Texas Longhorns softball

The Texas Longhorns softball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.

Texas Longhorns softball
Founded	1997
University	University of Texas at Austin
Head coach	Mike White (1st season)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Austin, TX
Home stadium	Red & Charline McCombs Field (Capacity: 1,254)
Nickname	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt Orange and White[1]
NCAA WCWS appearances
1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013
NCAA Super Regional appearances
2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
Conference championships
2002, 2003, 2006, 2010

The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in softball in 1997; the softball team competed as a club team for one year in 1996.[2] Texas has an all-time varsity win-loss record of 919–418–3 (.687) as of the end of the 2019 season.[3] The Longhorns have won four regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships in softball (the Big 12 did not hold a softball tournament during the 2011-2016 Seasons).[2][4] Texas has made 19 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 22 seasons of varsity competition, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) five times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) and the super regional round, which was introduced in 2005, on five occasions.[2][4]

The Longhorns play their home games at Red & Charline McCombs Field, where they have compiled a record of 473–131–2 (.782) as of the end of the 2019 season.[3] Texas hired first-year head coach Mike White, formerly head coach of the Oregon Ducks, on June 25, 2018.[5]

History

The Longhorns softball team gets the final strike-out to win over Penn State, February 15, 2008

Coaching history

Years	Coach	Record	%
1997–2018	Connie Clark	873–401–3	.685
2019–present	Mike White	46-17	.730

Championships

Conference Championships

Season	Conference	Record	Head Coach
2002	Big 12 Conference	17–1	Connie Clark
2003	Big 12 Conference	15–2	Connie Clark
2006	Big 12 Conference	15–2	Connie Clark
2010	Big 12 Conference	14–2	Connie Clark

Conference Tournament Championships

Year	Conference	Tournament Location	Head Coach
1999	Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma City, OK	Connie Clark
2002	Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma City, OK	Connie Clark
2003	Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma City, OK	Connie Clark
2005	Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma City, OK	Connie Clark

Coaching staff

Name	Position coached	Consecutive season at Texas in current position
Mike White	Head coach	3rd
Chelsea Spencer	Assistant Coach	3rd
Steve Singleton	Assistant Coachh	2nd
Kailee Cuico	Assistant Coach and Volunteer Coach	3rd
Reference:[6]

All-time season results

Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section[3]

Legend
National Champions
Women's College World Series berth
Conference Tournament Champions
Conference Regular Season Champions

Season	Head Coach	Overall				Conference				Conference Standing	Conference Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Final Rank
		W	L	T	%	W	L	T	%
1997	Connie Clark	30	24	0	.556	6	10	0	.375	7th	1–2
1998	Connie Clark	49	16	0	.754	11	5	0	.688	3rd	2–2	Women's College World Series 1st Round	7
1999	Connie Clark	45	17	0	.726	10	4	0	.714	2nd	Champion	Region 8 2nd Round	18
2000	Connie Clark	30	27	1	.526	11	5	0	.688	3rd	1–2	Region 6 3rd Round
2001	Connie Clark	24	29	0	.453	5	13	0	.278	9th	0–1
2002	Connie Clark	50	13	0	.794	17	1	0	.944	1st	Champion	Region 5 Semifinals	16
2003	Connie Clark	49	9	0	.845	15	2	0	.882	1st	Champion	Women's College World Series Semifinals	4
2004	Connie Clark	24	25	0	.490	5	13	0	.278	8th	1–2
2005	Connie Clark	49	13	0	.790	11	6	0	.647	3rd	Champion	Women's College World Series Semifinals	4
2006	Connie Clark	55	9	0	.859	15	2	0	.882	1st	0–2	Women's College World Series 2nd Round	5
2007	Connie Clark	35	20	0	.636	8	10	0	.444	6th	0–1	Gainesville Regional Finals	24
2008	Connie Clark	23	23	2	.500	9	9	0	.500	T-4th	1–1	Houston Regional 2nd Round
2009	Connie Clark	40	20	0	.667	11	7	0	.611	4th	1–1	Tuscaloosa Regional Finals
2010	Connie Clark	43	15	0	.741	14	2	0	.875	1st	1–1	Austin Regional 2nd Round	18
2011	Connie Clark	46	10	0	.821	14	4	0	.778	2nd		Austin Regional 2nd Round	19
2012	Connie Clark	47	13	0	.783	16	8	0	.667	T-3rd		Austin Super Regional	9
2013	Connie Clark	51	10	0	.836	14	4	0	.778	2nd		Women's College World Series Semifinals	3
2014	Connie Clark	35	23	0	.603	12	6	0	.667	3rd		Lafayette Regional Finals
2015	Connie Clark	38	17	0	.691	12	6	0	.667	T-2nd		Los Angeles Regional 2nd Round
2016	Connie Clark	38	16	0	.704	10	7	0	.588	3rd		Lafayette Regional 2nd Round
2017	Connie Clark	33	26	0	.559	7	10	0	.412	4th	1–2	College Station Regional Finals
2018	Connie Clark	33	23	0	.589	10	8	0	.556	4th	2–1	Seattle Regional 2nd Round
2019	Mike White	46	17	0	.730	12	6	0	.667	3rd	0–2	Tuscaloosa Super Regional
Total		937	418	3	.691	255	148	0	.633	4	4	0

