1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament

The 1996 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 10 through May 11, 1996. Oklahoma won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[2][3]

1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Oklahoma (1st title)
Winning coach	Patty Gasso (1st title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (1st title game)
MVP	Jill Most (Oklahoma)

1996 Big 12 Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	5		.773			50	–	20		.714
No. 15 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	5		.773			37	–	20		.649
Missouri ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			31	–	22		.585
No. 17 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8		.556			42	–	23		.646
No. 21 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	11	–	11		.500			39	–	21		.650
Kansas ‍‍‍	10	–	12		.455			31	–	26		.544
Iowa State ‍‍‍	6	–	13		.316			17	–	28		.378
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	1	–	20		.048			4	–	44		.083
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Texas A&M received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4]

Schedule

Source:[3][2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
First Round – Friday, May 10
1	10:00 a.m.	#7 Iowa State 4, #8 Texas Tech 3
2	12:10 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 5, #4 Nebraska 4
3	5:20 p.m.	#2 Oklahoma State 11, #3 Missouri 4
4	3:15 p.m.	#5 Texas A&M 3, #6 Kansas 1
5	7:45 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 2, #7 Iowa State 1		1,134
6	10:10 p.m.	#3 Missouri 5, #5 Texas A&M 1		1,134
Championship Round – Saturday, May 11
7	10:10 a.m.	#1 Oklahoma 5, #2 Oklahoma State 0
8	12:30 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 7, #3 Missouri 0
9	2:35 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 1, #2 Oklahoma State 0		1,187
10	4:45 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 1, #4 Nebraska 0		1,237
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:[3]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Jill Most	Oklahoma
1B	Casey Dickson	Oklahoma
2B/OF	Cindy Smith	Oklahoma State
3B	Nicole Myers	Oklahoma
SS	Ali Viola	Nebraska
IF	Raven Coberg	Iowa State
UTL	Michele Ryan	Oklahoma State
C	Missy Panzer	Oklahoma
OF	Stacy Bailey	Missouri
OF	Karla Knicely	Nebraska
OF	Angela Howell	Oklahoma
P	Jill Most	Oklahoma
P/DP	Angela Blackwood	Nebraska
P	Stacie Stafford	Nebraska

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
4. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.