2021 Texas Softball Fact Book
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2021 FACTBOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL 2021 Texas Softball Fact Book 2021 LONGHORNS 7 HISTORY 41 MEDIA/PROGRAM INFORMATION 2 2021 Roster _________________________ 6 Texas Program Timeline ___________ 41-42 2021 Quick Facts _____________________ 2 2021 Schedule _______________________ 5 All-Time Extra-Inning Games _________ 65 This is Texas Softball _________________ 3 Red & Charline McCombs Field: All-Time Games Against Ranked Opponents Covering the Longhorns _______________ 4 Home of the Longhorns ____________ 68 ___________________________ 62-64 2021 Schedule _______________________ 5 Meet the Longhorns: All-Time & Career Grand Slams _______ 81 2021 Roster _________________________ 6 Returners: All-Time Jersey Numbers _____________ 67 2021 TV/Radio Lineup ________ Back cover Ariana Adams _____________________ 7 All-Time Run-Rule Games _________ 65-66 Lauren Burke _____________________ 8 All-Time Scores by Opponent ______ 45-53 POSTSEASON PLAY 109 Camille Corona ____________________ 9 All-Time Series Records Versus Opponents Courtney Day ____________________ 10 ___________________________ 43-44 Big 12 Championship ___________ 115-116 Taylor Ellsworth _______________ 11-12 All-Time Walk-Off Wins _____________ 83 NCAA Regional _______________ 113-114 Mary Iakopo _____________________ 13 Annual Statistical Leaders __________ 69-72 NCAA Super Regional __________ 111-112 Janae Jefferson _________________ 14-15 Biggest Seventh-Inning Comebacks _____ 82 Women’s College World Series ___ 109-110 London Marder ___________________ 16 All-Time Consecutive Home Runs ______ 84 Shea O’Leary __________________ 17-18 Innings Scoring Six or More Runs ______ 82 RECORDS 85 McKenzie Parker __________________ 19 Longest Hitting Streaks _______________ 81 Career No-Hitters/Perfect Games ______ 95 Alyssa Popelka ___________________ 20 Longest Consecutive Games Reaching Base Individual Career Records _________ 88-90 Shannon Rhodes __________________ 21 ______________________________ 81 Individual Game Records _____________ 94 Colleen Sullivan __________________ 22 Longest Winning Streaks _____________ 81 Individual Season Records _________ 91-93 MK Tedder ___________________ 23-24 Team Year-by-Year Records and Statistics Team Records: Game ________________ 87 Kaitlyn Washington ____________ 25-26 ______________________________ 73 Team Records: Season ____________ 85-86 Transfers: Texas in the Polls ________________ 74-76 Brianna Cantu ____________________ 27 Week-by-Week Rankings __________ 77-80 2020 SEASON IN REVIEW 38 Molly Jacobsen ___________________ 28 Year-by-Year Results _____________ 54-61 Newcomers: Texas in the NCAA Stats _____________ 38 Carlee Ratcliff ____________________ 29 HONORS 96 2020 Awards and Accomplishments ____ 38 Jayden “JJ” Smith _________________ 29 2020 Game-by-Game Results __________ 39 Alyssa Washington ________________ 30 Academic Awards & Honors _________ 106 2020 Individual Statistics _____________ 40 Jordyn Whitaker __________________ 30 All-Americans __________________ 97-101 Ryleigh White ____________________ 31 Conference Honors _____________ 104-105 Bailey Williams ___________________ 31 National & Professional Honors _______ 107 National & Regional Honors _____ 102-103 COACHES & STAFF 32 National Player of the Year: Cat Osterman ____________________ 96 Head Coach Mike White __________ 32-34 T-Association (All-Time Letterwinners) 108 The White File _____________________ 33 Assistant Coach Steve Singleton ________ 35 Assistant Coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett ___ 36 Volunteer Assistant Courtney Gettins ___ 37 Director of Ops Keely McMillon _______ 37 2021 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 1 TEXAS SOFTBALL 2021 Quick Facts TEXAS QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL HISTORY Location ___________________________________________Austin, Texas First Year of Softball (Varsity/Club) ________________________ 1997/1996 Enrollment ___________________________ 51,832 (40,804 undergraduate) All-Time Overall Varsity Record _____________________ 943-421-3 (.691) Conference _____________________________________ Big 12 Conference All-Time Big 12 Record ______________________________ 255-148 (.633) Nickname ____________________________________________ Longhorns NCAA Tournament Appearances _______________________________ 20 Mascot _________________________________________________Bevo XV __________________________ (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005-19) Colors _____________________ Burnt Orange (PANTONE 159) and White NCAA Super Regional Appearances ____Five (2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019) President ____________________________________________ Jay Hartzell Women’s College World Series Appearances ______________________ Five Vice President & Director of Athletics __________________Chris Del