The 2025 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 in February 2025. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2025 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Devon Park, ended in June 2025.
Realignment
Two schools transitioned from NCAA Division II to Division I after the 2024 season. Mercyhurst joined the NEC. West Georgia joined the ASUN.
A total of 15 softball-sponsoring schools changed conferences after the 2024 season. Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah joined the Big 12 Conference. California and Stanford joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. Oklahoma and Texas joined the Southeastern Conference. Oregon, UCLA, and Washington joined the Big Ten Conference. Kennesaw State joined Conference USA. Merrimack and Sacred Heart joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The remaining softball-sponsoring member of the Pac-12 Conference, Oregon State, became a multi-sport associate of the West Coast Conference through the 2025–26 school year, after which the Pac-12 is expected to resume play with multiple new members. Stephen F. Austin joined the Southland Conference.
The 2025 season was the last for seven Division I softball schools in their current conferences. Delaware and Missouri State joined Conference USA. Grand Canyon joined the Mountain West Conference. Seattle joined the West Coast Conference. UMass joined the Mid-American Conference. Horizon League members Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne dropped softball after the 2025 season.
Other headlines March 25, 2025 – Saint Francis announced that it would reclassify to NCAA Division III starting in 2026–27, when it will leave the Northeast Conference (NEC) for the Presidents' Athletic Conference. April 19 – Stanford set a new NCAA single-game softball attendance record, with 13,207 at Stanford Stadium for its rivalry game against California. Stanford played its 2025 home games at its football stadium while its softball park was being renovated. May 5 – The NEC announced that New Haven would join the conference that July, starting a transition from the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference.
Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor softball, 30 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. Only one conference, the West Coast Conference, does not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the West Coast Conference regular-season champions, received automatic invitations to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament. ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference Pitcher of the YearConference Coach of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue • CityTournament Winner America East Conference Elisa Allen, Binghamton Brianna Roberts, Binghamton Jess Bump, Binghamton 2025 America East Conference softball tournament Bearcats Softball Complex • Binghamton, NY Binghamton American Athletic Conference Florida Atlantic Jenna Lord, Charlotte Autumn Courtney, Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic 2025 American Athletic Conference softball tournament USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL Atlantic 10 Conference Dayton Sydney Wells, Fordham &Abby Mallo, Saint Louis Anna Reed, George Washington Christy Connoyer, Saint Louis 2025 Atlantic 10 Conference softball tournament GW Softball Field • Washington, D.C. Saint Louis Atlantic Coast Conference Florida State Cori McMillan, Virginia Tech Reese Basinger, Clemson Lonni Alameda, Florida State 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament Boston College Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA ClemsonAtlantic Sun Conference Gold - Eastern Kentucky Graphite - North Florida Allison Benning, North Florida Allison Benning, North Florida Jeff Conrad, North Florida 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference softball tournament Choccolocco Park • Oxford, AL North FloridaBig 12 Conference Texas Tech Devyn Netz, Arizona NiJaree Canady, Texas Tech Gerry Glasco, Texas Tech 2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK Texas TechBig East Conference Grace Jenkins, UConn Ana Serafinko, St. John's St. John's 2025 Big East Conference softball tournament Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA UConnBig Sky Conference Ava Brown, Idaho State Kasey Aguinaga, Idaho State Andrew Rich, Idaho State 2025 Big Sky Conference softball tournament Gloria Rodriguez Softball Field • Greeley, CO Weber StateBig South Conference Megan Powell, Winthrop Dakota Redmon, Radford Kevin Fagan, Radford 2025 Big South Conference softball tournament PC Softball Complex • Clinton, SC Big Ten Conference Oregon Jordy Bahl, Nebraska Jordy Bahl, Nebraska Melyssa Lombardi, Oregon 2025 Big Ten softball tournament Bittinger Stadium • West Lafayette, IN MichiganBig West Conference Ava Arce, Cal State Fullerton Malaya Johnson, UC Santa Barbara Gina Oaks Garcia, Cal State Fullerton 2025 Big West Conference softball tournament Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA UC Santa Barbara Coastal Athletic Association Sydney Shaffer, Delaware Billie Kerwood, Delaware Tracey Lynch, Charleston 2025 Coastal Athletic Association softball tournament Amanda Littlejohn Stadium • Buies Creek, NC Elon Conference USA Rachel Roupe, Liberty Elena Escobar, Liberty Dot Richardson, Liberty 2025 Conference USA softball tournament WKU Softball Field • Bowling Green, KY Liberty Horizon League Sara Ebner, Green Bay &Molly