All-time series records

Big 12 members

*Through May 25, 2019.
Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section[3]
2019 Season Results[7]

Opponent	Overall Record	Home	Away	Neutral	Postseason	Current Streak
Baylor	32-22	18-7	13-13	1-2	1-2	W3
Iowa State	56-4	25-3	24-0	7-1	5-1	L1
Kansas	40-14	18-4	20-10	2-0	2-0	W9
Oklahoma	24-45	10-18	7-18	7-9	4-8	L18
Oklahoma State	35-22	19-9	15-11	1-2	1-2	L1
Texas Tech	46-11	19-4	21-5	6-2	5-1	W1

Former Big 12 members

*Through May 25, 2019.
Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section[3]
2019 Season Results[8]

Opponent	Overall Record	Home	Away	Neutral	Postseason	Current Streak
Missouri	17-20	10-7	4-9	3-4	2-3	W1
Nebraska	20-18	9-7	5-8	6-3	5-3	W6
Texas A&M	22-22	11-7	7-10	4-5	3-5	W1

Individual honors, awards, and accomplishments

National Player of the Year

Texas is the only program in the NCAA with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards.[9] Pitcher Cat Osterman, who won the award all three times, is the only player in NCAA history to have won the award more than once.[10]

National Player of the Year award recipients
Player	Position	Career	Award Year	Awards
Cat Osterman	P	2002–03, 2005–06	2003	USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Cat Osterman	P	2002–03, 2005–06	2005	USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Honda Sports Award
Cat Osterman	P	2002–03, 2005–06	2006	USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Honda Sports Award
Miranda Elish	P	2019-	2020	Softball America National Player of the Year

Conference Awards and Honors

Sources:[11]

Big 12 Player of the Year

• Amy Hooks, 2011
• Taylor Thom, 2014

Big 12 Pitcher of the Year

• Cat Osterman, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
• Blaire Luna, 2010

Big 12 Freshman of the Year

• Jodi Reeves, 1997
• Lindsay Gardner, 2000
• Cat Osterman, 2002
• Chez Sievers, 2003
• Blaire Luna, 2010
• Taylor Thom, 2011
• Tiarra Davis, 2014

Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

• Megan Willis, 2006, 2007

Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

• Christa Williams, 1998

Home Field

Home Field	Seasons	Record
East Austin Youth Complex	1997	14-7-0
Red & Charline McCombs Field	1998–present	446-124-2

Through 2019 Season

Attendance Record

No.	Date	Opponent	Attendance	Result	Notes
1	April 30, 2006	Oklahoma State	1,570	W 3-0
2	May 27, 2006	Washington	1,437	W 1-0	Austin Super Regional
	April 6, 2005	Texas A&M	1,437	W 3-0
4	May 26, 2006	Washington	1,435	W 9-1	Austin Super Regional
5	April 12, 2003	Oklahoma	1,425	W 2-1
6	April 5, 2006	Texas A&M	1,423	L 2-4
7	April 29, 2006	Oklahoma State	1,414	W 1-0
8	May 1, 2011	Oklahoma	1,399	W 5-3
9	April 24, 2005	Iowa State	1,393	L 0-1
10	May 2, 2009	Texas A&M	1,376	L 1-6
	April 9, 2003	Texas A&M	1,376	W 1-0

Through 2019 Season[3]

No-Hitters

Texas Pitchers have thrown 50 No-Hitters including 11 Perfect Game [12]