Conte _________________________________ (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) NCAA Faculty Representative ____________________Dr. Michael Clement All-Time NCAA Tournament Record _____________99 games: 57-42 (.576) Big 12 Conference Championship Titles _____Four (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005) SOFTBALL STAFF All-Time Big 12 Conference Championship Record __________ 27-21 (.563) Head Coach __________________________ Mike White (Mount Mercy ‘89) 2020 REVIEW + 2021 PREVIEW Year at Texas ____________________________________________ 3rd Varsity Record at Texas, Seasons _________________ 70-20 (.778), Two 2020 Record _______________________________________________ 24-3 Career Record, Seasons __505-131-1 (.794), 11 (Nine seasons at Oregon) 2020 Big 12 Record (Conference Finish) ________0-0 (cancelled by COVID) Assistant Coach ___________Steve Singleton (Southern New Hampshire ‘14) Postseason ___________________________Postseason cancelled by COVID Year at Texas ____________________________________________2nd Final Rankings (NFCA/USA Softball) ____________________________ 3/3 Assistant Coach _________________ Megan Ciolli Bartlett (Notre Dame ‘05) Positional Starters Returning/Lost _______________________________ 7/2 Year at Texas ____________________________________________ 1st Pitchers Returning/Lost _______________________________________ 3/2 Volunteer Coach ______________________ Courtney Gettins (Alabama ‘19) Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________________________ 15/5 Year at Texas ____________________________________________ 1st Newcomers ___________________________ 8 (six freshmen, two transfers) Director of Operations ___________________ Keely McMillon (Liberty ‘11) Year at Texas ____________________________________________ 1st MEDIA INFORMATION Softball Office Phone Number __________________________512-471-6230 Athletic Trainer ______________________________________ Kassi Hardee Senior Assoc. Athletics Director/Media Relations ____________ John Bianco Strength and Conditioning Coach _____________________Melissa Schmitz Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations____________ Scott McConnell Associate Media Relations Director/ FACILITY INFORMATION Softball Contact ___________________________________ Brian Davis Office Phone ____________________________________ 512-471-9801 Home Field __________________________ Red & Charline McCombs Field Mobile Phone ____________________________________865-696-7947 Capacity _________________________________________________ 1,254 E-mail ______________________________ [email protected] Field Dimensions _______________ L-200, C-220, R-200, Power Alleys-212 Media Relations Fax __________________________________512-471-6040 Outfield Fence Height _________________________________________ 10’ Official Texas Athletics Web site _________________www.TexasSports.com Texas’ Record at McCombs Field _____________________ 489-132-2 (.787) McCombs Field Press Row Phone _______________________512-471-0152 All-Time Home Record ____________________________ 503-139-2 (.783) Texas Softball Twitter ________________________________@TexasSoftball Texas Softball Instagram _______________________________ TexasSoftball Texas Softball Facebook _______________________________Texas Softball 2 2021 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL This is Texas Softball In 24 varsity seasons, Texas has established itself among the elite programs in the nation. UT has made five Women’s College World Series (WCWS) appearances, five NCAA Super Regional trips and 20 NCAA Regional appearances. Texas has advanced to NCAA Regional play 15 consecutive years entering the 2021 season (2005-19 - there was no 2020 event because of the COVID-19 pandemic). The Longhorns have finished with a record of .500 or better for the last 16 years. The last time UT ended a campaign below .500 was in 2004, when its record was 24-25. UT made its first WCWS in the program’s second year of existence (1998), setting an NCAA record for fastest ascension to the sport’s marquee event. Texas’ Big 12 Conference regular season championship in 2010 extended a streak at UT in which every fresh- man class from 1999-2010 won at least one Big 12 title during its four years on the Forty Acres. Texas owns four Big 12 Conference regular-season crowns (2002, 2003, 2006 and 2010), second most in the league, and added four postseason Big 12 Championship titles (1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005). Texas is one of just 11 schools to qualify for the WCWS five or more times in the last 23 years. Texas holds an all-time regular season record of 255-148 (.633) in Big 12 play, the second-highest winning percentage in the history of Big 12 regular-season competition. UT claims two Olympic gold medalists (Cat Osterman, 2004, USA, and Christa Williams, 1996 and 2000, USA) and a total of nine national and junior national team members. The Longhorns