She and Levi would walk the 100 yards with a bat, a bucket of balls and an unwavering belief -- and yes, more than a little fear -- that this little girl had the talent to take her far away from the life the Alos had sunk into this land. When asked what his favorite softball field is, Erickson does not hesitate, the field at Naval Station Bremerton. Just trying to enjoy every moment that happens. 2023 college softball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids; . Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. 16/21 Hawai'i Launches Nine Homers To Sweep UCR", "No. Statcast measures the projected distance, exit velocity and launch angle of Bo Bichette's 460-foot home run, the second-longest homer of his career. College softball expert roundtable: Who has the most to prove and who can stop Oklahoma? Home Todd Erickson Holds Guinness Book of World Records For Longest Recorded Hit Softball 576 Feet. Oklahoma Softball: OU Closing in on More Records After Dominant Weekend She is tied for the most home runs in Arizona's program history, which may seem obvious, but is also worth mentioning. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT the2019 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME, call 321-615-8111 or e-mailContact@SpaceCoastDaily.com, CLICK HERETO SEE THE MEMBERS OF THE SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME, 2023 Maverick Multimedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved |, New Look First Flight Still a One-of-a-Kind Lifesaver: Brevard Countys Only Air Ambulance Makes 800 Patient Runs Annually, Brevard Public Schools Board to Name Next Superintendent at Special Board Meeting on Tuesday, Philanthropist Jessica Assam Prepares for 9th Annual Dancing for the Space Coast Set for June 3 at Clemente Center, WATCH LIVE: Court Is Now In Session From the Brevard County Jail Complex, WATCH LIVE: Florida Gov. The Back Nine comes at you after a crazy weekend that incredibly included me hitting some really nice golf shots. Only 13 players have surpassed the 80-home run mark in the history of college softball. "He might have had every reason to say, 'Not on this Hawai'i field.'"). 0000000016 00000 n And thanks to the people in Gainesville and St. Augustine and Jacksonville and about 10 other cities, we are in great shape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4, Heres an updated thread of all the recruits who picked the Gator hat today! When the inning ended, Gasso came out of the Sooners' dugout and had what appeared to be a friendly but pointed conversation with Cal coach Chelsea Spencer. Ron DeSantis Visits American Police Hall of Fame in Titusville to Discuss Public Safety, Signs Anti-Crime Legislation, SpaceX Targeting Tuesday to Launch Starlink Satellites Aboard Falcon 9 Rocket from Cape Canaveral, College Cant Wait! The Sooners have hit 100 home runs as a team. Perhaps the longest of those not previously mentioned was Ralph Kiner, who bombarded all the National League left-field distance plateaus of his times. The winning streak for FSU is the longest since it won five in a row between April 5 . Adam Dunn played just 44 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but one of his eight home runs stands as the longest witnessed at Chase Field. The Jayhawks (21-23, 6-12 Big 12) scored two runs in the second inning on a home run by third baseman Michael Brooks and two more in the fifth on a groundout and a wild pitch. Pennant races. She ultimately hit 26 more home runs to standalone at the top as the home run queen. Over the years more houses have sprung up in the lots surrounding the Alo compound, but the charm remains. 0000010014 00000 n 24/22 Tigers To SEC Title Game", "Bauer's Three Homers Lead Softball Past BSU, 16-2", "Abbey Cheek Homers Twice in 16-2 Win Over No. She hit 95 homers in 220 games, as she was limited to just 39 appearances her junior season due to back and PCL injuries. Jocelyn grew up as her father, Levi, did and his father and grandfather and great-grandfather before him: on a 2-acre lot with six family homes on Hau'ula's Kukuna Road. (0:40). Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac As the Ha'aheo players and her Sooners teammates conducted an hourlong camp on the field, Alo walked the perimeter of the park to thank everyone who came. . She talked about the talent that propelled her farther and farther away from this humble field, to a world of ballparks that also proved too small to contain her. 1 FSU Extends Unbeaten Streak To 26 Games", "Wolverines Rebound With Five-Inning Wins Over SISU, No. Her father spent so much money getting her on the mainland -- a tremendous amount of money to move her onto a competitive level. Pat Dooley's Back Nine (May 1st) - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF As we get closer to the Bob, I want to send a shout out to Jeff Cardozo and the fun tourney he had at Ironwood, the Scramble for Kids Scholarships. Longest homerun in college baseball history? - YouTube WCWS: News, history, and fan info | Buy tickets for the softball championship. 0000012838 00000 n Levi stood on the field, 100 yards from the spot five generations of his family called home, and fielded endless questions about his daughter's chances to hit the record-breaking home run -- or even see a pitch that makes one possible. They led the country last season with 161 long balls. 0000006798 00000 n I literally grew up here. Could not have been scripted.". She hit the ball so ferociously that she was deemed a threat to the girls her age, so they moved her up to play with the high school girls and she put fear in their eyes, too. May 1, 2023 12. The homer, a two-run shot that put the Sooners up 9-0, came on a 2-1 pitch from Hawai'i senior right-hander Ashley Murphy, who entered the game having thrown just 2 innings this season. Starting with the , Following a Tuesday meeting between Big 12 presidents, Oklahoma president David Boren announced that the , The Louisiana State University Tigers will enter the 2016 college football season with high expectations, , It wasnt Will Muschamps first SEC Media Days experience, but 2016 marked the first time , The 145th annual 2016 British Open is underway atRoyal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. ABOVE VIDEO: Todd Erickson was inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. 225 0 obj <>stream April 24, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo hits 95th home run to tie NCAA record for most career homers. But it is not. Her talent kept taking them farther and farther away from this village, and farther from the people who gave it its essence: to a travel team in Southern California, where Levi and Jocelyn would rent a tiny apartment next to a batting cage in Orange County and work to create the kind of talent that more and more parks were unable to contain. At 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, the slugger is big, but not huge, yet he regularly hits softballs more than 500 feet. 0000039351 00000 n 2/3 Gator Softball Over NDSU; UF Claims Lipton Invitational", "Davis Breaks Career HR Mark; Season Ends in Regional Final", "BATS COME ALIVE AS PANTHERS TOP BLAZERS", "Offense Has Its Ups And Downs This Weekend in Florida", "Northwestern Falls To Oklahoma In WCWS Opener", "Texas A&M Advances To Super Regional With 3-1 Victory Over Texas", "No. This stood as the longest game in. We seriously are at a loss for words. Then in Clemsons series-opening win at Boston College in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday, he went 3-for-5 with a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs. Of course, the Georgia and Alabama machines just keep rolling along. Alo is 53 away from tying the record of 653 by UCLA's Stacey Nuveman. Yonge, senior Aubrie Thomas. On March 11, 2022, Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo became college softball's all-time home run leader, hitting her 96th bomb to surpass fellow Sooner Lauren Chamberlain. [229] Alo is the first player to reach 100 home runs March 20, 2022, facing Katherine Serna of the Iowa Hawkeyes.[230]. Todd Erickson Holds Guinness Book of World Records For Longest Recorded Alabama softball's Kenleigh Cahalan breaks Haylie McCleney's record hit It didn't take long for Alo to equal Chamberlain in Sunday's game. Lets take a closer look at some of the best sluggers in NCAA Division I history. SEC teams have hit or been hit by pitches 1,468 times this season. It was important for Florida to win the series in softball as well and the Gators also have a game against FSU (at home) before finishing up the regular season at Kentucky. 