SEC softball tournament

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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

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 School 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 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
Texas A&M 0

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