{"id":245832,"date":"2026-04-12T03:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245832\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:23:15","slug":"why-is-ou-softball-wearing-teal-jerseys-vs-texas-inside-secs-all-for-alex-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245832\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is OU softball wearing teal jerseys vs Texas? Inside SEC’s ‘All for Alex’ weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

All 15 SEC softball teams, including OU and Texas<\/a>, are wearing teal Saturday for the sixth annual “All for Alex” weekend to honor the legacy of former Mississippi State player Alex Wilcox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wilcox was a member of the 2018 Mississippi State softball team who inspired the nation with her fight against ovarian cancer. Wilcox, who played in eight games as a freshman with the Bulldogs, was just 18 when she died later that summer.<\/p>\n

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Former OU softball<\/a> star Samantha Ricketts<\/a> was the associate head coach at MSU that season. She took over as head coach for the 2019 season.<\/p>\n

LSU coach Beth Torina and Ricketts led the charge for the league to honor Wilcox at the SEC coaches’ meeting in the fall of 2019.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State retired Wilcox’s No. 8 jersey.<\/p>\n

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Colton Sulley covers the Oklahoma Sooners<\/a> for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Colton? He can be reached at csulley@oklahoman.com or on X\/Twitter at @colton_sulley. Support Colton’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com.<\/p>\n

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