For Jocelyn Alo’s 10th birthday, her father gave her a poster of the 2008 U.S. Olympic softball team. She hung it up in her bedroom, where she could memorize the names and faces of the roster, dreaming that she might one day be one of them.
“That was the goal,” Alo said. “It’s always been the goal.”
Alo grew up to be arguably the best college hitter the game has ever seen. She graduated from Oklahoma in 2022 as the NCAA home run queen, the all-time leader in slugging percentage and total bases and a two-time champion at the Women’s College World Series. She made her way to international competition with Team USA.
