhome runs.[1] Alo was drafted first overall by the Smash It Vipers in the inaugural WPF draft.
Alo attendedJames Campbell High School inʻEwa Beach, Hawaii where she was a two-time Gatorade State High School Player of the Year and led her team to three state championships. In 2015, she also won theHHSAA girls state championship inwrestling at 184 pounds. She retired from wrestling after her sophomore year.[2][3] During her junior season, she hit .612 with eighthome runs, 30run batted in (RBI), 13runs scored and a 1.726on-base plus slugging (OPS). During the 2016 title game, she went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI and was subsequently named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. She was also named a first team All-Oahu Interscholastic Association selection.[4] As a senior in 2017, she hit .571 with 12 home runs, 27 RBI and a 1.449slugging percentage.[1]
During her freshman year in2018, Alo started all 62 games (39 as designated player, 23 in left field). She led the nation in home runs (30), home runs per game (0.48) andtotal bases (170), and led the team inbatting average (.420), home runs (30), RBIs (72), total bases (170), slugging (.977),on-base percentage (.549) andwalks (14). She finished the season ranked second nationally in RBIs (72), second in total bases (159), third in slugging (.970), and fourth in RBI (71) and RBI per game (1.20). Her 30 home runs tied the Oklahoma single-season record, the Big 12 single-season record and the NCAA Division I freshman single-season record.[1][5] Following an outstanding season, she was namedNFCA National Freshman of the Year,Big 12 Freshman of the Year, first-team All-Big 12, All-Big 12 Freshman team, and a first-team All-American.[6][7]
During her sophomore year in2019, Alo started 59 games (56 at right field, three as designated player), where she tied for the team lead in RBIs (56), and ranked second in hits (66) and on-base percentage (.484). Following the season she was named first-team All-Big 12.[8] During her junior year in2020, Alo started all 24 games for the Sooners across the outfield and as designated player in a season that was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. She finished the year with a slash line of .427/.813/.506 to go with eight home runs, 21 RBIs and 22 runs, and a team-leading 61 total bases and 12 walks. She finished the 2020 season ranked first in career batting average (.404) and third in slugging percentage (.846), fourth in on-base percentage (.515) and fifth in home runs (54).[1]
During her senior year in2021, Alo was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 16, 2021. In Oklahoma's five games last week, Alo hit six home runs, going 7-for-17 with 10 RBIs and 25 total bases. She hit .412 with a 1.471 slugging percentage.[9] Alo was again named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 30, 2021. She finished the weekend with a slash line of .800/.917/2.400 to go with two home runs, four extra-base hits and seven RBIs. She was also walked seven times in her 12 plate appearances but still managed to go 4-for-5 with 12 total bases.[10]
On April 3, 2021, Alo's 40-gamehitting streak came to an end, after she finished the game hitting 0-for-1 with two walks. Her hitting streak was the longest in Oklahoma program history, and was three games short of the all-time NCAA Division I record of 43 games set by Sara Graziano in 1994.[11] Alo, led the nation in home runs (27) and slugging percentage (1.120), ranked second in RBI (75), fifth in batting average (.479), and sixth in runs per game (1.23). Following an outstanding season, she was namedBig 12 Player of the Year, first-Team All-Big 12,USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year andSoftball America Player of the Year.[12][13][14][15] She was also named Jim Thorpe Athlete of the Year.[16] On June 5, 2021, during the2021 Women's College World Series, Alo hit her 31st home run of the season, setting a new Oklahoma program record for home runs in a season, surpassing the previous record of 30 set byLauren Chamberlain in 2012.[17]
On February 20, 2022, Alo hit her 95th career home run, tying theNCAA record.[18] On March 11, 2022, during the Rainbow Wahine Classic in her home state of Hawaii, she hit her 96th career home run, setting the new NCAA record, surpassing the previous record set byLauren Chamberlain.[19][20] She finished the regular season with a .476 batting average, 24 home runs, 11 doubles and 61 RBIs, including two grand slams. She led the nation in home runs (34), slugging percentage (1.212) and on-base percentage (.646) while ranking second in batting average (.512) and RBIs (85). Following an outstanding season, she was again named Big 12 Player of the Year, USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and Softball America Player of the Year;[21][22][23][24] she was also named a unanimous first-team All-American,NFCA National Player of the Year, and won theBest College Athlete, Women's Sports ESPY award and theHonda Sports Award for softball.[25][26][27][28] With a home run on June 4, during the second round of the2022 Women's College World Series, she became the first player in NCAA Division I history to record three 30-home run seasons.[29]
Alo finished her career at Oklahoma as the NCAA's all-time home run leader with 122 and finished second toJenny Dalton-Hill (328) in career RBI with 323. She also is the NCAA leader in slugging percentage (.987) and total bases. She is Oklahoma's all-time leader in home runs, RBI, batting average and on-base percentage.[30]
| Season | GP | GS | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
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| 2018 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 73 | 0.420 | 72 | 30 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 2019 | 59 | 59 | 40 | 66 | 0.379 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 0.427 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 71 | 87 | 0.475 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 84 | 85 | 0.515 | 85 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 1.212 | 54 | 19 | 2 | 5 |
| Career | 267 | 267 | 281 | 343 | 0.445 | 323 | 121 | 1 | 50 | 0.987 | 183 | 79 | 12 | 18 |
Alo was drafted first overall by theSmash It Sports Vipers in the inauguralWomen's Professional Fastpitch draft.[31] On June 13, 2022, she signed with the Vipers.[32]
On November 3, 2022, she was traded by the Vipers to theOklahoma City Spark in exchange for draft picks and cash considerations.[33] She was subsequently signed to a three-year contract with the Spark.[34]
She competed in the 2024AUX Softball competition, where she finished in second place with 1,338 points on the leaderboard, trailingBubba Nickles by only six points in the closest finish inAthletes Unlimited Softball history. She finished the season with a .389 average, a .500 on-base percentage, and the best slugging percentage of .944. She also set an AUX single-season record with six home runs.[35]
On May 27, 2023, Alo became the first woman to play for theSavannah Bananas, getting anat bat in one of their games where she would strike out.[36] In April 2024 it was announced that Alo became the first female member of the Savannah Bananas, by signing a one-month contract with the team.[37][38]
Alo represented theUnited States at the2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.[39]
Alo was born to Levi and Andrea Alo. Her father playedfootball and her mother playedsoftball atLaney College.[1] She is ofSamoan andHawaiian descent.[40]
