NORMAN — Hannah Sparks can't help but be wowed every time she hears her name over the public address system at Marita Hynes Field.
As a non-starter and the owner of the No. 4 jersey, the lowest number on the Oklahoma softball team, the senior is always the first named called during OU's pregame roster announcements.
Every time, the crowd of more than 1,500 responds with raucous applause.
It's a moment the small-town girl from Thomasville, Alabama, never thought she'd experience.
“To be announced the first time in front of a sold-out crowd, it was like whoa,” she said, remembering back to her first game in 2016.