NORMAN — Just before Big 12 play last year, Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso showed the Sooners a 60 Minutes Sports interview with Lindsey Vonn.
Then-junior pitcher Paige Lowary, who had arrived at OU just a couple months earlier as a transfer from Missouri, was captivated from the minute Vonn showed up on the screen.
Not only did the two look alike with blonde hair, bright smiles and a similar bone structure, they also shared a similar story.
Like Lowary, Vonn had to overcome depression and injuries en route to rebuilding her career.
Now, a year removed from watching the interview with the Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Lowary is thriving with the Sooners.