11/8 Softball Beats Mercer, Falls To Fordham At Springhill Suites Buckhead Classic", "Utah Softball Splits Doubleheader At Utah Valley", "Seven Run Innings Lifts ISU To 10-5 Win Over DePaul", "Alabama Softball Closes Weekend With 4-0 Shutout Over McNeese", "Cougars Romp Aggies With Nine Home Runs", "Boyd's Walk-Off Homer Lifts No. Todd Erickson goes for the Guinness Book of World Record for longest hit softball (Image by Zach Clark) FOR INFORMATION ABOUT the 2019 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME, call 321-615-8111 or e-mail . "He knew if she was playing baseball, there was no chance he could ever beat her out. We're tracking college baseball scores and how to watch the top 25 college teams this weekend. When a fellow sailor asked him to join the team he was starting and Erickson ended up hitting a towering shot, the Navy provided Erickson with that lightbulb moment when he realized reaching the heights and lengths of the long softball was to be his mission in life. An Absolute MOON SHOT Home Run By Georgia Softball's Lacey - BroBible I think people will start pitching to me normally again. Oklahoma softball: Sooners on record-setting win trajectory She surpassed former Arizona Wildcats Laura Espinoza (the original record setter) and Leah Braatz, who had matched the total in 1998. I had it for seven years, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. . ", As Gasso and I spoke down the left-field line, Levi walked up and put a lei around her neck and a crown of flowers around her head. 12 Cal", "No. 188 38 May 1, 2023 2:13 pm ET. Jocelyn Alo (30 in 2018, 34 in 2021 and 34 in 2022) is the only player to hit 30 home runs in three different seasons. Oklahoma State and Boston College are out of the mix for a top eight, and Arkansas and East Carolina entered the group at No's 4 and 8. What we learned from Clemson softball's sweep of Pittsburgh "I feel like Coach (Patty Gasso) kind of just calmed me down through the whole process of this thing," Alo said. 1:11. I knew I owed her a trip [to Hawai'i], but this could not be scripted any better. Read more news about college softball here. Veronica Nelson was walked 108 times in 2002 while hitting 9 homers for another all-time NCAA season record. RB , During last weekends NFL Wild Card round, the Steelers made a statement by handingthe Dolphinsa , The saying has always been its hard to beat a good team twice, and in , The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be facing each other once , With National Signing Day less than three weeks away, the Gators are hosting several talented , GAINESVILLE, FL The Florida Gator gymnastics team will kick off their season this Sunday , Floridas head coach, Jim McElwain, announced Friday morning that Randy Shannon would be making the , The NFLWild Cardkicks offSaturday and the quarterback situations could not be any more different. I started playing softball midway through my Navy term, he said. %%EOF 0000008895 00000 n NCAA Division I softball career 50 home runs list - Wikipedia He is the sixth Tiger in history to earn ACC weekly honors four times in a career and first since Seth Beer (2016-18). Alo came into the season just five away from Chamberlains mark after hitting an OU-record 34 home runs last season to help the Sooners win the Womens College World Series and earn USA Softball College Player of the Year honors. That didnt happen and when you look at this years schedule, it wont happen this year either. Come on.". "Just see ball, hit ball," Alo said. Erickson, on the other hand, saw plenty of softball fields. 1 Softball Increases Win Streak To 23 With Two More Wins in Diamond Devil Invitational", "Plain's 14 Strikeouts Help Huskies To 9-0 Win", "Tech Softball Sweeps Doubleheader At Virginia", "Toman Sets Career RBI Record To Highlight Doubleheader Sweep", "Sooners Take Two in Run-Rule Fashion in Ohio", "East Carolina Splits Again On Day Two Of Pirate Clash", "Cougars Take Two Over of Louisville on Saturday", "Roby's Homer Lifts Cards to 6-4 Win at Virginia", "Arizona Softball Goes Undefeated At Palm Springs Classic", "Huskies Collect Season High 17 Hits, Defeat UCLA Sunday Night", "Baker Rewrites Record Books in Creighton Split", "Softball Makes History in 30-8 Win Over LaTech", "Notre Dame vs Louisiana-Lafayette (Mar 16, 