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2019 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2019 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 February 7, 2019. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and will conclude with the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2019 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament will be held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, will end in June 2019.

Realignment and format changes

Ballpark Changes

  • The 2019 season will be the last for the Virginia team at The Park. The team will move to the new University of Virginia Softball Stadium in 2020.

Season outlook

Conference standings

Conference winners and tournaments

Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 27 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Four conferences, the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

National Invitational Softball Championship

UTA Mavericks defeated the Iowa State Cyclones in the championship; Aileen Garcia was named MVP for the series.

Women's College World Series

Participants

† = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

Bracket

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Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I season perfect games: 5 – Nicole Newman, Drake Bulldogs

Freshman class single game strikeouts: 27 – Kelly Nelson, Holy Cross Crusaders; March 6, 2019 (16 innings)

Team consecutive wins streak: 41 – Oklahoma Sooners; February 24-May 19, 2019

Awards

Coaches

  • NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year: UCLA
  • NFCA West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: UCLA
  • NFCA Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Oklahoma
  • NFCA Great Lakes Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Minnesota
  • NFCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Virginia Tech
  • NFCA Mideast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Louisiana Tech & Southeast Missouri State
  • NFCA Midwest Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Oklahoma State
  • NFCA Northeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: James Madison
  • NFCA Pacific Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Washington
  • NFCA South Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Alabama
  • NFCA Southeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year: Florida

Assistants

  • NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year: Sara Michalowski-Marino, Missouri

Other Awards

  • Turface Athletics/NFCA Field of the Year: Jane Sanders Stadium, Oregon
  • Donna Newberry "Perseverance" Award: Bari Mance
  • Humanitarian Award: Joelle Della Volpe, St. Mary's High School (NJ)
  • Distinguished Service Award:

All America Teams

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

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Final rankings

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2019 season until the day before the first day of the 2020 season.

See also

References