Texas Longhorns softball

Texas Longhorns softball
Texas Longhorns softball
2024 Texas Longhorns softball team
Founded	1997
University	University of Texas at Austin
All-time Record	1,127–479–5 (.701)
Head coach	Mike White (6th season)
Conference	SEC
Location	Austin, TX
Home stadium	Red & Charline McCombs Field (Capacity: 1,254)
Nickname	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt orange and white;
NCAA WCWS runner-up
	2022, 2024
NCAA WCWS appearances
	1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2024
NCAA Super Regional appearances
	2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
	1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
Regular Season Conference championships
	2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2024

The Texas Longhorns softball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.

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 1,123–478–5 (.701) as of May 5, 2024.^[3] The Longhorns have won five regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships in softball as of May 5, 2024.^[2]^[4] (The Big 12 did not hold a softball tournament during the 2011 to 2016 seasons.) Texas has made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 26 seasons of varsity competition through the end of the 2023 season, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) seven times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2024) and the super regional round, which was introduced in 2005, on nine occasions.^[2]^[4]

The Longhorns play their home games at Red & Charline McCombs Field, where they have compiled a record of 592–149–3 (.798) as of May 4, 2024.^[3] Texas hired sixth-year head coach Mike White, formerly head coach of the Oregon Ducks, on June 25, 2018.^[5]

History

Coaching history

Years	Coach	Record	%
1997–2018	Connie Clark	873–401–3	.685
2019–present	Mike White	260–81–2	.761

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
2024	Big 12 Conference	23–4	Mike White

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	6th
Steve Singleton	Assistant coach	3rd
Megan Bartlett	Assistant coach	2nd
Nicole Parnell	Assistant coach and Volunteer Coach	1st
Reference:^[6]

All-time season results

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

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll
Connie Clark (Big 12) (1997–2024)
1997	Connie Clark	30–24	6–10	7th
1998	Connie Clark	49–16	11–5	3rd	Women's College World Series	7
1999	Connie Clark	45–17	10–4	2nd	Region 8 2nd Round	18
2000	Connie Clark	30–27–1	11–5	3rd	Region 6 3rd Round
2001	Connie Clark	24–29	5–13	9th
2002	Connie Clark	50–13	17–1	1st	Region 5 Semifinals	16
2003	Connie Clark	49–9	15–2	1st	Women's College World Series	4
2004	Connie Clark	24–25	5–13	8th
2005	Connie Clark	49–13	11–6	3rd	Women's College World Series	4
2006	Connie Clark	55–9	15–2	1st	Women's College World Series	5
2007	Connie Clark	35–20	8–10	6th	Gainesville Regional	24
2008	Connie Clark	23–23–2	9–9	T-4th	Houston Regional
2009	Connie Clark	40–20	11–7	4th	Tuscaloosa Regional
2010	Connie Clark	43–15	14–2	1st	Austin Regional	18
2011	Connie Clark	46–10	14–4	2nd	Austin Regional	19
2012	Connie Clark	47–13	16–8	T-3rd	Austin Super Regional	9
2013	Connie Clark	51–10	14–4	2nd	Women's College World Series	3
2014	Connie Clark	35–23	12–6	3rd	Lafayette Regional
2015	Connie Clark	38–17	12–6	T-2nd	Los Angeles Regional
2016	Connie Clark	38–16	10–7	3rd	Lafayette Regional
2017	Connie Clark	33–26	7–10	4th	College Station Regional
2018	Connie Clark	33–23	10–8	4th	Seattle Regional
Connie Clark:		867–398–3 (.685)	243–142 (.631)
Mike White (Big 12) (2019–present)
2019	Mike White	46–17	12–6	3rd	Tuscaloosa Super Regional	11
2020	Mike White	24–3
2021	Mike White	43–14	12–6	3rd	Stillwater Super Regional	12
2022	Mike White	47–22–1	12–6	3rd	Women's College World Series Runner-up	2
2023	Mike White	45–15–1	11–7	2nd	Knoxville Super Regional	10
2024	Mike White	55–10	23–4	1st	Women's College World Series Runner-up	2
Mike White:		260–81–2 (.761)	70–29 (.707)
Total:		1,127–479–5 (.701)
National champions College World Series participants Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

