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

At the World Games 2025 Women’s Softball competition in Chengdu, China, the United States grabbed its fourth consecutive gold ...

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

The US Women’s National Softball Team completed yet another successful gold medal campaign at the 2025 World Games on Sunday, ...

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.

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 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.

Patty Gasso and Oklahoma softball pulled off the first-ever four-peat in the Women's College World Series on Thursday. The No. 2 overall Sooners defeated top-overall seed Texas 8-4 to sweep the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saturday’s game didn’t go the way Patty Gasso hoped or expected — but she sees positives in the disappointing outcome. Oklahoma lost 4-2 to Texas, marking the Sooners’ first loss to the ...

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.