Legend	Perfect Game

#	Date	Picther	Opponent	IP	K	BB	HBP	E	Score
1	February 4, 1998	Christa Williams	St. Edward's	4	10	1	0	0	10-0
		Carmen Martinez		1	0	2	0	0
2	February 28, 1998	Christa Williams	TWU	7	12	1	0	0	5-0
3	March 6, 1998	Christa Williams	Hofstra	7	13	1	1	0	1-0
4	March 14, 1998	Christa Williams	North Carolina	5	9	4	0	0	8-0
5	April 2, 1999	Christa Williams	Texas A&M	7	11	4	0	0	1-0
6	April 13, 1999	Christa Williams	UTSA	5	10	5	0	2	17-0
7	April 18, 1999	Christa Williams	Oklahoma	8	8	1	0	1	1-0
8	February 7, 2001	Natalie King	St. Edward's	5	5	1	0	0	10-0
9	March 14, 2001	Natalie King	New Mexico State	7	6	3	1	0	3-0
10	February 13, 2002	Cat Osterman	Utah	7	16	3	0	1	3-0
11	February 15, 2002	Cat Osterman	Southwest Texas	7	13	0	0	3	4-0
12	February 26, 2002	Cat Osterman	Stephen F. Austin	7	15	0	0	0	7-0
13	March 27, 2002	Cat Osterman	Baylor	7	17	0	0	0	2-0
14	April 27, 2002	Cat Osterman	Oklahoma State	7	15	0	0	0	5-0
15	February 8, 2003	Cat Osterman	Fresno State	7	18	0	0	0	4-0
16	February 12, 2003	Cat Osterman	UT Arlington	7	17	0	0	1	7-0
17	February 28, 2003	Amy Bradford	North Carolina	7	13	0	1	0	3-0
18	March 1, 2003	Cat Osterman	Florida	7	18	1	0	0	1-0
19	March 5, 2003	Cat Osterman	UTSA	7	17	2	0	0	3-0
20	March 6, 2003	Amy Bradford	Eastern Michigan	5	11	1	0	0	8-0
21	February 16, 2005	Cat Osterman	Texas State	7	17	0	0	0	4-0
22	February 25, 2005	Meagan Denny	BYU	7	15	2	0	0	1-0
23	March 9, 2005	Cat Osterman	UTSA	7	18	0	0	0	2-0
24	March 11, 2005	Cat Osterman	UTEP	7	19	1	0	0	3-0
25	April 26, 2005	Meagan Denny	Texas Tech	7	15	1	0	1	3-0
26	May 12, 2005	Cat Osterman	Nebraska	7	14	2	0	0	3-0
27	May 20, 2005	Cat Osterman	Massachusetts	7	14	1	0	0	1-0
28	May 21, 2005	Cat Osterman	Mississippi State	7	17	0	0	0	2-0
29	February 10, 2006	Cat Osterman	Syracuse	5	11	0	0	1	12-0
30	February 11, 2006	Cat Osterman	Northwestern	7	17	1	0	0	3-0
31	February 17, 2006	Cat Osterman	Fordham	7	17	0	0	1	1-0
32	March 8, 2006	Cat Osterman	North Texas	7	16	0	2	0	5-0
33	April 15, 2006	Cat Osterman	Oklahoma	7	14	0	1	0	2-0
34	April 28, 2007	Meagan Denny	Iowa State	7	11	1	0	1	1-0
35	May 1, 2008	Brittany Barnhill	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	6	4	2	1	0	8-0
36	February 12, 2010	Blaire Luna	North Carolina	8	6	1	0	0	1-0
37	March 4, 2010	Kim Bruins	Texas Southern	5	3	0	1	0	1-0
38	March 16, 2010	Blaire Luna	North Texas	6	10	5	0	3	0-1
39	May 1, 2010	Blaire Luna	Iowa State	5	12	1	0	0	8-0
40	March 17, 2011	Blaire Luna	Washington	5	9	0	0	0	12-0
41	March 4, 2012	Kim Bruins	Sam Houston State	5	9	1	0	1	14-0
42	February 7, 2013	Blaire Luna	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	7	14	2	0	1	6-0
43	April 4, 2013	Kim Bruins	Texas Southern	2	1	0	0	0	8-0
		Holly Kern		1	1	0	0	0
		Gabby Smith		1	2	0	0	0
		Blaire Luna		1	3	0	0	0
44	April 6, 2013	Blaire Luna	Western Kentucky	7	16	1	0	0	4-0
45	April 12, 2013	Blaire Luna	Iowa State	5	11	2	0	1	8-0
46	May 26, 2013	Blaire Luna	Florida State	7	13	1	0	0	4-0
47	March 6, 2019	Shealyn O'Leary	Longwood	5	2	1	0	2	9-1
48	March 22, 2019	Miranda Elish	Iowa State	5	8	1	0	0	11-0
49	March 27, 2019	Shealyn O'Leary	Baylor	7	3	0	0	0	2-0
50	March 8, 2020	Miranda Elish	New Mexico	7	10	0	0	0	7-0

Notes

1. "Colors | Brand | The University of Texas". Retrieved August 11, 2016.
2. "2017 Texas Softball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. p. 2. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
3. "2019 Texas Softball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
4. 2017 Texas Softball Fact Book, pp. 2, 52–58
5. Greif, Andrew. "Mike White leaving Oregon Ducks softball program for Texas". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
6. "2020 Softball Roster". TexasSports.com. Texas Longhorns Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
7. "2019 Softball Results". Texas Sports. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
8. "2019 Softball Results". Texas Sports. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
9. 2017 Texas Softball Fact Book, p. 3
10. 2017 Texas Softball Fact Book, pp. 90, 95
11. "Big 12 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
12. "Texas Longhorns Softball 2020 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 91. Retrieved March 9, 2020.