2008 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament

The 2008 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 9 through May 11, 2008. Texas A&M won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[2][3]

2008 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Jo Evans (1st title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (4th title game)
MVP	Megan Gibson (Texas A&M)
Attendance	3,942

2008 Big 12 Conference softball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	1	–	0		.944			57	–	10	–	0		.851
No. 10 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	16	–	2	–	0		.889			47	–	14	–	0		.770
No. 19 Missouri ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	6	–	0		.647			47	–	17	–	0		.734
Texas ‍‍‍^y	9	–	9	–	0		.500			29	–	23	–	2		.556
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	9	–	9	–	0		.500			26	–	25	–	0		.510
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0		.444			23	–	36	–	0		.390
Kansas ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0		.389			37	–	19	–	0		.661
Baylor ‍‍‍	4	–	13	–	0		.235			23	–	22	–	0		.511
Iowa State ‍‍‍	4	–	14	–	0		.222			29	–	29	–	0		.500
Nebraska ‍‍‍	4	–	14	–	0		.222			25	–	28	–	0		.472
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4] Texas A&M would go on to play in the 2008 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	T	%	W	L	T	%
1	1	Texas A&M	17	1	0	.944	57	10	0	.851
2	2	Oklahoma	16	2	0	.889	47	14	0	.770
3	3	Missouri	11	6	0	.647	47	17	0	.734
4	4	Texas	9	9	0	.500	29	23	2	.556
4	5	Oklahoma State	9	9	0	.500	26	25	0	.510
6	6	Texas Tech	8	10	0	.444	23	36	0	.390
7	7	Kansas	7	11	0	.389	37	19	0	.661
8	8	Baylor	4	13	0	.235	23	22	0	.511
9	9	Iowa State	4	14	0	.222	29	29	0	.500
9	10	Nebraska	4	14	0	.222	25	28	0	.472

Schedule

Source:[3][2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Friday, May 9
1	5:00 p.m.	#10 Nebraska 4, #7 Kansas 3	Hall of Fame Stadium	709
2	5:00 p.m.	#9 Iowa State 6, #8 Baylor 4 (10)	Field 4	702
Day 2 – Saturday, May 10
3	11:00 a.m.	#10 Nebraska 6, #2 Oklahoma 5	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,638
4	11:30 a.m.	#6 Texas Tech 5, #3 Missouri 3	Field 4
5	2:00 p.m.	#1 Texas A&M 1, #9 Iowa State 0 (9)	Hall of Fame Stadium
6	2:23 p.m.	#4 Texas 4, #5 Oklahoma State 3 (9)	Field 4
7	4:38 p.m.	#10 Nebraska 6, #6 Texas Tech 1	Hall of Fame Stadium	859
8	7:37 p.m.	#1 Texas A&M 3, #4 Texas 1 (11)	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Sunday, May 11
9	12:00 p.m.	#1 Texas A&M 5, #10 Nebraska 0	Hall of Fame Stadium	736
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:[3]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Megan Gibson	Texas A&M
3B	Jamie Hinshaw	Texas A&M
SS	Holly Ridley	Texas A&M
IF	Brette Reagan	Baylor
IF	Samantha Ricketts	Oklahoma
IF	Crystal Carwile	Nebraska
IF	Haley Long	Nebraska
C	Erin Glasco	Texas A&M
C/IF	Jennifer Corkin	Texas Tech
OF	Meghan Mullin	Nebraska
OF	Devin Zargoza	Texas Tech
P/1B	Megan Gibson	Texas A&M
P	Rachel Zabriskie	Iowa State
P	Molly Hill	Nebraska

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2008 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.