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2025 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record42–6 (13–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Singleton (6th season)
  • Kristen Zaleski (3rd season)
  • Patti Ruth Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762 42 – 5 – 0   .894
No. 2 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 41 – 8 – 0   .837
No. 5 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 39 – 11 – 0   .780
No. 4 Texas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 42 – 9 – 0   .824
No. 8 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 36 – 10 – 0   .783
No. 9 Florida  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 41 – 12 – 0   .774
No. 10 LSU  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 39 – 11 – 0   .780
No. 14 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 36 – 13 – 0   .735
No. 18 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 35 – 15 – 0   .700
No. 19 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 35 – 18 – 0   .660
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476 34 – 14 – 0   .708
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 29 – 22 – 0   .569
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 29 – 17 – 0   .630
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 30 – 21 – 0   .588
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190 23 – 29 – 0   .442
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of April 28, 2025[1]
Rankings from NFCA/GoRout[2]

The 2025 Texas Longhorns softball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns play their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a first-year member of the Southeastern Conference.[3] They are led by head coach Mike White in his 7th season at Texas.

Previous season

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Texas finished the 2024 season 55–10, 23–4 in Big 12 Conference play.[4] In the postseason, Texas made the Women's College World Series and were defeated by Oklahoma in the championship game.[5]

Personnel

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Roster

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2025 Texas Longhorns Roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 – Teagan Kavan – sophomore
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – freshman
  • 55 – Mac Morgan – senior
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – junior
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – senior
 

Catchers

  • 14 – Reese Atwood[a] – junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – sophomore
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz[a] – senior

Infielders

  • 5 – Kaydee Bennett – junior
  • 9 – Joley Mitchell – senior
  • 11 – Shylien Brister – freshman
  • 12 – Victoria Hunter – sophomore
  • 14 – Reese Atwood[a] – junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – sophomore
  • 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz[a] – senior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Adayah Wallace – sophomore
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney - Redshirt junior
  • 21 – Kayden Henry – sophomore

Utility Players

  • 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – senior
  • 10 – Mia Scott – senior
  • 30 – Rachel Wells – junior
  • 43 – Leighann Goode – junior


 

Roster Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Plays two different positions

Coaches

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2025 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[6]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 7th year
  • Steve Singleton – Associate head coach – 6th year
  • Kristen Zaleski – Assistant coach – 3rd year
  • Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 2nd year

Support staff

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2025 Texas Longhorns support staff[6]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 5th year
  • Melissa Schmitz – Assistant coach for athletic performance – 9th year
  • Nick Williams – Video coordinator
  • Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 2nd year

Offseason

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Player departures

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2025 Texas offseason departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Alyssa Washington 11 IF 5'5" Senior Abilene, TX Graduated
Baylea Brandon 27 UTL 5'6" Junior Leander, TX Graduated
Bella Dayton 6 OF 5'6" Senior Wylie, TX Graduated
Estelle Czech 22 P 5'8" Senior Downers Grove, IL Graduated
Jordyn Whitaker 5 DP 5'9" Senior Jacksonville, TX Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name B/T Pos. Height Hometown Year New school Source
Ryan Brown R/R IF 5’8” Thompson's Station, TN Freshman Tennessee [7]

Incoming players

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2024 Texas Signing Class
Name B/T Number Pos. Hometown High School Source
Shylien Brister R/R 11 UTL Houston, TX Clear Brook High School [8]
Cambria Salmon R/R 25 P Beaumont, CA Beaumont High School

Incoming transfers

Name B/T Pos. Height Hometown Year Previous school Source
Kaydee Bennett L/R IF 5'6” Caddo Mills, TX Junior Abilene Christian [9]


Preseason

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Preseason All-SEC team

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Preseason All-SEC Team
Name Number Position Class Source
Citlaly Gutierrez 77 P Junior [10]
Katie Stewart 20 IF/C Sophomore
Mia Scott 10 UTL Senior
Reese Atwood 14 IF/C Junior
Teagan Kavan 17 P Sophomore

SEC coaches poll

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SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Texas 186 (7)
2 Florida 181 (6)
3 Oklahoma 170 (2)
4 Tennessee 158
5 Texas A&M 153
6 LSU 115
7 Arkansas 104
8 Georgia 103
9 Missouri 100
10 Alabama 97
11 Kentucky 55
12 Mississippi State 54
13 Auburn 37
14 Ole Miss 34
15 South Carolina 28

Source:[11]