2007)", "Folden's Two Homers Completes Sweep Over No. He is also 4-1 with a 3.50 ERA, .183 opponents batting average and 57 strikeouts against 23 walks in 43.2 innings pitched over nine starts on the mound. Saint Francis secured four runs in the first inning compared to P.K. At any rate, the six guys who were drafted seemed to end up in ideal spots and got there in such different ways. The , The Tampa Bay Rays are continuing their three-game winning streak. I was honestly in my head a little bit and thankfully I got out of it. Subscribe for new videos: https://bit.ly/38vXDzk CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO READ MY FULL BASEBA. 9 Baylor", "Washington Softball Defeats ASU in NIST Semifinal", "Lancers Split A Pair of Games To Open 2015 Slate", "Cajuns Sweep ULM And Capture Sun Belt Championship", "Gilbert Now MAC Career RBI Leader As SB Sweeps Akron", "Noad Makes History, Chants Take Two With Huge Rally", "No. Espinoza in 1994 and 1995, Chambers in 2009, Nuveman in 1999, Majam in 2010, Elkins in 2015, Carrera in 2012, Baltzell in 2013, Gomez in 2006, Best in 2005, Hugo in 2014, Rivera in 2003, Braatz in 1998 and (21 in 1997), Kretschman in 1998, Dalton in 1996, Nohara in 2011, Benyi in 2004, Topping in 2000, Morgan Noad and Tina Iosefa (both with 23 in 2016), Sanders in 2017, Alo in 2018 and 2021, Harper in 2019 were all tops for those respective NCAA years.[231]. 0:00. Alo practically levitated around the bases, sprinting from one to the next with her index finger raised triumphantly. 0000008140 00000 n "If it's good enough for Walter Payton and Jerry Rice," Levi says, "then it's good enough for us.". Apply & Register TODAY for Summer 2023 Classes at Eastern Florida State College, HOT OFF THE PRESS! PDF Division I Softball Records Through 2020 - Ncaa When gargantuan Frank Howard hit a mighty home run off Robin Roberts in Philadelphia on September 1, 1958, the next great tape measure home run career was initiated. College softball - What you need to know about each WCWS team - ESPN Brady Slavens crushes longest homer in College World Series park history Share Brady Slavens made history during the fifth inning of Arkansas' semifinal game against Ole Miss at the 2022 Men's. 330 93K views 7 years ago Todd Erickson of Palm Bay, Brevard County, Florida, breaks the Guinness Book Of World Records for the longest softball hit of 541 feet. The father knew his daughter had the ability and determination to accomplish great things, and he was willing to sacrifice -- and impose the same sacrifice upon his daughter -- to give her the best chance of making it happen. 12/15 ARIZONA STATE TO ADVANCE TO THE TEMPE REGIONAL FINAL", "Softball Breaks Records in Doubleheader Sweep At Marshall", "No. Nomar Mazara: 505 feet, June 21, 2019, vs. CWS After crushing a a 482-foot shot on Opening Day in '19, Mazara topped himself for the Statcast record with a colossal smash against the White Sox. Hopefully, I will be able to sleep when its over. Here's a look at the college baseball programs with multiple Men's College World Series titles. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA Not many of us can say we hit a ball further than former Major League baseball player Jose Canseco, a four-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award and an athlete that averaged 40 home runs for every 162 games. 1 OU Completes Top-20 Sweep of Baylor", "Cajuns Reach 40 Wins, Set Sun Belt Wins Record At ULM", "Ranches Walk-Off Propels Cyclones Past Ole Miss", "#13 UCLA Completes Weekend Sweep With Wins Over UC Davis & Providence", "CLT Lose Close Game to Louisiana Tech, 4-3", "Five Homers Lead No. It almost certainly wont be long until Alo is all alone at the top. But if you're afraid you're going to get blown up on social media, what does that mean to this sport? Teams , Tonight is a busy night for the National League in the MLB. 1. Bates (5 in 2010), Andrea Harrison (17 in 2010), Katelyn Boyd (18 in 2011), Kaila Hunt (21 in 2012), Amanda Locke (18 in 2012), Pendley (22 in 2013), Keilani Ricketts (15 in 2013), Jessica Shults (7 in 2013), Lauren Haeger (20 in 2014 and 19 in 2015), Sydney Romero (10 in 2016 and 12 in 2017), Jessica Warren (21 in 2018) and Alo (34 in 2021) all won national championships those years; Stacie Chambers and Harrison share the Women's College World Series record for home runs with four each in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Koishigawa monitored the reaction of his catcher and immediately realized his mistake. Coming around third, she threw the traditional Hawaiian shaka hand signal into the air and pumped a fist at her family in the stands. 