You won’t want to miss this week’s conversation with OU Assistant Turf Manager Whitney Mesi!

Whitney is an experienced turfgrass managment professional with four years in the industry. Her diverse background includes work in parks and recreation, minor league baseball, and high-profile collegiate athletics. She has contributed to the maintenance of D1 softball fields, the Little League Softball World Series, and the Womens College World Series. Whitney is currently serving OU Athletics as an Assistant Turf Manager. She oversees grounds for John Jacobs Track and Field and Everest Training Center, while also assisting with OU football and softball. A proud alumna of Dickinson State University, she is passionate about providing top-tier playing surfaces for athletes at the highest collegiate level.

Whitney says: “I became a Sooner fan in the Keilani Ricketts era. She was the first Samoan softball player I absolutely adored and looked up to. Funny enough, during my last season of coaching at Dickinson State University we made a post season run and went to the opening round of the NAIA national tournament and played MACU. So to look up to her as a Polynesian athlete, and then to end my career with TWO WINS vs. Ricketts and Coach Jim Gasso was such a surreal moment for me. I've been a fan of OU softball EVER SINCE. My little cousin is Quincee Lili'o who was a 3x national champion at OU and is now at South Carolina and playing her best softball. I definitely have some family ties to the program and honestly, if you know softball you know OU softball.

My Fave sooner memory? Watching the last super regional hosted at Marita Hynes in 2022. I was able to see Jocelyn Alo's last homerun at Marita!”

You can find Whitney on X/Twitter @WhitneyMesi and Instagram @whitttttm

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