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Getting to know OU softball 2025: Sam Landry

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OU pitcher Sam Landry. (Bryan Terry - The Oklahoman/USA TODAY Network).

The OU softball season is almost here. Almost. The four-time defending national champions, obviously, have a very different look in 2025.

So many of the names OU fans had grown to love like Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings, among a bevy of others, have moved on.

Only eight returning players from the four-peat squad. That means a whole new crop for head coach Patty Gasso and staff to try to get playing at a championship level.

Whether it’s through recruiting or the transfer portal, nobody is crying for OU. And Gasso landed some of the best of the best.

Now? Let’s get to know them. Before the season is underway, SoonerScoop is going to let the freshmen and transfers introduce themselves.

Sam Landry (RHP, Sr., No. 21)

OU using portal pitchers?

And then when it comes to the transfer pitchers I think that just gave it kind of a new opportunity. It’s like I have the opportunity to play. I’m going to work for that opportunity because nothing is given in this sport, especially at this school, so it just pushed me to want it more. 

Learning under Jen Rocha?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, she speaks with so much confidence that as a pitcher it gives me so much more confidence going out there. So I think working with her is amazing mentally and then just physically and learning the game and learning new aspects of it. 

One of the many pitchers?

I would definitely say I agree (with Smith). I think the deeper your staff is, the farther you can go, the more you can rely on them. Because when it comes to a game, no team can say, ‘Oh, she’s going to start this game.’ Like you don’t know who’s going to start because we have a whole roster of pitchers. So I think in the long run it’s going to be really good. I liked the amount of innings I got this fall. Thought it was a fair amount. I thought it was a good amount. And I liked how it was pretty much even amongst all the pitchers. 

Giving back to the game?

So I have twin little sisters. They are 13 and they are in the game and so when it comes to them and teams that they’ve been on, I’ve loved to be a part of that and help coach where I can. You know, coaching your own sisters is kind of the hardest thing because they say you don’t know what you’re talking about. But coaching their friends has been amazing.

But no I love it. I’ve also given pitching lessons for quite a few years now so it’s just really fun. And just being able to be somebody that’s a part of that and helping the game grow and then giving back the knowledge that you’ve learned over the years is amazing because there’s so many things that I’ve learned recently that if I would have known when I was 12-13, just the amount of growth that I would have had from that. 

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