Samantha Louisa Ricketts (born December 29, 1986) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional

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, and the current

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. She played

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at Oklahoma, where she set the then career

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record and was named a two-time Second Team NFCA All-American.

Playing career

Ricketts played

for Oklahoma from 2006 to 2009, where she set the then career

record and was named a two-time Second Team NFCA All-American. Ricketts was drafted 12th overall by the

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in the

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, and played two seasons for the team.

Coaching career

Mississippi State

On July 21, 2014, Ricketts was named an assistant coach for

. On July 30, 2018, she was promoted to associate head coach. On July 22, 2019, Ricketts was named the head coach for Mississippi State.

USSSA Pride

On May 25, 2016, Ricketts was named an assistant coach for the

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of the

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league.

Personal life

Ricketts is the sister of softball athletes

Keilani Ricketts Keilani Johanna Ricketts Tumanuvao (born September 1, 1991) is an American softball pitcher for the Oklahoma City Spark of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She played college softball at Oklahoma from 2010 to 2013, where she was the sta ...

and Stephanie Ricketts. She is of Samoan descent.

Statistics

Oklahoma Sooners

Head Coaching Record

College

References

External links

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