Kable, IU Indy Melissa Holzopfel, Cleveland State Amy Kyler, Cleveland State 2025 Horizon League softball tournament Viking Field • Cleveland, OHRobert Morris Ivy League Laurel Moody, Brown Brielle Wright, Princeton Princeton 2025 Ivy League Softball Championship Series Campus sites Brown Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Marist Miah McDonald, Marist Maddie Pleasants, Marist Joe Ausanio, Marist 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball tournament Marist Softball Stadium • Poughkeepsie, NY Marist Mid-American Conference McKayla Timmons, Ball State Skipp Miller, Ohio Mandy Gardner-Colegate, Miami (OH) &Jenna Hall, Ohio 2025 Mid-American Conference softball tournament Firestone Stadium • Akron, OH Miami (OH) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Taylor Ames-Alexander, South Carolina State Jaden Davis, NC Central Angie Nicholson, Norfolk State 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball tournament NSU Softball Stadium • Norfolk, VA Howard Missouri Valley Conference Kate Lappe, Northern Iowa Maya Johnson, Belmont Southern Illinois 2025 Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament Ron Buel Field • Des Moines, IA Belmont Mountain West Conference Aaliyah Jenkins, Nevada Serayah Neiss, Fresno State Victoria Hayward, Nevada 2025 Mountain West Conference softball tournament SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA San Diego State Northeast Conference Savannah Nash, Saint Francis Brooklyn Shroyer, Fairleigh Dickinson LIU 2025 Northeast Conference softball tournament LIU Softball Complex • Brooklyn, NY Saint Francis Ohio Valley Conference Kendall Grover, Eastern Illinois & Payton Brown, Western Illinois McKenzie Oslanzi, Eastern Illinois Ben Sorden, SIUE 2025 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament Petersen Hotels Field at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex • Peoria, IL Eastern Illinois Patriot League Army Ashton White, Army Kasey Ricard, Boston Jen Consaul, Army 2025 Patriot League softball tournament Campus sites Boston University Southeastern Conference Oklahoma Bri Ellis, Arkansas Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee Patty Gasso, Oklahoma 2025 Southeastern Conference softball tournament Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GAOklahoma & Texas A&M Southern Conference Chattanooga Olivia Lipari, Chattanooga Peja Goold, Chattanooga Frank Reed, Chattanooga 2025 Southern Conference softball tournament Hope Field • Spartanburg, SC Mercer Southland Conference Victoria Altamirano, Incarnate Word Maddie Taylor, McNeese James Landreneau, McNeese 2025 Southland Conference softball tournament Campus sites Southeastern Louisiana Southwestern Athletic Conference East – Florida A&M West – Prairie View A&M Kamryn Broussard, Grambling State Cailin Massey, Prairie View A&M Vernon Bland, Prairie View A&M 2025 Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, MS Jackson State Summit League & Abby Gentry, South Dakota State Maddia Groff, Omaha Jennifer Trotter, St. Thomas 2025 Summit League softball tournament Jerald T. Moriarty Softball Field • Brookings, SD Omaha Sun Belt Conference Aiyana Coleman, Texas State Nicolette Picone, Coastal Carolina Molly Fichtner, Louisiana–Monroe 2025 Sun Belt Conference softball tournament Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Coastal CarolinaWest Coast Conference Saint Mary's & Santa Clara Cairah Curran, Santa Clara Cari Ferguson, Santa Clara Gina Carbonatto, Santa Clara No tournament; regular season champion earns auto bidWestern Athletic Conference Grand Canyon Savannah Kirk, Grand Canyon Meghan Golden, Grand Canyon Shanon Hays, Grand Canyon 2025 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament John C. Funk Stadium • Riverside, CA Grand Canyon
Awards USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year: Bri Ellis, Arkansas NFCA National Player of the Year: Jordy Bahl, Nebraska Softball America Player of the Year: Bri Ellis, Arkansas NFCA National Pitcher of the Year: NiJaree Canady, Texas Tech Softball America Pitcher of the Year: Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee NFCA National Freshman of the Year: Taylor Shumaker, Florida Softball America Freshman of the Year: Taylor Shumaker, Florida NFCA Catcher of the Year: Reese Atwood, Texas NFCA Golden Shoe Award: Kai Luschar, Oregon
All-America Teams The following players were members of the All-American Teams.
First Team Position Player Class School P NiJaree Canady JR. Texas Tech Karlyn Pickens JR. Tennessee Kenzie Brown SR. Arizona State C Reese Atwood JR. Texas 1B Bri Ellis SR. Arkansas 2B Maddie Moore SR. Clemson 3B Jordan Woolery JR. UCLA SS Isa Torres SO. Florida State OF Cori McMillan SR. Virginia Tech Taylor Minnick SR. Indiana Sierra Sacco SR. Mississippi State UT Jordy Bahl JR. Nebraska Ella Parker SO. OklahomaAT-L Megan Grant JR. UCLA Kasidi Pickering SO. Oklahoma Jasmyn Burns SO. Ohio State Taylor Shumaker FR. Florida Maya Johnson R-JR. Belmont
Second Team Position Player Class School P Teagan Kavan SO. Texas Ruby Meylan JR. Oklahoma State Sam Landry SR. Oklahoma C Sydney Stewart JR. Arizona 1B Mya Perez SO. Texas A&M 2B Mia Williams SO. Florida 3B Mia Scott SR. Texas SS River Mahler JR. Stanford OF Kendra Falby SR. Florida Kennedy Harp SO. Florida State Audrey Vandagriff FR. Alabama UT Devyn Netz R-SR. Arizona Mac Barbara GS Texas A&MAT-L Tori Edwards R-FR. LSU Jade Hylton JR. Virginia Taylor Pannell R-SO. Tennessee Kedre Luschar SR. Oregon Rylee McCoy FR. