American college softball tournament
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Sport Softball Conference The American Number of teams 10 Format Single-elimination tournament Current stadium Wilkins Stadium Current location Wichita, KS Played 2014–present Last contest 2024 Current champion Charlotte Most championships Tulsa Golden Hurricane and UCF Knights (3 each)Official website American Softball Wilkins Stadium (2024)USF Softball Stadium (2023)Max R. Joyner Family Stadium (2022)Collins Family Softball Complex (2021)UCF Softball Stadium (2020, canceled)Cougar Softball Stadium (2019)USF Softball Stadium (2018)ECU Softball Stadium (2017)Collins Family Softball Complex (2016)UCF Softball Complex (2015)Cougar Softball Stadium (2014)Wichita, KS (2024)Tampa, FL (2023)Greenville, NC (2022)Tulsa, OK (2021)Orlando, FL (2020, canceled)Houston, TX (2019)Tampa, FL (2018)Greenville, NC (2017)Tulsa, OK (2016)Orlando, FL (2015)Houston, TX (2014)
The American Athletic Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the American Athletic Conference . It is a single-elimination tournament , with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season. The conference regular-season champion, as determined by win-loss record, receives the #1 seed in the conference tournament.
The American is one of two successors to the original Big East Conference , which split after the 2013 season. The first year of the tournament was held at Cougar Softball Stadium in Houston, Texas .[ 1]
Tournament
The American softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various American-conference campus stadiums. Ten of the thirteen current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Rice, Temple, and Tulane do not sponsor softball teams.
Champions
Year-by-year
Year
Champion
Site
MOP
2014
Louisville
Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX
Katie Keller (2B), Louisville
2015
UCF
UCF Softball Complex • Orlando, FL
Samantha McCloskey (C), UCF
2016
Tulsa
Collins Family Softball Complex • Tulsa, OK
Maddie Withee (C), Tulsa
2017
Tulsa
East Carolina Softball Complex • Greenville, NC
Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2018
Tulsa
USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL
Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2019
No champion [ a] Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
Wichita State
Collins Family Softball Complex • Tulsa, OK
Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State
2022
UCF
Max R. Joyner Family Stadium • Greenville, NC
Jada Cody (C/3B), UCF
2023
UCF
USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL
Sarah Willis (P), UCF
2024
Charlotte
Wilkins Stadium • Wichita, KS
Addison Barnard (OF), Wichita State
^ Tournament cancelled during opening round due to inclement weather.
By school
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in The American.
References
Teams Championships & awards
American Athletic Conference championships
NCAA Division I softball conference tournaments
