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Texas Longhorns softball
Texas Longhorns softball
2024 Texas Longhorns softball team
Founded	1997
University	University of Texas at Austin
All-time Record	1,099–474–5 (.698)
Head coach	Mike White (6th season)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Austin, TX
Home stadium	Red & Charline McCombs Field (Capacity: 1,254)
Nickname	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt orange and white;
NCAA WCWS runner-up
	2022
NCAA WCWS appearances
	1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022
NCAA Super Regional appearances
	2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
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
Conference Tournament championships
	1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
Regular Season Conference championships
	2002, 2003, 2006, 2010

Texas Longhorns softball

College softball team

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.

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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 986–435–3 (.693) as of the end of the 2021 season.^[3] The Longhorns have won four regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships in softball.^[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, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) six times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022) and the super regional round, which was introduced in 2005, on eight occasions.^[2]^[4]

The Longhorns play their home games at Red & Charline McCombs Field, where they have compiled a record of 519–137–2 (.790) as of the end of the 2021 season.^[3] Texas hired fourth-year head coach Mike White, formerly head coach of the Oregon Ducks, on June 25, 2018.^[5]

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Years	Coach	Record	%
1997–2018	Connie Clark	873–401–3	.685
2019–present	Mike White	238–77–2	.756

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]

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll
Connie Clark (Big 12) (1997–2018)
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	243–142
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
2024	Mike White	33–6	14–4
Mike White:		238–77–2	61–29
Total:		1104–477–5
National Champions College World Series Runner-Up College World Series Participants Conference Champions Conference Tournament Champion Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champion

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

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

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Texas Longhorns softball

History

Coaching history

Championships

Conference Championships

Conference Tournament Championships

Coaching staff

All-time season results

All-time series records

Big 12 members

Former Big 12 members

Individual honors, awards, and accomplishments

National honors and awards

Conference awards and honors

Home Field

Attendance Record

No-Hitters

Retired numbers

Notes

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Texas Longhorns softball
2024 Texas Longhorns softball team

Founded	1997
University	University of Texas at Austin
All-time Record	1,099–474–5 (.698)
Head coach	Mike White (6th 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 runner-up
2022
NCAA WCWS appearances
1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022
NCAA Super Regional appearances
2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
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
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
Regular Season Conference championships
2002, 2003, 2006, 2010

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

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

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-present	2020	Softball America Freshman Pitcher of the Year
Miranda Elish	P	2019-2020	2020	Softball America Player of the Year

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

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

#	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