Patty Gasso, the Oklahoma Sooners' softball coach, wants to create winners on an off the field, but she didn't always have that perspective.

It then defeated No. 4 Chinese Taipei later that day by a score of 5-0 in the gold medal game. OU alum Tiare ...

At the World Games 2025 Women’s Softball competition in Chengdu, China, the United States grabbed its fourth consecutive gold medal with a 5-0 shutout win again ...

Patty Gasso, USA TODAY's Women of the Year honoree from Oklahoma, at Marita Hynes Field at the University of Oklahoma Softball Complex in Norman on Dec. 1, 2022.

The Team USA softball vs. Japan game can be streamed on theworldgames.org. Live stats can also be found on gamechanger.com. All games will be played inside Xindu Better City Softball Arena in Chengdu, ...

The United States wins gold in softball at the 2025 World Games in China. The team, led by OU head coach Patty Gasso, also featured former Sooner Tiare Jennings, who was named MVP.

The Patty Gasso statue is pictured during a statue dedication of Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso at Love's Field in Norman, Okla,, Friday, Sept., 13, 2024.

FILE - Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso during an NCAA softball Women's College World Series game against Tennessee, Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Vera Nieuwenhuis, File) (Vera ...

Patty Gasso, head coach of the University of Oklahoma softball team, talks during a conversation with Jana Gridley, right, during the September Polished-Oklahoma City luncheon at the restaurant ...

PATTY GASSO: I've seen a lot of far home runs, but that was elevated to allow her to really get underneath it and get her power in it. So it was definitely another momentum builder for the team.

Her mother taught young Patty that women can be good at sports, too. “My mom was a very good athlete as well, but she just didn’t have the same opportunities as maybe even I did,” Gasso said.