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TEXAS SOFTBALL 2015 FACTBOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL 2015 Texas Softball Fact Book 2015 LONGHORNS 6 HISTORY 41 MEDIA/PROGRAM INFORMATION 2 2015 Roster _________________________ 6 All-Time Extra-Inning Games _________ 58 2015 Quick Facts _____________________ 2 2015 Schedule _______________________ 5 All-Time Games Against Ranked Opponents This is Texas Softball _________________ 3 Red & Charline McCombs Field: ___________________________ 56-57 Covering the Longhorns _______________ 4 Home of the Longhorns ____________ 61 All-Time Grand Slams _______________ 72 2015 Schedule _______________________ 5 Meet the Longhorns: All-Time Jersey Numbers _____________ 60 2015 Roster _________________________ 6 Returners: All-Time Run-Rule Games _________ 58-59 2015 TV/Radio Lineup ________ Back cover Stephanie Ceo ___________________ 7-8 All-Time Scores by Opponent ______ 43-49 Tiarra Davis ______________________ 9 All-Time Series Records Versus Opponents Marlee Gabaldon __________________ 10 ___________________________ 41-42 POSTSEASON PLAY 98 Kelli Hanzel ______________________ 11 All-Time Walk-Off Wins _____________ 73 Holly Kern_______________________ 12 Annual Statistical Leaders __________ 62-64 Big 12 Championship _______________ 104 Taylor King ______________________ 13 Biggest Seventh-Inning Comebacks _____ 71 NCAA Regional _______________ 102-103 Mickenzi Krpec ___________________ 14 Consecutive Home Runs _____________ 74 NCAA Super Regional __________ 100-101 Taylor McAllister _________________ 15 Innings Scoring Six or More Runs ______ 71 Women’s College World Series _____ 98-99 Rachel Scott ______________________ 16 Longest Hitting Streaks _______________ 72 Erin Shireman ____________________ 17 Longest Consecutive Games Reaching Base Lauren Slatten ____________________ 18 ______________________________ 72 RECORDS 75 Gabby Smith __________________ 19-20 Longest Winning Streaks _____________ 72 Career No-Hitters/Perfect Games ______ 85 Lindsey Stephens _______________ 21-22 Team Year-by-Year Records and Statistics Individual Career Records _________ 78-80 Devon Tunning ___________________ 23 ______________________________ 65 Individual Game Records _____________ 84 Stephanie Wong __________________ 24 Texas in the Polls ________________ 66-67 Individual Season Records _________ 81-83 Newcomers: Week-by-Week Rankings __________ 68-70 Team Records: Game ________________ 77 Alyssa Angel _____________________ 25 Year-by-Year Results _____________ 50-55 Team Records: Season ____________ 75-76 Kristen Clark _____________________ 25 Randel Leahy _____________________ 26 Erica Wright _____________________ 26 HONORS 86 2014 SEASON IN REVIEW 35 COACHES & STAFF 27 Academic Awards & Honors __________ 95 2014 Season in Review: Notebook ___ 35-36 All-Americans ___________________ 87-90 Texas by the Numbers _______________ 36 Head Coach Connie Clark _________ 27-30 Conference Honors _______________ 93-94 Texas in the NCAA Stats _____________ 37 The Clark File ____________________ 28 National & Professional Honors ________ 96 2014 Awards and Accomplishments ____ 37 Clark’s Career Capsule __________ 29-30 National & Regional Honors _______ 91-92 2014 Game-by-Game Results __________ 38 Clark’s Milestone Victories __________ 30 National Player of the Year: 2014 Individual Statistics _____________ 39 Assistant Coach Corrie Hill ________ 31-32 Cat Osterman ____________________ 86 2014 Big 12 Results __________________ 40 Assistant Coach Jennifer McFalls _______ 33 T-Association (All-Time Letterwinners) _ 97 Special Assistant Shanna Diller _________ 34 2015 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 1 TEXAS SOFTBALL 2015 Quick Facts TEXAS QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL HISTORY Location _____________________________________ Austin, Texas 78713 First Year of Softball (Varsity/Club) ________________________ 1997/1996 Enrollment ___________________________ 52,076 (39,995 undergraduate) All-Time Overall Varsity Record _____________________ 731-316-3 (.698) Conference _____________________________________ Big 12 Conference All-Time Big 12 Record ______________________________ 204-111 (.648) Nickname ____________________________________________ Longhorns NCAA Tournament Appearances _______________________________ 15 Mascot ________________________________________________ Bevo XIV __________________________ (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005-14) Colors _____________________ Burnt Orange (PANTONE 159) and White NCAA Super Regional Appearances ________Four (2005, 2006, 2012, 2013) President _______________________ William C. Powers, Jr. (California ‘67) Women’s College