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TEXAS SOFTBALL 2018 Texas Softball Fact Book 2018 LONGHORNS 6 HISTORY 41 MEDIA/PROGRAM INFORMATION 2 2018 Roster _________________________ 6 All-Time Extra-Inning Games _________ 61 2018 Quick Facts _____________________ 2 2018 Schedule _______________________ 5 All-Time Games Against Ranked Opponents This is Texas Softball _________________ 3 Red & Charline McCombs Field: ___________________________ 58-60 Covering the Longhorns _______________ 4 Home of the Longhorns ____________ 64 All-Time & Career Grand Slams _______ 75 2018 Schedule _______________________ 5 Meet the Longhorns: All-Time Jersey Numbers _____________ 63 2018 Roster _________________________ 6 Returners: All-Time Run-Rule Games _________ 61-62 2018 TV/Radio Lineup ________ Back cover Bekah Alcozer _____________________ 7 All-Time Scores by Opponent ______ 43-50 Brooke Bolinger ___________________ 8 All-Time Series Records Versus Opponents Kristen Clark ___________________ 9-10 ___________________________ 41-42 POSTSEASON PLAY 102 Tuesday DerMargosian _____________ 11 All-Time Walk-Off Wins _____________ 77 Taylor Ellsworth __________________ 12 Annual Statistical Leaders __________ 65-67 Big 12 Championship _______________ 108 Reagan Hathaway _________________ 13 Biggest Seventh-Inning Comebacks _____ 76 NCAA Regional _______________ 106-107 Randel Leahy __________________ 14-15 All-Time Consecutive Home Runs ______ 78 NCAA Super Regional __________ 104-105 Malory Schattle ___________________ 16 Innings Scoring Six or More Runs ______ 76 Women’s College World Series ___ 102-103 Kaitlyn Slack _____________________ 17 Longest Hitting Streaks _______________ 75 Paige von Sprecken _____________ 18-19 Longest Consecutive Games Reaching Base Kaitlyn Washington _______________ 20 ______________________________ 75 RECORDS 79 Erica Wright __________________ 21-22 Longest Winning Streaks _____________ 75 Career No-Hitters/Perfect Games ______ 89 Newcomers: Team Year-by-Year Records and Statistics Individual Career Records _________ 82-84 Ki’Audra Hayter (Transfer) _________ 23 ______________________________ 68 Individual Game Records _____________ 88 Ciera Schick (Transfer) _____________ 23 Texas in the Polls ________________ 69-70 Individual Season Records _________ 85-87 Ariana Adams ____________________ 24 Week-by-Week Rankings __________ 71-74 Team Records: Game ________________ 81 Janae Jefferson ____________________ 24 Year-by-Year Results _____________ 51-57 Team Records: Season ____________ 79-80 Chloe Romero ____________________ 25 MK Tedder ______________________ 25 HONORS 90 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW 35 COACHES & STAFF 26 Academic Awards & Honors __________ 99 All-Americans ___________________ 91-94 2017 Season in Review: Notebook ___ 35-36 Head Coach Connie Clark _________ 26-29 Conference Honors _______________ 97-98 Texas by the Numbers _______________ 36 The Clark File ______________________ 27 National & Professional Honors _______ 100 Texas in the NCAA Stats _____________ 37 Clark’s Career Capsule __________ 28-29 National & Regional Honors _______ 95-96 2017 Awards and Accomplishments ____ 37 Clark’s Milestone Victories ____________ 29 National Player of the Year: 2017 Game-by-Game Results __________ 38 Assistant Coach Jennifer McFalls ____ 30-31 Cat Osterman ____________________ 90 2017 Individual Statistics _____________ 39 Assistant Coach Tripp MacKay _____ 32-33 T-Association (All-Time Letterwinners) 101 2017 Big 12 Results __________________ 40 Volunteer Assistant Alex Stewart _______ 33 Director of Ops Shanna Diller _________ 34 2018 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 1 TEXAS SOFTBALL 2018 Quick Facts TEXAS QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL HISTORY Location _____________________________________ Austin, Texas 78713 First Year of Softball (Varsity/Club) ________________________ 1997/1996 Enrollment ___________________________ 50.950 (39,619 undergraduate) All-Time Overall Varsity Record _____________________ 840-375-3 (.691) Conference _____________________________________ Big 12 Conference All-Time Big 12 Record ______________________________ 233-134 (.635) Nickname ____________________________________________ Longhorns NCAA Tournament Appearances _______________________________ 18 Mascot _________________________________________________Bevo XV __________________________ (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005-17) 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 Vice President & Director of Athletics ___________ Chris Del Conte (UCSB) _________________________________ (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) Women’s Athletics Director ___________ Christine Plonsky (Kent State ‘79) All-Time NCAA Tournament Record _____________88 games: 51-37 (.580) NCAA Faculty Representative ____________________Dr. Michael Clement Big 12 Conference Championship Titles _____Four (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005) All-Time Big 12 Conference Championship Record __________ 24-17 (.585) SOFTBALL STAFF 2017 REVIEW + 2018 PREVIEW Head Coach _____________________ Connie Clark (Cal State Fullerton ‘87) Year at Texas __________________23rd (22nd varsity season, one club) 2017 Record ______________________________________________ 33-26 Varsity Record at Texas, Seasons ________________840-375-3 (.691), 21 2017 Big 12 Record (Conference Finish) _____________________7-10 (4th) Career Record __________________________________________ Same Postseason ___________________________ NCAA College Station Regional Assistant Coach _____________________ Jennifer McFalls (Texas A&M ‘97) Final Rankings (NFCA/USA Softball) _________________________NR/RV Year at Texas _________________________________________ Eighth Positional Starters Returning/Lost _______________________________ 5/5 Assistant Coach ___________________ Tripp MacKay (Oklahoma State ‘00) Pitchers Returning/Lost _______________________________________ 4/1 Year at Texas _________________________________________ Second Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________________________ 12/8 Director of Operations _____________________ Shanna Diller (Illinois ‘08) Newcomers __________________________ 6 (four freshmen, two transfers) Year at Texas ___________________________________________Sixth Volunteer Coach _________________ Alex Stewart (Louisiana Lafayette ‘18) MEDIA INFORMATION Year at Texas ___________________________________________ First Administrative Assistant ____________________________ Dreya Johannsen Senior Assoc. Athletics Director/Media Relations ____________ John Bianco Softball Office Phone Number __________________________512-471-6230 Associate Athletics Director/Media Relations ___________ Scott McConnell Athletic Trainer ______________________________________ Kassi Hardee Associate Media Relations Director/ Strength and Conditioning Coach _____________________Melissa Schmitz Softball Contact ___________________________________ Brian Davis Office Phone ____________________________________ 512-471-9801 FACILITY INFORMATION Mobile Phone ____________________________________865-696-7947 E-mail ______________________________ [email protected] Home Field __________________________ Red & Charline McCombs Field Media Relations Fax __________________________________512-471-6040 Capacity _________________________________________________ 1,254 Official Texas Athletics Web site _________________www.TexasSports.com Field Dimensions _______________ L-200, C-220, R-200, Power Alleys-212 McCombs Field Press Row Phone _______________________512-471-0152 Outfield Fence Height _________________________________________ 10’ Texas Softball Twitter ________________________________@TexasSoftball Texas’ Record at McCombs Field _____________________ 425-113-2 (.789) Texas Softball Instagram ______________________________ Texas_Softball All-Time Home Record ____________________________ 439-120-2 (.784) Texas Softball Facebook _______________________________Texas Softball 2 2018 TEXAS SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK TEXAS SOFTBALL This is Texas Softball In 21 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 18 NCAA Regional appearances. Texas has advanced to NCAA Regional play 13 consecutive years entering the 2017 season (2005-17). The Longhorns have finished with a record of .500 or better for the last 13 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 840-375-3 (.691). 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 20 years. Texas holds an all-time regular season