5/6 UCLA In WCWS Opener, 7-2", "BYU TAKES OUT NO. In the Sooners first game of the day against McNeese State, Alo blasted the first pitch she saw in the second inning over the right-center field wall for home run No. Alo has 256, putting her 15th in NCAA history. Check Out Some Great Areas to Explore On and Off Road on a Can-Am Maverick from Route 1 Motorsports. The reason this was a crazy weekend for me was that I went to an anniversary party for Chris Harry and Cindy Spence on Friday, played in a golf tourney Saturday morning, saw our new kitchen come within hours of being finished and played golf with my daughter on Sunday and worked a lot in between on my event coming up next Saturday. That homer was like a siren call sent out to college softball teams throughout the land: Don't be the one to give up the record-breaker. The home run extended the Crimson Tide's lead to 10-0 over the Lions. Twenty minutes after that 31-inning game, they started a 25-inning game. I love Lauren. To have the school record in home runs for DI softball's winningest program is quite a lofty accomplishment. Her season statistics, as with every one of her seasons in Oklahoma, are nothing short of ridiculous: a .511 batting average, a .690 on-base percentage and a 1.178 slugging percentage. There's a whole other level that we on the mainland don't even know about.". For example, baseball. The Big 12 Player of the Year leads the nation in home runs and slugging percentage (1.135), ranks second in RBIs (82) and is . 0000009231 00000 n Georgia Bulldogs infielder Lacey Fincher showed off her insane power at the dish over the weekend. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. But Alo had a monster day in Houston to move to the doorstep of the record. ", The homer was Alo's eighth of the season, and the eight-game stretch without a homer was tied for the second longest of her five-year career. Since he has mastered the 500-foot range, he is heading towards 600 feet, and given his intensity and passion for the sport, he is sure to achieve it, and probably very soon. "I've got to tell you the truth," Gasso said, careful not to single out Spencer. In Clemsons win over Kennesaw State on Tuesday, he went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, five RBIs, two runs and two walks. Folks, I know you cant wait until the 28thBob Dooley Invitational is over and I quit talking about it. I was thinking to myself, Self, Jac Caglianone is going to obliterate the school home run record and put it in an unreachable category, and then I remembered hes back next year. Everyone wants a piece of paradise, or at least a piece of what someone else believes that paradise is worth. Jen Yee's 29 home runs in 2009 helped her to an all-time season record 1.270 slugging percentage. THE FIRST PARK that couldn't contain Jocelyn Alo is 100 yards from the ocean and 100 yards from the house where she grew up. "It is a hard thing to do. ("I truly respect [Hawai'i coach] Bob Coolen," Gasso said. Alo blasted her 95th career home run Sunday against Texas State in Houston, tying Chamberlains NCAA record. Pat Dooley Gasso hugged him and said, "Doing this in front of this family -- you cannot script this any better. It was not, 'Let me hit this out,' or 'Let me try to reach this record.' No outfield fence. Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo sets NCAA softball record with 96th home run (0:40) Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo hits her record-breaking 96th home run vs. Hawai'i on Friday night. College softball's all-time home run leaders | NCAA.com His journey into the record books began in the Navy. She left no doubt as she blasted Jessica Mullins' 1-0 pitch out to straightaway center in the first inning to give the Sooners a 2-0 lead. ", 'WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE? *X52>"M!!EWs9w~w+ P . 