One week after leading her team to a national championship, Oklahoma ace Jordy Bahl is on the move. On Monday, the right-hander announced that she would be transferring to continue her collegiate career elsewhere, a move that sent shockwaves across college softball.
Bahl, a Papillion, Neb., native, said she plans to “return home.” She originally committed to the University of Nebraska in the eighth grade before decommitting in 2019.
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— Jordyn Bahl (@jordybahl) June 12, 2023
The Most Outstanding Player at this year’s Women’s College World Series, Bahl pitched 24 2/3 scoreless innings in Oklahoma City. She started three of Oklahoma’s five games, allowing just 12 total hits and four walks. She struck out 33 batters. Bahl also entered the championship series twice as a pinch runner — and scored each time.
She went 22-1 with a 0.90 ERA this season and averaged 1.3 strikeouts per inning pitched. She was, in a word, spectacular. But even more so during the postseason.
Sooners head coach Patty Gasso lavished praise on her star pitcher throughout the title run, and it was only fitting that she was on the mound for the final out and the team’s subsequent celebration.
“She is made to be able to do that,” Gasso said last week….
