re: Mississippi State hires Samantha Ricketts as new Head Softball Coach

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any relation to the former all american pitcher from Oklahoma?

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Ricketts has three younger siblings who played collegiate athletics. Her sister, Keilani, graduated from the Oklahoma and played for the USSSA Pride of the NPF and Shokki Softball in Japan. Keilani was the 2012 and 2013 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and one of the most decorated players in USA Softball history.

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At the conclusion of her four-year Oklahoma playing career in 2009, Ricketts was the record holder in career home runs (48) and runs batted in (239) while ranking third in extra-base hits (97), total bases (444), slugging percentage (.645) and on-base percentage (.461). She started 192 consecutive games and ended her career as the Big 12 career RBI leader.

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