Mike White opens up on unique bond with Gerry Glasco, late daughter Geri Ann ahead of WCWS finals

There are connections aplenty in this year’s Women’s College World Series, but one will loom larger than most. That’s the bond that Geri Ann Glasco had with so many in the sport.

Glasco tragically passed away in a car accident in 2019. A rising star in the softball ranks, she played for current Texas coach Mike White back at Oregon. And her father, Gerry Glasco, now coaches at Texas Tech.

Both coaches at the WCWS will carry her legacy forward as they compete in Oklahoma City. There will be a healthy amount of mutual respect between the two.

“I was blessed to be able to coach his daughter Geri Ann Glasco at Oregon for a couple of years,” White said at a press conference in Oklahoma City. “And what a special person she was, not only as a player but as a person. She was a proponent of softball and just promoted it everywhere she went.

“Kids loved her. She had that great smile and demeanor about her. And we always had a fun time in the bullpen with her as well, joking to her about the trenches she used to leave with the drag foot.”

Glasco also left an imprint on those around her. Oklahoma ace Sam Landry wore Glasco’s name on her glove as a hat tip to the Glasco family. Landry previously played at Louisiana, where Geri Ann Glasco coached before she passed away.

White also shares a special bond with Gerry Glasco, having coached his daughter at Oregon. He opened up.

“Absolutely. It’s been a good relationship with Gerry,” White said. “He’s been a softball stalwart, so to speak. He’s been a big proponent of the game and loves it, loves the energy from it. I can’t imagine him doing anything else but softball.”

So when Oklahoma and Texas Tech go toe to toe on Wednesday, everyone will have one eye to the sky. Geri Ann Glasco means that much.

“Some great times, and she was also a special hitter as well,” White said. “I just loved coaching her. It was certainly a very sad day when that tragic thing happened.”