Amanda Hasler ‘Dreamt Of’ Making a Deep Postseason Run as a Kid, Now She’s Hoping to Keep Her Cowgirl Career Alive a Little Longer

STILLWATER — Senior Amanda Hasler didn’t realize she’d said her official goodbye to Cowgirl Stadium until she began doing postgame interviews several minutes after Oklahoma State punched its ticket to the Lincoln Super Regional.

“That’s going to be our last game at Cowgirl Stadium for the year, and my last game there ever,” Hasler said. “I’m just now realizing, which is crazy to think about. I think it’s just so awesome that I get to have that memory of that being my last game there.”

If those walls could talk, they’d say Hasler left quite the lasting impression. In the series-clinching win over Stanford on Sunday, she finished 3-for-4 at the plate, including both a double and home run in addition to three RBIs and three runs scored.

It was an impressive weekend overall for Hasler, who averaged .777 across all three regional games, headlined by a team-high seven hits, team-high six RBIs, five runs and two home runs.

On Thursday night at 8, Hasler will take part in the first Super Regional of her career at Nebraska.

“I have no words,” Hasler said. “Like, it’s freaking awesome, and it’s something I’ve dreamt of as a kid.”

Before she arrived in Stillwater ahead of the 2025 season, Hasler played for NC State, where she missed the postseason entirely. The Wolfpack didn’t even qualify for the ACC Tournament during her two seasons there.

Then her first taste of the postseason last year saw the Cowgirls go on the road for the first time since 2018, where they ended their season short of the Women’s College World Series, marking another first since 2018.

“Losing the way that we did, it, it hurt,” Hasler said. “And I think with this year being able to host and being able to go to Super Regionals, like I get to feel this amongst everyone, like amongst everyone who’s been to the World Series, and who’s been there, and you know, I just was grateful I get to (keep playing in the Supers).”

Her father, Jim Hasler, echoed that feeling of gratitude.

“It gives me a lot of joy just because I see how happy it makes her,” he said. “And you know I just enjoy the hell out of watching her so much. … To see her on a stage at this level, just, it just makes me smile every time I see it. And it’s gonna really hurt when the season’s over.”

Hasler’s batting average of .318 this season currently ranks sixth on the team among season-long starters, but her 64 RBIs put her 16 ahead of her closest teammate. The senior also boasts a program-best .695 slugging percentage (among season-long starters), designed to calculate the impact of power hitters.

Hasler is one home run short of tying team leader Rosie Davis at 15 this season and two doubles short of Davis’ total at 12. She has tied Claire Timm at three triples each.

None of which should be a surprise considering Hasler led the team in home runs last season with 16, putting her seven ahead of her closest teammate. She also finished just two hits shy of having the third-best batting average on the team.

But for all her success in the last two years, Hasler struggled at first. After recording a home run in her OSU debut against Florida State, the then-junior went cold. Her first multi-hit game occurred almost one month into the 2025 season.

“I would compare myself to a lot of people,” Hasler said, describing her early Cowgirl career prior to the 2026 season. “And you know, I kind of had imposter syndrome during last season, and it was kind of tough because I’m coming from a, I guess, lower Power Four school into a top 25 school.

“And you know, I was still trying to find my place last season. And I think once I stopped caring, that’s when those numbers came to me.”

Down the stretch, she picked up the pace, culminating in a pair of home runs against UCF that accounted for all four of OSU’s RBIs in the 4-3 win on April 19, 2025.

From a pure softball standpoint, that was her father’s favorite game, but his favorite memories of her time in Stillwater don’t involve a bat or her catcher’s mitt. Just watching his kid gain confidence and have so much fun is enough for him. Although Hasler’s dad has also really enjoyed watching his daughter sign stuff for the kids who show up to Cowgirl Stadium.

“At that moment, those kids are, you know, they’re kind of in awe of these softball players,” he said. “And you know, to see your daughter be one of them, that just, it just makes me smile.”

Jim said his daughter plans to attend culinary school when her softball career ends. She would like to be a pastry chef, but both father and daughter hope there’s plenty of memories left to make this season.

“To be able to do it with these girls who I have bonded with over the course of this whole year, it’s awesome,” Hasler said, reflecting on her remaining postseason opportunities. “Like I have no other words, and you know, I’m just, I’m so grateful I get to make memories with these girls, and even off the field, like I get to hang out with them even more now that our season is still going. Like I get to hang out with them for at least another week, and I think that’s what helps me cherish this so much, is that we’re such a tight-knit team, it just makes it that much better.”