2005 NCAA Division I softball season

2005 NCAA Division I softball season
2005 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Duration	June 2–8, 2005
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runners-up	UCLA (22nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Carol Hutchins (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
Seasons
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2005. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2005 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 8, 2005.

Conference standings

2005 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	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]

2005 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Michigan ‍†‍‡‍^y	15	–	2	.882	65	–	7	.903
No. 16 Northwestern ‍‍‍^y	15	–	3	.833	42	–	18	.700
No. 24 Iowa ‍‍‍^y	12	–	6	.667	50	–	14	.781
Ohio State ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	32	–	17	.653
Wisconsin ‍‍‍^y	11	–	9	.550	31	–	24	.564
Penn State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	9	.526	36	–	23	.610
Purdue ‍‍‍	10	–	10	.500	34	–	24	.586
Michigan State ‍‍‍	7	–	9	.438	25	–	28	.472
Minnesota ‍‍‍	6	–	14	.300	25	–	27	.481
Illinois ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	24	–	26	.480
Indiana ‍‍‍	2	–	18	.100	13	–	41	.241

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2005^[2] Rankings from NFCA

2005 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Arizona ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	45	–	12	.789
No. 6 California ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	52	–	15	.776
No. 15 Oregon State ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	43	–	16	.729
No. 10 Stanford ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	43	–	16	.729
No. 2 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10	.524	40	–	20	.667
No. 14 Washington ‍‍‍^y	10	–	11	.476	35	–	22	.614
No. 23 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	7	–	14	.333	36	–	25	.590
Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	4	–	17	.190	30	–	26	.536

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005^[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2005 Southland Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Texas–San Antonio ‍†‍‍	21	–	5	–	0	.808	42	–	18	–	0	.700
Sam Houston State ‍‍‍	19	–	7	–	0	.731	29	–	25	–	0	.537
Texas State ‍‍‍	18	–	8	–	0	.692	26	–	27	–	0	.491
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	15	–	12	–	0	.556	35	–	28	–	0	.556
Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍	13	–	13	–	0	.500	17	–	26	–	1	.398
McNeese State ‍‍‍^y	12	–	15	–	0	.444	34	–	35	–	0	.493
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	20	–	27	–	0	.426
Nicholls State ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0	.370	18	–	34	–	0	.346
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0	.296	16	–	30	–	0	.348
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	5	–	22	–	0	.185	15	–	44	–	0	.254

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2005^[4] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2005 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 2 to June 8, 2005 in Oklahoma City.^[5]

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

3	Arizona	0

11	Tennessee	1
			11	Tennessee	1

			7	UCLA	3
7	UCLA	2

2	California	1
						7	UCLA	4	X

						4	Texas	0	X
3	Arizona	3

2	California	2
			3	Arizona	0

			4	Texas	1



										7	UCLA	5	2	1

										1	Michigan	0	5	4
1	Michigan	3

	DePaul	0
			1	Michigan	4

			4	Texas	0
12	Alabama	0

4	Texas	3
						1	Michigan	0	3

						11	Tennessee	2	2
	DePaul	1

12	Alabama	2
			12	Alabama	0

			11	Tennessee	4

Season leaders

Batting

Batting average: .524 – Lauren Wible, Bucknell Bison
RBIs: 77 – Samantha Findlay, Michigan Wolverines
Home runs: 26 – Stephanie Best, UCF Knights

Pitching

Wins: 50-9 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers
ERA: 0.36 (14 ER/272.2 IP) – Cat Osterman Texas Longhorns
Strikeouts: 603 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Records

NCAA Division I season at bats: 270 – Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee Volunteers^[6]

NCAA Division I season Games pitched: 69 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Sophomore class strikeouts: 603 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Junior class No hitters: 8 – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats

Junior class strikeout ratio: 15.2 (593 SO/272.2 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

Senior class doubles: 27 – Cameron Astiazaran, UIC Flames

Team shutouts: 51 – Tennessee Volunteers

Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[7]

Honda Sports Award Softball:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[8]

Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award Team

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[9]

Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2005	30	7	42	33	31	22	0	272.2	68	23	14	48	593	0.36	0.42

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[10]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Monica Abbott	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Cat Osterman	JR.	Texas Longhorns
	Jennie Ritter	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
C	Kristen Rivera	SR.	Washington Huskies
1B	Garland Cooper	SO.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Tiffany Haas	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Vicky Galindo	SR.	California Golden Bears
SS	Courtney Bures	FR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
OF	Sarah Fekete	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Marissa Nichols	FR.	UNLV Rebels
	Caitlin Lowe	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
DP	Cameron Astiazaran	SR.	UIC Flames
UT	Amanda Scarborough	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
AT-L	Kristie Fox	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Brianne McGowan	JR.	Oregon State Beavers
	Kim Wendland	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Jamie Southern	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Heather Scaglione	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Michelle Green	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Alicia Hollowell	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Kristina Thorson	JR.	California Golden Bears
C	Ashley Courtney	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
1B	Jennifer Curtier	SO.	Pacific Tigers
2B	Caitlin Benyi	JR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Kristi Durant	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
SS	Amber Jackson	JR.	Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
OF	Catalina Morris	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Kristin Vesely	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Harmony Schwethelm	JR.	Baylor Bears
DP	Megan Gibson	SO.	Texas A&M Aggies
UT	Holly Currie	SO.	Auburn Tigers
AT-L	Stephanie Churchwell	FR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Anjelica Selden	FR.	UCLA Bruins
	Lindsay Schutzler	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Michelle Smith	FR.	Stanford Cardinal

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Megan Meyer	SR.	Seton Hall Pirates
	Sarah Pauly	SR.	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
	Jessica Sallinger	SR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
C	Rachel Folden	FR.	Marshall Thundering Herd
1B	Page Jones	SR.	Auburn Tigers
2B	Anne Steffan	SR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
3B	Norrelle Dickson	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
SS	Jessica Merchant	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
OF	Danyele Gomez	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Megan Ciolli	SR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Tiffany Stewart	JR.	USF Bulls
DP	Nicole Motycka	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
UT	Ashley Esparza	FR.	Penn State Nittany Lions
AT-L	Lisa Birocci	SR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
	Kaleo Eldredge	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Courtnay Foster	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Lauren Lappin	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Saskia Roberson	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
^ 2022 Softball Record Book (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
^ "2005 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ "2005 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

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

[2] "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.

[3] 2022 Softball Record Book (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 14, 2022.

[4] "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

[5] "2005 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[6] "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[7] "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[8] "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[9] "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[10] "2005 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

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