2008 NCAA Division I softball season

2008 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Arizona
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runners-up	Texas A&M (7th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Clint Myers (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Katie Burkhart (Arizona State)
Seasons

The 2008 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2008. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2008 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 2, 2008.

Conference standings

2008 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 2 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 1 – 0   .944 57 – 10 – 0   .851 No. 10 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y 16 – 2 – 0   .889 47 – 14 – 0   .770 No. 19 Missouri ‍‍‡‍^y 11 – 6 – 0   .647 47 – 17 – 0   .734 Texas ‍‍‍^y 9 – 9 – 0   .500 29 – 23 – 2   .556 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 26 – 25 – 0   .510 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444 23 – 36 – 0   .390 Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 37 – 19 – 0   .661 Baylor ‍‍‍ 4 – 13 – 0   .235 23 – 22 – 0   .511 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 0   .222 29 – 29 – 0   .500 Nebraska ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 0   .222 25 – 28 – 0   .472 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2008 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 9 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 2   .900 52 – 8   .867 No. 12 Northwestern  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 2   .900 40 – 16   .714 Iowa  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 6   .700 42 – 20   .677 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 29 – 16   .644 Purdue  ‍‍‍^y 9 – 9   .500 35 – 23   .603 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 30 – 32   .484 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 27 – 29   .482 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350 33 – 23   .589 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 34 – 22   .607 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 16 – 35   .314 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150 15 – 40   .273 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2008[2] Rankings from NFCA	2008 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Arizona State  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 3 – 0   .857 66 – 5 – 0   .930 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 4 – 0   .810 51 – 9 – 0   .850 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 8 – 0   .619 41 – 19 – 0   .683 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 10 – 0   .524 49 – 15 – 0   .766 California  ‍‍‍^y 7 – 14 – 0   .333 43 – 27 – 0   .614 Washington  ‍‍‍^y 7 – 14 – 0   .333 30 – 25 – 1   .545 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286 28 – 31 – 0   .475 Oregon  ‍‍‍^y 5 – 16 – 0   .238 35 – 29 – 0   .547 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 30, 2008[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2008 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Texas State  ‍†‍‍ 25 – 5 – 0   .833 35 – 18 – 0   .660 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 27 – 22 – 0   .551 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 25 – 25 – 0   .500 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍^y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 36 – 25 – 0   .590 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14 – 0   .517 31 – 28 – 0   .525 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14 – 0   .517 23 – 36 – 0   .390 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 30 – 31 – 0   .492 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 27 – 25 – 0   .519 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 21 – 32 – 0   .396 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 24 – 0   .172 10 – 45 – 0   .182 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 25 – 0   .138 6 – 43 – 0   .122 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2008[4] Rankings from Coaches' Poll	2008 Sun Belt Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍^y 19 – 3   .864 52 – 15   .776 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 35 – 26   .574 Troy  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 33 – 23   .589 FIU ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 29 – 34   .460 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 22 – 31   .415 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 27 – 33   .450 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 22 – 37   .373 Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 28 – 30   .483 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 22 – 31   .415 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2008[5] Rankings from [1]

Women's College World Series

The 2008 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 29 to June 2, 2008 in Oklahoma City.[6]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida	2
		Louisiana–Lafayette	3
							Louisiana–Lafayette	1
						5	Texas A&M	2
	5	Texas A&M	1
		Virginia Tech	0
											5	Texas A&M	1	1
											1	Florida	6	0
	1	Florida	2
		Virginia Tech	0
						1	Florida	2
						2	UCLA	0
																	5	Texas A&M	0	0	—
																	6	Arizona State	3	11	—
	3	Alabama	1
	6	Arizona State	3
						6	Arizona State	4
						2	UCLA	0
	2	UCLA	1
	7	Arizona	0
											6	Arizona State	3	—
											3	Alabama	1	—
	3	Alabama	5
	7	Arizona	1
						3	Alabama	3
							Louisiana–Lafayette	1

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .480 – Nichole Alvarez, Monmouth Hawks
• RBIs: 79 – Charlotte Morgan, Alabama Crimson Tide
• Home runs: 27 – Steph Fischer, Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Pitching

• Wins: 47-5 – Stacey Nelson, Florida Gators
• ERA: 0.63 (31 ER/344.0 IP) – Angela Tincher Virginia Tech Hokies
• Strikeouts: 679 – Angela Tincher Virginia Tech Hokies

Records

NCAA Division I season saves: 15 – Mallory Aldred, Canisius Golden Griffins[7]

NCAA Division I single game doubles: 4 – Emily Troup, North Carolina Tar Heels; February 20, 2008

Junior class wins: 47 – Stacey Nelson, Florida Gators

Team wins: 70 – Florida Gators

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Angela Tincher Virginia Tech Hokies[8]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Angela Tincher Virginia Tech Hokies[9]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2008	38	10	56	44	37	17	2	344.0	130	46	31	75	679	0.63	0.59

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[10]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Stacey Nelson	JR.	Florida Gators
	Angela Tincher	SR.	Virginia Tech Hokies
	Anjelica Selden	SR.	UCLA Bruins
C	Chelsea Bramlett	SO.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
1B	Alexandra Gardiner	JR.	Florida Gators
2B	Samantha Findlay	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Tonya Callahan	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
SS	Tammy Williams	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
OF	Brittany Rogers	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Holly Tankersley	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Kaitlin Cochran	JR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
UT	Megan Gibson	SR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Lauren Grill	SO.	Mississippi Rebels
	Katie Burkhart	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
AT-L	Courtney Bures	SR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
	GiOnna DiSalvatore	FR.	UCLA Bruins
	Kelly Montalvo	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Charlotte Morgan	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Angel Shamblin	SR.	Houston Cougars
	Jordan Taylor	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Brooke Turner	FR.	Long Beach State 49ers
C	Noelle Micka	FR.	Nevada Wolfpack
1B	Steph Fischer	SR.	Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
2B	Aja Paculba	FR.	Florida Gators
3B	Amber Patton	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons
SS	Savannah Long	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
OF	Alessandra Giampaolo	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Lisa Kingsmore	JR.	Winthrop Eagles
	Rhea Taylor	FR.	Missouri Tigers
UT	Danielle Spaulding	SO.	North Carolina Tar Heels
	Kiki Munoz	SR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
AT-L	Mindy Cowles	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Francesca Enea	SO.	Florida Gators
	Amber Flores	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
	D.J. Mathis	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Morgan Melloh	FR.	Fresno State Bulldogs

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Kelsi Dunne	FR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Nikki Nemitz	SO.	Michigan Wolverines
	Missy Penna	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
C	Rachel Folden	SR.	Marshall Thundering Herd
1B	Laine Roth	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
2B	Amanda Kamekona	SR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Brette Reagan	JR.	Baylor Bears
SS	Jessica Valis	JR.	Houston Cougars
OF	Alissa Haber	SO.	Stanford Cardinal
	Jackie Vasquez	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Laurie Wagner	JR.	Houston Cougars
UT	Megan Langenfeld	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Brittany Vanderink	SR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
AT-L	Krista Donnenwirth	FR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Jamie Hinshaw	SR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Brittany Lastrapes	FR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Jamie Lettire	SO.	Princeton Tigers
	Kim Waleszonia	JR.	Florida Gators

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2008 Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
4. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
5. "Sun Belt Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 20. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
6. "2008 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
7. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
8. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
9. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
10. "2008 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

• Louisiana vs. Florida: 2008 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube