SEC Prepares For Fourth Annual “All For Alex” Weekend
April 10, 2024 | Softball
STARKVILLE – The SEC softball community will again be united on April 13 when all 13 teams participate in the fourth annual "All for Alex" weekend to honor the legacy of Mississippi State's Alex Wilcox.
Wilcox was a member of the 2018 Mississippi State softball team who inspired the nation with her courageous fight against ovarian cancer. That fight ultimately took her life in the summer of 2018. This weekend will be the second time that State has met Tennessee during "All For Alex" weekend, with the last coming in Knoxville in 2022. The Bulldogs will wear their white uniforms with teal lettering while the Lady Vols will be in teal jersey tops.
All 13 SEC teams will wear teal uniforms or teal accents on Saturday. There are six conference games scheduled, and Ole Miss will host Western Kentucky. Additionally, multiple non-conference teams nationwide are expected to participate, including South Alabama where Wilcox's sister, Kassidy, played. Former Bulldog coaches and players now on coaching staffs at UTSA and UT Arlington have brought the campaign to those programs as well.
The campaign is a joint effort of LSU head coach Beth Torina and MSU head coach Samantha Ricketts and was approved at the SEC coaches' meetings in the fall of 2019 before being put on hold when the 2020 conference season was canceled.
MSU immortalized Wilcox on Sept. 15, 2018, when the university retired her No. 8 jersey, making her the first female student-athlete in Mississippi State history to receive the honor. All 13 SEC softball teams were awarded the league's Sportsmanship Award in 2018 for their united support of Wilcox throughout her final year of competition.
This weekend Mississippi State is set to play its fifth consecutive ranked series when No. 4 Tennessee visits Nusz Park. The Bulldogs also finish the SEC regular season with series at No. 14 Missouri and at home against No. 7 Georgia.
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Wilcox was a member of the 2018 Mississippi State softball team who inspired the nation with her courageous fight against ovarian cancer. That fight ultimately took her life in the summer of 2018. This weekend will be the second time that State has met Tennessee during "All For Alex" weekend, with the last coming in Knoxville in 2022. The Bulldogs will wear their white uniforms with teal lettering while the Lady Vols will be in teal jersey tops.
All 13 SEC teams will wear teal uniforms or teal accents on Saturday. There are six conference games scheduled, and Ole Miss will host Western Kentucky. Additionally, multiple non-conference teams nationwide are expected to participate, including South Alabama where Wilcox's sister, Kassidy, played. Former Bulldog coaches and players now on coaching staffs at UTSA and UT Arlington have brought the campaign to those programs as well.
The campaign is a joint effort of LSU head coach Beth Torina and MSU head coach Samantha Ricketts and was approved at the SEC coaches' meetings in the fall of 2019 before being put on hold when the 2020 conference season was canceled.
MSU immortalized Wilcox on Sept. 15, 2018, when the university retired her No. 8 jersey, making her the first female student-athlete in Mississippi State history to receive the honor. All 13 SEC softball teams were awarded the league's Sportsmanship Award in 2018 for their united support of Wilcox throughout her final year of competition.
This weekend Mississippi State is set to play its fifth consecutive ranked series when No. 4 Tennessee visits Nusz Park. The Bulldogs also finish the SEC regular season with series at No. 14 Missouri and at home against No. 7 Georgia.
Follow the Bulldogs
For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram by searching "HailStateSB."
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