All-time series records

Big 12 members

*Through February 7, 2023.
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	37-22	20-8	16-13	1-2	1-2	W1
Iowa State	63-4	28-3	27-0	7-1	6-1	W7
Kansas	46-14	21-4	23-10	2-0	2-0	W15
Oklahoma	25-53	11-20	7-21	7-9	4-11	L3
Oklahoma State	38-32	19-12	16-16	1-2	4-6	W2
Texas Tech	53-12	22-4	24-5	6-2	6-2	W4

Former Big 12 members

*Through February 7, 2023.
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 honors and awards

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 twice.^[10]

Player	Position	Career	Award Year	Awards
National Player of the Year Award recipients
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
Shealyn O'Leary	P	2019–2022	2020	Softball America Freshman Pitcher of the Year
Miranda Elish	P	2019–2020	2020	Softball America Player of the Year
Reese Atwood	C	2023–present	2024	Softball America Player of the Year

Conference Awards and Honors

Sources:^[11]

Big 12 Player of the Year

Amy Hooks, 2011
Taylor Thom, 2014
Reese Atwood, 2024

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
Teagan Kavan, 2024

Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

Megan Willis, 2006, 2007

Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

Christa Williams, 1998

Big 12 Coach of the Year

Connie Clark, 2002, 2006, 2010
Mike White, 2024

Home field

Home Field	Seasons	Record
East Austin Youth Complex	1997	14–7–0
Red & Charline McCombs Field	1998–present	592–149–3

Through 2024 Season

Attendance record

No.	Date	Opponent	Attendance	Result	Notes
1	April 16, 2022	Oklahoma	1,698	W 4-2
2	February 21, 2024	Houston Christian	1,694	W 14-1
3	April 15, 2022	Oklahoma	1,687	L 1-9
4	April 30, 2006	Oklahoma State	1,570	W 3-0
5	April 14, 2022	Oklahoma	1,498	L 0-3
6	April 2, 2022	Iowa State	1,464	W 11-10
7	April 3, 2022	Iowa State	1,463	W 7-2
8	May 27, 2006	Washington	1,437	W 1-0	Austin Super Regional
8	April 6, 2005	Texas A&M	1,437	W 3-0
10	May 26, 2006	Washington	1,435	W 9-1	Austin Super Regional

Through 2024 Season

No-hitters

Texas pitchers have thrown 53 no-hitters, including 11 perfect games.^[12]

Legend	Perfect Game

#	Date	Pitcher	Opponent	IP	K	BB	HBP	E	Score
1	February 4, 1998	Christa Williams	St. Edward's	4	10	1	0	0	10-0
1	February 4, 1998	Carmen Martinez	St. Edward's	1	0	2	0	0	10-0
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
51	March 20, 2021	Ariana Adams	New Mexico	5	4	1	1	0	12-0
52	February 27, 2022	Sophia Simpson	UTSA	6	12	4	0	0	8-0
53	February 26, 2023	Citlaly Gutierrez	Texas Southern	5	9	0	0	0	22-0

Retired numbers

Number	Player	Position	Years at Texas
8	Cat Osterman	P	2002-03, 2005-06

Notes

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

[1] "Colors | Brand | The University of Texas". Retrieved August 11, 2016.

[Fact_2-2] "2017 Texas Softball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. p. 2. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[Fact_9-3] "2019 Texas Softball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

[Fact_2,_52–58-4] 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.

[Fact_3-9] 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.

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v t e Texas Longhorns softball
Venue	Red and Charline McCombs Field (1998–present)
Head coaches	Connie Clark (1997–2018) Mike White (2019–present)
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Women's College World Series appearances in italics

v t e The University of Texas at Austin
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History	History of the University Stephen F. Austin Constitution of 1876 Fisher v. University of Texas (2013) Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) Hopwood v. Texas Sweatt v. Painter Tower shooting Admissions controversy
People	Alumni Faculty Presidents Texas Exes Friar Society Tejas Club
Traditions	Bevo The Eyes of Texas Texas Fight Hex Rally Hook 'em Horns Hook 'Em (mascot) The Showband of the Southwest Texas Cowboys (Smokey the Cannon) Texas Silver Spurs World's Largest Texas Flag
Student life	The Drag Fraternities and sororities Solar Vehicles Team
Media	KUT KUTX Longhorn IMG Sports Network Longhorn Network StarDate Texas Student Media (The Daily Texan, KVRX-FM, Texas Student Television, Texas Travesty)

v t e Southeastern Conference softball
Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Oklahoma Sooners Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Lady Volunteers Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies
Championships & Awards	Tournament Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year