2005 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament

The 2005 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 11 through May 14, 2005. Texas won their fourth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[2][3]

2005 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Texas (4th title)
Winning coach	Connie Clark (4th title)
Runner-up	Missouri (2nd title game)
MVP	Cat Osterman (Texas)
Attendance	6,546

2005 Big 12 Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	4		.778			47	–	10		.825
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	12	–	6		.667			50	–	17		.746
No. 5 Texas ‍‍‍^y	11	–	6		.647			49	–	13		.790
No. 12 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	11	–	7		.611			51	–	14		.785
No. 20 Missouri ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8		.556			44	–	15		.746
Kansas ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	8		.529			31	–	24		.564
No. 25 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	9	–	9		.500			36	–	23		.610
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	7	–	11		.389			35	–	24		.593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			23	–	25		.479
Iowa State ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			18	–	32		.360
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma State received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4] Texas would go on to play in the 2005 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Texas A&M	14	4	.778	47	10	.825
2	2	Oklahoma	12	6	.667	50	17	.746
3	3	Texas	11	6	.647	49	13	.790
4	4	Baylor	11	7	.611	51	14	.785
5	5	Missouri	10	8	.556	44	15	.746
6	6	Kansas	9	8	.529	31	24	.564
7	7	Nebraska	9	9	.500	36	23	.610
8	8	Oklahoma State	7	11	.389	35	24	.593
9	9	Texas Tech	3	15	.167	23	25	.479
9	10	Iowa State	3	15	.167	18	32	.360

Schedule

Source:[3][2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Wednesday, May 11
1	5:00 p.m.	#8 Oklahoma State 8, #9 Texas Tech 0 (6)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,802
2	5:00 p.m.	#7 Nebraska 6, #10 Iowa State 0	Field 2
3	7:45 p.m.	#1 Texas A&M 7, #8 Oklahoma State 5	Hall of Fame Stadium
4	7:59 p.m.	#7 Nebraska 1, #2 Oklahoma 0	Field 2
Day 2 – Thursday, May 12
5	11:00 a.m.	#4 Baylor 7, #5 Missouri 3 (9)	Hall of Fame Stadium	960
6	11:00 a.m.	#3 Texas 1, #6 Kansas 0 (8)	Field 2
7	2:00 p.m.	#5 Missouri 5, #8 Oklahoma State 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
8	2:00 p.m.	#2 Oklahoma 5, #6 Kansas 0 (11)	Field 2
9	5:00 p.m.	#4 Baylor 11, #1 Texas A&M 4	Hall of Fame Stadium
10	7:36 p.m.	#3 Texas 3, #7 Nebraska 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Friday, May 13
11	11:00 a.m.	#2 Oklahoma 6, #1 Texas A&M 2	Hall of Fame Stadium	905
12	12:30 p.m.	#5 Missouri 5, #7 Nebraska 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
13	5:00 p.m.	#3 Texas 3, #2 Oklahoma 1	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,143
14	8:25 p.m.	#5 Missouri 9, #4 Baylor 2	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 4 – Saturday, May 14
15	12:35 p.m.	#5 Missouri 10, #4 Baylor 4 (8)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,146
16	3:38 p.m.	#3 Texas 2, #5 Missouri 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:[3]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Cat Osterman	Texas
2B/SS	Chez Sievers	Texas
SS	Heather Kunkel	Missouri
IF	Carrie Leerberg	Baylor
IF	Kim Wilmoth	Baylor
C	Heather Scaglione	Oklahoma
C/UTL	Megan Willis	Texas
OF	Kelly Osburn	Baylor
OF	Janessa Roening	Missouri
OF	Tina Boutelle	Texas
P	Cat Osterman	Texas
P	Erin Kalka	Missouri
P/IF	Jen Bruck	Missouri
P	Kami Keiter	Oklahoma
P/3B	Megan Gibson	Texas A&M

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2005 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.