American Athletic Conference softball tournament
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The American Athletic Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the American Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season. The conference regular-season champion, as determined by win-loss record, receives the #1 seed in the conference tournament.
The American is one of two successors to the original Big East Conference, which split after the 2013 season. The first year of the tournament was held at Cougar Softball Stadium in Houston, Texas.[1]
Tournament
[edit]The American softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various American-conference campus stadiums. Ten of the thirteen current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Rice, Temple, and Tulane do not sponsor softball teams.
Champions
[edit]Year-by-year
[edit]| Year | Champion | Site | MOP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Louisville | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | Katie Keller (2B), Louisville |
| 2015 | UCF | UCF Softball Complex • Orlando, FL | Samantha McCloskey (C), UCF |
| 2016 | Tulsa | Collins Family Softball Complex • Tulsa, OK | Maddie Withee (C), Tulsa |
| 2017 | Tulsa | East Carolina Softball Complex • Greenville, NC | Emily Watson (P), Tulsa |
| 2018 | Tulsa | USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL | Emily Watson (P), Tulsa |
| 2019 | No champion[a] | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Wichita State | Collins Family Softball Complex • Tulsa, OK | Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State |
| 2022 | UCF | Max R. Joyner Family Stadium • Greenville, NC | Jada Cody (C/3B), UCF |
| 2023 | UCF | USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL | Sarah Willis (P), UCF |
| 2024 | Charlotte | Wilkins Stadium • Wichita, KS | Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State |
| 2025 | South Florida | USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL | |
- ^ Tournament cancelled during opening round due to inclement weather.
By school
[edit]| School | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| UCF | 3 | 2015, 2022, 2023 |
| Charlotte | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisville | 1 | 2014 |
| South Florida | 1 | 2025 |
| Wichita State | 1 | 2021 |
| East Carolina | 0 | |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | |
| Memphis | 0 | |
| UTSA | 0 | |
| North Texas | 0 | |
| UAB | 0 |
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in The American.
References
[edit]- ^ "UH to host American Athletic Conference softball tournament". Houston Chronicle. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.