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American Athletic Conference softball tournament

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American Athletic Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
American Athletic Conference logo
SportSoftball
ConferenceThe American
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumWilkins Stadium
Current locationWichita, KS
Played2014–present
Last contest2024
Current championCharlotte
Most championshipsTulsa Golden Hurricane and UCF Knights (3 each)
Official websiteAmerican Softball
Host stadiums
Wilkins Stadium (2024)
USF Softball Stadium (2023)
Max R. Joyner Family Stadium (2022)
Collins Family Softball Complex (2021)
UCF Softball Stadium (2020, canceled)
Cougar Softball Stadium (2019)
USF Softball Stadium (2018)
ECU Softball Stadium (2017)
Collins Family Softball Complex (2016)
UCF Softball Complex (2015)
Cougar Softball Stadium (2014)
Host locations
Wichita, KS (2024)
Tampa, FL (2023)
Greenville, NC (2022)
Tulsa, OK (2021)
Orlando, FL (2020, canceled)
Houston, TX (2019)
Tampa, FL (2018)
Greenville, NC (2017)
Tulsa, OK (2016)
Orlando, FL (2015)
Houston, TX (2014)

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

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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

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Year-by-year

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Year Champion Site MOP
2014 Louisville Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX Katie Keller (2B), Louisville
2015 UCF UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL Samantha McCloskey (C), UCF
2016 Tulsa Collins Family Softball ComplexTulsa, OK Maddie Withee (C), Tulsa
2017 Tulsa East Carolina Softball ComplexGreenville, NC Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2018 Tulsa USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2019 No champion[a] Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Wichita State Collins Family Softball ComplexTulsa, OK Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State
2022 UCF Max R. Joyner Family StadiumGreenville, NC Jada Cody (C/3B), UCF
2023 UCF USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL Sarah Willis (P), UCF
2024 Charlotte Wilkins StadiumWichita, KS Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State
  1. ^ Tournament cancelled during opening round due to inclement weather.

By school

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School Championships Years
Tulsa 3 2016, 2017, 2018
UCF 3 2015, 2022, 2023
Louisville 1 2014
Wichita State 1 2021
Charlotte 1 2024
East Carolina 0
Florida Atlantic 0
Memphis 0
South Florida 0
UTSA 0
North Texas 0
UAB 0

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in The American.

References

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  1. ^ "UH to host American Athletic Conference softball tournament". Houston Chronicle. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.