Schedule and results

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2025 Texas Longhorns softball game log (42–6)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (42–6)
April (8–3)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record Box Score Recap
April 5 5:00 p.m. SECN at Missouri #1 Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO 8–0 (5) Kavan
(16–2)		 McCann
(7–8)		 — 2,515 35–3 8–2 Box Score Recap
April 6 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 at Missouri #1 Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO 4–3 Gutierrez
(8–0)		 Harrison
(9–6)		 Kavan
(2)		 2,523 36–3 9–2 Box Score Recap
April 6 3:00 p.m. SECN+ at Missouri #1 Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO 3–1 (8) Kavan
(17–2)		 Pannell
(4–5)		 — 2,523 37–3 10–2 Box Score Recap
April 9 6:00 p.m. SECN vs. Texas State #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 10–1 (5) Morgan
(7–1)		 Madison
(15–5)		 — 1,277 38–3 — Box Score Recap
April 11 8:00 p.m. ESPNU vs. #7 Tennessee #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 3–0 Kavan
(18–2)		 Nuwer
(5–3)		 — 1,590 39–3 11–2 Box Score Recap
April 12 5:00 p.m. ESPN vs. #7 Tennessee #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 1–3 Pickens
(16–4)		 Morgan
(7–2)		 — 1,554 39–4 11–3 Box Score Recap
April 13 12:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. #7 Tennessee #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 1–4 Pickens
(17–4)		 Kavan
(18–3)		 — 1,471 39–5 11–4 Box Score Recap
April 17 4:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. #9 LSU #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–3 Kavan
(19–3)		 Berzon
(15–4)		 — 1,231 40–5 12–4 Box Score Recap
April 18 4:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. #9 LSU #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 1–6 Clopton
(6–1)		 Morgan
(7–3)		 Berzon
(2)		 1,680 40–6 12–5 Box Score Recap
April 19 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 vs. #9 LSU #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 6–5 Kavan
(20–3)		 Berzon
(15–5)		 — 1,593 41–6 13–5 Box Score Recap
April 23 7:00 p.m. ESPNU at #23 Oklahoma State #2 Cowgirl Stadium • Stillwater, OK 1–0 Gutierrez
(9–0)		 Crandall
(3–4)		 Kavan
(3)		 2,012 42–6 — Box Score Recap
April 25 5:00 p.m. ESPNU at #3 Oklahoma #2 Love's Field • Norman, OK —
April 26 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 at #3 Oklahoma #2 Love's Field • Norman, OK —
April 27 1:00 p.m. ESPN2 at #3 Oklahoma #2 Love's Field • Norman, OK —
Postseason (0–0)

Schedule Notes

Awards and honors

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National awards and honors

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National Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
NFCA Player of the Week Reese Atwood C March 11, 2025 [12]
NFCA National Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 18, 2025 [13]

SEC awards and honors

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SEC Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P February 17, 2025 [14]
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 11, 2025 [15]


Record vs. conference opponents

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Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC softball records

Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule

Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM Tm SR SW
ALA 11–10 . . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 . 5/03 . . 1–2 ALA 2–4 0–0
ARK 12–9 . . 2–1 . 3–0 5/03 . . 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 ARK 5–2 1–1
AUB 6–18 . . 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . . 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 AUB 3–5 0–5
FLA 12–9 2–1 1–2 3–0 . . 1–2 . . 5/03 2–1 . . 1–2 2–1 FLA 4–3 1–0
UGA 6–14 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 . 5/03 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 0–2 UGA 0–7 0–0
KEN 7–14 . 0–3 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 0–3 . 5/03 . KEN 2–5 1–3
LSU 11–10 2–1 5/03 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 . . . . 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 LSU 4–3 1–1
MSU 11–10 2–1 . 3–0 . . 2–1 . 2–1 0–3 5/03 . 1–2 1–2 . MSU 4–3 1–1
MIZ 4–17 0–3 . . . 5/03 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 MIZ 0–7 0–3
OKL 16–5 1–2 3–0 . 5/03 . . . 3–0 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 3–0 . OKL 5–2 4–0
OMS 10–11 . 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 5/03 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . . OMS 3–4 0–0
SCA 11–10 5/03 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 . . . SCA 4–3 1–1
TEN 14–7 . 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 . . 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 5/03 TEN 6–1 1–0
TEX 13–8 . . 3–0 2–1 . 5/03 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 . . 1–2 . TEX 5–2 2–1
TAM 14–6 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 . 3–0 . 2–1 . . . 5/03 . TAM 5–2 2–0
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM Team SR SW

Updated for all games through Apr 21,2025. One game TAM @ UGA cancelled.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Rankings

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See also: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today111112211132
Softball America221111111133
ESPN.com/USA Softball111222211133
D1Softball221222211121

References

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  1. ^ "SEC Softball Standings". SEC Sports. April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll". NFCA. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma". AP. June 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Softball Schedule". Texas Sports.
  5. ^ "Oklahoma wins the 2024 Women's College World Series title". NCAA.
  6. ^ a b c "2025 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.
  7. ^ "Washington Softball Signs Alyssa Popelka". Gohuskies.
  8. ^ "Softball adds two to 2024 signing class". Texas Sports. November 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Softball signs Kaydee Bennett". Texas Sports. June 29, 2024.
  10. ^ "Texas named preseason favorite for 2025 SEC softball season". SEC Sports. January 30, 2025.
  11. ^ "No. 1 Softball tabbed first in preseason SEC coaches' poll". Texas Longhorns. January 30, 2025.
  12. ^ "No. 1/2 Softball's Atwood earns fourth career NFCA Player of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  13. ^ "No. 2/2 Softball's Kavan earns second career NFCA National Pitcher of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  14. ^ "Kavan earns No. 1/1 Softball's first SEC weekly honor". Texas Longhorns.
  15. ^ "No. 1/2 Softball's Kavan earns fourth weekly Pitcher of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  16. ^ "SEC announces 2025 softball schedule". SEC Sports. September 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  17. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. March 11, 2025. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025.
  18. ^ "Softball Schedule". SEC Sports. March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  19. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. March 23, 2025. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025.
  20. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. March 31, 2025. Archived from the original on March 31, 2025.
  21. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. April 6, 2025. Archived from the original on April 8, 2025.
  22. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. April 13, 2025. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025.
  23. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. April 20, 2025. Archived from the original on April 21, 2025.
  24. ^ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. April 27, 2025. Archived from the original on April 28, 2025.
  25. ^ "SEC Scoreboard (Live)". Nolan Analytics, LLC. April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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