World Series Appearances ______________________ Five Women’s Athletics Director ___________ Christine Plonsky (Kent State ‘79) _________________________________ (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) NCAA Faculty Representative ____________________Dr. Michael Clement All-Time NCAA Tournament Record _____________78 games: 47-31 (.603) Big 12 Conference Championship Titles _____Four (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005) SOFTBALL STAFF All-Time Big 12 Conference Championship Record __________ 23-15 (.605) Head Coach _____________________ Connie Clark (Cal State Fullerton ‘87) 2014 REVIEW + 2015 PREVIEW Year at Texas __________________ 20th (19th varsity season, one club) Varsity Record at Texas, Seasons ________________731-316-3 (.698), 18 2014 Record ______________________________________________ 35-23 Career Record __________________________________________ Same 2014 Big 12 Record (Conference Finish) _____________________12-6 (3rd) Assistant Coach ________________________ Corrie Hill (UT Arlington ‘91) Postseason ________________________________ NCAA Lafayette Regional Year at Texas ___________________________________________ 10th Final Rankings ___________________________________________NR/RV Assistant Coach _____________________ Jennifer McFalls (Texas A&M ‘97) Positional Starters Returning/Lost _______________________________ 5/4 Year at Texas ___________________________________________ Fifth Pitchers Returning/Lost _______________________________________ 3/0 Special Assistant __________________________ Shanna Diller (Illinois ‘08) Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________________________ 15/4 Year at Texas __________________________________________ Third Newcomers ___________________________________________________ 4 Student Assistant _____________________________________Karina Scott Year at Texas ___________________________________________ First MEDIA INFORMATION Administrative Assistant ____________________________ Dreya Johannsen Softball Office Phone Number __________________________512-471-6230 Sr. Assoc. Athletics Director/Communications ______________ Nick Voinis Athletic Trainer ______________________________________ Kim Detwiler Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations____________ Scott McConnell Strength and Conditioning Coach ________________________Lance Sewell Associate Media Relations Director/ Softball Contact ___________________________________ Brian Davis FACILITY INFORMATION Office Phone ____________________________________ 512-471-9801 Mobile Phone ____________________________________865-696-7947 Home Field __________________________ Red & Charline McCombs Field E-mail ______________________________ [email protected] Capacity _________________________________________________ 1,254 Media Relations Fax __________________________________512-471-6040 Field Dimensions _______________ L-200, C-220, R-200, Power Alleys-212 Official Texas Athletics Web site _________________www.TexasSports.com Outfield Fence Height _________________________________________ 10’ McCombs Field Press Row Phone _______________________512-471-0152 Texas’ Record at McCombs Field ______________________ 367-92-2 (.797) Texas Softball Twitter ________________________________@TexasSoftball All-Time Home Record _____________________________ 381-99-2 (.793) Texas Softball Instagram ______________________________ Texas_Softball Texas Softball Facebook _______________________________Texas Softball Texas YouTube Channel _______________________ TexasLonghornsVideo 2 2015 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL This is Texas Softball In 18 varsity seasons, Texas has established itself among the elite programs in the nation. UT has made five Women’s College World Series (WCWS) appearances, four NCAA Super Regional trips and 15 NCAA Regional appearances. Texas has advanced to NCAA Regional play 10 consecutive years entering the 2015 season (2005-14). UT is one of 19 programs to make the NCAA field for 10-straight years. The Longhorns have finished with a record of .500 or better for the last 10 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. Head coach Connie Clark has been the architect of the Longhorns’ program since its inception in 1997. Throughout her UT tenure, Clark has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year three times (2002, 2006 and 2010) and has amassed a career record of 731-316-3 (.698). Texas owns four Big 12 Conference regular-season crowns (2002, 2003, 2006 and 2010), second most in the league, and added a conference-best four postseason Big 12 Championship titles (1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005). Texas is one of just 11 schools to qualify for