SEC softball tournament

SEC softball tournament
Conference softball championship
SEC Softball Championship Tournament logo
SportSoftball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Number of teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament (2006-present)
Double-elimination tournament (1997-2006)
Current stadiumJane B. Moore Field
Current locationAuburn, Alabama
Played1997-present
Last contest2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament
Current championFlorida Gators
Most championshipsAlabama & Florida (6)
TV partner(s)SEC Network and ESPN
Official websiteSECSports.com Softball

The SEC softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination (since 2006) tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Tournament

The SEC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various SEC-conference campus stadiums. Thirteen of the 14 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year (Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team).

History

The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball. In 1997 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds. From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with no byes. In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year Champion Venue MVP
1997 South Carolina Columbus, Georgia Trinity Johnson, P, South Carolina
1998 Alabama Columbus, Georgia Autumn Anderson, P, Mississippi State
1999 LSU Columbus, Georgia Ashley Lewis, P, LSU
2000 South Carolina Columbus, Georgia Megan Matthews, P, South Carolina
2001 LSU Jim Frost Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee Britni Sneed, P, LSU
2002 LSU Jim Frost Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee Britni Sneed, P, LSU
2003 Alabama Plant City Stadium, Plant City, Florida Kristin Schmidt, P, LSU
2004 LSU University of Alabama Softball Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Kristin Schmidt, P, LSU
2005 Alabama Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium, Gainesville, Florida Stephanie VanBrakle, DP/UT, Alabama
2006 Tennessee Jack Turner Stadium, Athens, Georgia Monica Abbott, P, Tennessee
2007 LSU Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn, Alabama Dani Hofer, P, LSU
2008 Florida Tiger Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Stacey Nelson, P, Florida
2009 Florida Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee Kristina Hilberth, C, Florida
2010 Alabama Bogle Park, Fayetteville, Arkansas Kelsi Dunne, P, Alabama
2011 Tennessee Ole Miss Softball Complex, Oxford, Mississippi Ellen Renfroe, P, Tennessee
2012 Alabama Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Jaclyn Traina, P, Alabama
2013 Florida John Cropp Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky Kristi Merritt, OF, Florida
2014 Georgia South Carolina Softball Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina Chelsea Wilkinson, P, Georgia
2015 Auburn Tiger Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Emily Carosone, 2B, Auburn
2016 Auburn Nusz Park, Starkville, Mississippi Emily Carosone, 2B, Auburn
2017 Ole Miss Sherri Parker Lee Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee Kaitlin Lee, P, Ole Miss
2018 Florida Mizzou Softball Stadium, Columbia, Missouri Amanda Lorenz, OF, Florida
2019 Florida Davis Diamond, College Station, Texas Kelly Barnhill, P, Florida
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Alabama Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Montana Fouts, P, Alabama
2022 Arkansas Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium, Gainesville, Florida Chenise Delce, P, Arkansas
2023 Tennessee Bogle Park, Fayetteville, Arkansas Kiki Milloy, OF, Tennessee
2024 Florida Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn, Alabama Skylar Wallace, SS, Florida
2025 - Jack Turner Stadium, Athens, Georgia
2026 - John Cropp Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky
2027 - Tiger Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2028 Mizzou Softball Stadium, Columbia, Missouri
2029 Ole Miss Softball Complex, Oxford, Mississippi

By school

School Championships Years
Alabama 6 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2021
Florida 6 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024
LSU 5 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
Tennessee 3 2006, 2011, 2023
Auburn 2 2015, 2016
South Carolina 2 1997, 2000
Georgia 1 2014
Ole Miss 1 2017
Arkansas 1 2022
Kentucky 0
Mississippi State 0
Missouri 0
Oklahoma 0
Texas 0
Texas A&M 0