To be a dominant force in one sport is hard – being elite at two is rare air. That’s where you’ll find De La Salle standout Alec Blair.

The 6-foot-6 senior is a star basketball player and a blue-chip baseball talent.

Blair is set to play both sports at the University of Oklahoma starting next school year, no matter what happens in the MLB draft this summer.

On Friday, Blair made it clear: He is going to Oklahoma.

“I’m going to school. That’s my mentality right now,” Blair told the Bay Area News Group. “I’m just prepping for Oklahoma and I’m getting ready for hoops. I have to report June 1 for basketball to learn some plays and get ready for that. So, that’s all I’m thinking about right now.”

Blair is coming off a stellar basketball season that saw him lead the Spartans to East Bay Athletic League and North Coast Section Open Division championships. He averaged 19 points, six rebounds and four assists per game while shooting 54% from the field, earning first-team all-Bay Area News Group honors.

Blair made his season debut last Wednesday against Dublin. The rangy center fielder has been a force since returning to baseball -- 8 for 14 with seven RBIs, two home runs and six extra-base hits across five games.

MLB.com currently has Blair listed as the 85th-best baseball prospect in the country.

-- Nathan Canilao

Women’s soccer

Rodman scores as U.S. beats Brazil >> Trinity Rodman scored in the fifth minute of her return from an eight-month absence due to a back injury, and the U.S. women beat Brazil 2-0 in Inglewood in a friendly rematch of the Paris Olympics gold-medal match won by the U.S.

The teams meet again Tuesday night at PayPal Park in San Jose.

Golf

Harman survives wind, leads Texas Open >> Brian Harman survived 30 mph wind by playing the final 13 holes without a bogey, giving him an even-par 72 and a three-shot lead in a Valero Texas Open in San Antonio so difficult that only six players managed to break par.

Bernat Escuder wins women’s Amateur >> Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain understood what it takes to win at the home of the Masters and delivered a gem with a clutch flop shop to start the back nine and a 4-foot par putt at the end for a 4-under 68 to win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

Stanford junior Megha Ganne, who set an ANWA record with a 63 in the first round, finished tied for seventh after back-to-back rounds of 73.

NHL

Ex-Shark Meier scores twice in Devils’ win >> Timo Meier scored twice and Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 4-0 in an outcome that clinched Tampa Bay’s eighth straight playoff berth.

Women’s basketball

USC’s Watkins wins Wooden Award >> JuJu Watkins is adding more hardware to her trophy case. The Southern California sophomore guard won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding women’s basketball player. She beat out UConn’s Paige Bueckers, who won in 2021, by 46 votes.

SMU names Arizona’s Barnes its new coach >> Adia Barnes was named SMU’s new coach after nine seasons at Arizona, where she led the Wildcats to the national championship game against Stanford four years ago.