American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

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American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Conference Softball Championship
American Athletic Conference logo.svg
American Athletic Conference logo
SportSoftball
ConferenceThe American
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadium
Current locationGreenville, NC
Played2014–present
Last contest2018
Current championTulsa (3)
Most championshipsTulsa Golden Hurricane (3)
TV partner(s)ESPN2
Official websiteAmerican Softball
Host stadiums
USF Softball Stadium (2018)
(2017)
Collins Family Softball Complex (2016)
UCF Softball Complex (2015)
Cougar Softball Stadium (2014)
Host locations
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 Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.

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. Eight of the twelve current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Cincinnati, SMU, Temple, and Tulane do not sponsor softball teams.

Champions[]

Year-by-year[]

Year Champion Site MOP
2014 Louisville Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX Katie Keller (2B), Louisville
2015 UCF UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL Samantha McCloskey (C), UCF
2016 Tulsa Collins Family Softball ComplexTulsa, OK Maddie Withee (C), Tulsa
2017 Tulsa Greenville, NC Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2018 Tulsa USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL Emily Watson (P), Tulsa
2019 No champion[a] Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Collins Family Softball ComplexTulsa, OK
  1. ^ Tournament cancelled during opening round due to inclement weather.

By school[]

School Championships Years
Tulsa 3 2016, 2017, 2018
Louisville 1 2014
UCF 1 2015
East Carolina 0
Houston 0
Memphis 0
South Florida 0

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in The American.

References[]

  1. ^ "UH to host American Athletic Conference softball tournament". Houston Chronicle. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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