6 Arizona Takes Down No. 2 Softball Takes Two Wins in Opening Day of The Kajikawa Classic", "Golden Flashes Break Out Bats To Eliminate Akron At MAC Tournament", "Aggies Launch Past BethuneCookman 11-0", "No. * And for an old one, Radar Love by Golden Earring. 3 UCLA in Wild Series Opener", "UTSA Splits SLC Doubleheader At Texas-Arlington; Rogers Ties SLC Single-Season Home Run Record", "Bishop-Riley's 50th Homer Highlights Liberty's 7-2 Win Over NMSU", "Georgia Defeats Winthrop, Omaha Friday, 11-0, 8-3", "Pease Dominant for Minnesota in Shutout Victory Against Iowa", "Scupin Homers Thrice, Cats Sweep Thursday Doubleheader", "DiMeo, Rush Hit Home Runs in Loss to Wagner", "Softball Completes Shutout-Series Sweep At Arkansas With 10-0 Win", "No. Jordan Roberts might have hit the farthest home run in fastpitch softball history. We shot 20-under and finished out of the money. So one day he decided to bet big: He brought Jocelyn to the baseball field from softball practice and announced to his team that from that day forward, Alo -- a catcher at the time -- would be playing with the baseball team. Some do, most dont. Although he didnt participate in sports before his military career, there must have been a latent love of the game in Ericksons psyche, because to this day he considers his best sports-related gift the tickets to a Major League Baseball game he received as a kid. Three weeks to go in the regular season. She ultimately. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Florida State vs. Florida softball: Schedule, scores, live updates, 2023 SEC softball: Schedule, TV networks, dates for the tournament, Florida softball: The all-time starting lineup, Florida softball's all-time starting lineup, 2023 college softball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids, Texas cracks top 5 in college softball rankings for first time this season, College softball top 25 scores, schedule, TV info, No. Yonge Softball, The 2021 Womens College World Series Final Four is Set, The Ones Who Defied the Odds: Top 10 Undrafted NBA Players of All Time, Georgia Bulldogs Crowned 2021-2022 National Champions, WCWS: FSU vs Oklahoma in the Tournament Final. 0000002921 00000 n Jenny Dalton is one of the numerous players from the list to achieve a three-homer game (second best), one of the elite to do it twice and is the only player to do it in the same year of 1995; Jenna Cone and Suzy Brookshire each achieved the feat once in 2021. Standard center field walls in the major leagues stand between 400-410 feet away from home plate. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. She cranked 21 home runs in her 2018 senior campaign giving her 83 all time. I always wonder when a player from Florida does not get drafted does he regret the decision to leave early? THE BANNERS HUNG from the backstop at the first park that couldn't contain Jocelyn Alo's talent: She returned on Wednesday, the day before the start of the Rainbow Wahine Classic, and spoke to about 70 girls in the Ha'aheo girls softball program, plus many of their parents. %PDF-1.5 % Oklahoma Takes Down Kansas to Win Series - Sports Illustrated 95 to tie the record set by former Sooner Lauren Chamberlain against Texas State on Feb. 20. The 7 longest home runs in College World Series history (that we know of) NCAA Championships 284K subscribers Subscribe 896K views 3 years ago ESPN Stats & Info began tracking home run. Chamberlain accomplished her total in the fewer games. 11. When is too early to draft a starting pitcher? Grice led Clemson to a 3-1 week, including a series win at No. ", Patty Gasso, Oklahoma's Hall of Fame coach, stood on the field Friday night and turned to wave a hand toward the Alo family -- many, many of them -- who gathered in front of the third-base dugout at the University of Hawai'i to greet Jocelyn after her record-setting performance. 0000012734 00000 n Erickson is more than a softball-hitting phenom; he is a softball-hurling demon. I've gotten a lot out of it, and now Jocelyn deserves it." However, sluggers in this list make 400 feet seem like child's play as all of them [] The post The Longest Home Runs Ever Hit appeared first on Goliath. I just play a tournament here and there, he said. Katiyana Mauga is the only player in NCAA history to have 20 or more home runs every year of her career. Her reaction was equal parts exuberance and relief.
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