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2017 TEXAS SOFTBALL FACT BOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL 2017 Texas Softball Fact Book 2017 LONGHORNS 6 HISTORY 42 MEDIA/PROGRAM INFORMATION 2 2017 Roster _________________________ 6 All-Time Extra-Inning Games _________ 62 2017 Quick Facts _____________________ 2 2017 Schedule _______________________ 5 All-Time Games Against Ranked Opponents This is Texas Softball _________________ 3 Red & Charline McCombs Field: ___________________________ 59-61 Covering the Longhorns _______________ 4 Home of the Longhorns ____________ 65 All-Time & Career Grand Slams _______ 76 2017 Schedule _______________________ 5 Meet the Longhorns: All-Time Jersey Numbers _____________ 64 2017 Roster _________________________ 6 Returners: All-Time Run-Rule Games _________ 62-63 2017 TV/Radio Lineup ________ Back cover Bekah Alcozer _____________________ 7 All-Time Scores by Opponent ______ 44-51 Kristen Clark ______________________ 8 All-Time Series Records Versus Opponents Tiarra Davis ___________________ 9-10 ___________________________ 42-43 POSTSEASON PLAY 102 Celina Felix ______________________ 11 All-Time Walk-Off Wins _____________ 77 Kelli Hanzel ___________________ 12-13 Annual Statistical Leaders __________ 66-68 Big 12 Championship _______________ 108 Reagan Hathaway _________________ 14 Biggest Seventh-Inning Comebacks _____ 75 NCAA Regional _______________ 106-107 Mickenzi Krpec ________________ 15-16 All-Time Consecutive Home Runs ______ 78 NCAA Super Regional __________ 104-105 Randel Leahy _____________________ 17 Innings Scoring Six or More Runs ______ 75 Women’s College World Series ___ 102-103 Taylor McAllister _________________ 18 Longest Hitting Streaks _______________ 76 Devon Tunning ________________ 19-20 Longest Consecutive Games Reaching Base Paige von Sprecken ________________ 21 ______________________________ 76 RECORDS 79 Stephanie Wong _______________ 22-23 Longest Winning Streaks _____________ 76 Career No-Hitters/Perfect Games ______ 89 Erica Wright _____________________ 24 Team Year-by-Year Records and Statistics Individual Career Records _________ 82-84 Newcomers: ______________________________ 69 Individual Game Records _____________ 88 Brooke Bolinger (Transfer) __________ 25 Texas in the Polls ________________ 70-71 Individual Season Records _________ 85-87 Tuesday DerMargosian _____________ 25 Week-by-Week Rankings __________ 72-74 Team Records: Game ________________ 81 Taylor Ellsworth __________________ 26 Year-by-Year Results _____________ 52-58 Team Records: Season ____________ 79-80 Jade Gortarez ____________________ 26 Malory Schattle ___________________ 27 HONORS 90 Kaitlyn Slack _____________________ 27 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 36 Kaitlyn Washington _______________ 28 Academic Awards & Honors __________ 99 All-Americans ___________________ 91-94 2016 Season in Review: Notebook ___ 36-37 COACHES & STAFF 29 Conference Honors _______________ 97-98 Texas by the Numbers _______________ 37 National & Professional Honors _______ 100 Texas in the NCAA Stats _____________ 38 Head Coach Connie Clark _________ 29-32 National & Regional Honors _______ 95-96 2016 Awards and Accomplishments ____ 38 The Clark File ______________________ 30 National Player of the Year: 2016 Game-by-Game Results __________ 39 Clark’s Career Capsule __________ 31-32 Cat Osterman ____________________ 90 2016 Individual Statistics _____________ 40 Clark’s Milestone Victories __________ 32 T-Association (All-Time Letterwinners) 101 2016 Big 12 Results __________________ 41 Assistant Coach Jennifer McFalls _______ 33 Assistant Coach Tripp MacKay ________ 34 Director of Ops Shanna Diller _________ 35 2017 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 1 TEXAS SOFTBALL 2017 Quick Facts TEXAS QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL HISTORY Location _____________________________________ Austin, Texas 78713 First Year of Softball (Varsity/Club) ________________________ 1997/1996 Enrollment ___________________________ 51,334 (40,170 undergraduate) All-Time Overall Varsity Record _____________________ 807-349-3 (.698) Conference _____________________________________ Big 12 Conference All-Time Big 12 Record ______________________________ 226-124 (.646) Nickname ____________________________________________ Longhorns NCAA Tournament Appearances _______________________________ 17 Mascot _________________________________________________Bevo XV __________________________ (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005-16) Colors _____________________ Burnt Orange (PANTONE 159) and White NCAA Super Regional Appearances ________Four (2005, 2006, 2012, 2013) President ____________________________ Gregory L. Fenves (Cornell ‘79) 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 _____________84 games: 49-35 (.583) 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) 2016 REVIEW + 2017 PREVIEW Year at Texas __________________ 22nd (21st varsity season, one club) Varsity Record at Texas, Seasons ________________807-349-3 (.698), 20 2016 Record ______________________________________________ 38-16 Career Record __________________________________________ Same 2016 Big 12 Record (Conference Finish) _____________________10-7 (3rd) Assistant Coach _____________________ Jennifer McFalls (Texas A&M ‘97) Postseason ________________________________ NCAA Lafayette Regional Year at Texas ________________________________________ Seventh Final Rankings (NFCA/USA Softball) _________________________NR/RV Assistant Coach ___________________ Tripp MacKay (Oklahoma State ‘00) Positional Starters Returning/Lost _______________________________ 5/4 Year at Texas ___________________________________________ First Pitchers Returning/Lost _______________________________________ 4/0 Director of Operations _____________________ Shanna Diller (Illinois ‘08) Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________________________ 13/6 Year at Texas ___________________________________________ Fifth Newcomers ____________________________ 7 (six freshmen, one transfer) Volunteer Coach _____________________ Mace Thurman (Texas State ‘12) Year at Texas ___________________________________________ First MEDIA INFORMATION Administrative Assistant ____________________________ Dreya Johannsen Softball Office Phone Number __________________________512-471-6230 Assoc. Athletics Director/Communications _________________ John Bianco Athletic Trainer ______________________________________ Kim Detwiler Associate Athletics Director/Media Relations ___________ Scott McConnell Strength and Conditioning Coach _____________________Melissa Schmitz 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 _____________________ 409-103-2 (.798) Texas Softball Twitter ________________________________@TexasSoftball All-Time Home Record ____________________________ 423-110-2 (.793) Texas Softball Instagram ______________________________ Texas_Softball Texas Softball Facebook _______________________________Texas Softball Texas YouTube Channel _______________________ TexasLonghornsVideo 2 2017 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL This is Texas Softball In 20 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 17 NCAA Regional appearances. Texas has advanced to NCAA Regional play 12 consecutive years entering the 2017 season (2005-16). The Longhorns have finished with a record of .500 or better for the last 12 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 807-349-3 (.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 the WCWS five or more