Today the OSN Spotlight, presented by Blackbeard Marine, shines on Bailey Thompson!
• Central softball
• Hometown: Edmond, Okla.
• Kinesiology major expected to graduate in May 2020
• Played softball in high school (Deer Creek) and in college
• Favorite team and player: Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook
• Favorite sports moment – personal: “Hitting my only first and only homerun my senior year of high school.”
• Favorite sports moment – overall: “Upsetting Baylor twice my freshman year allowing us to win their tournament. ”
• What do you like most about UCO? “Every part of UCO I absolutely love, but the way UCO welcomes you and the way you feel at home on campus, in the classroom, and on the field is something so special.”
• Who do you most look up to? “I look up to my parents the most because of the unconditional love, support, and guidance they have provided me the past twenty-one years. They have sacrificed more that I could ever imagine to watch me live out my dream of playing college softball. They have also pushed me to be the best version of myself on and off the field and for that I am forever thankful.”
• Goals: “To become a geriatrics occupational therapist after I graduate and attend OT school.”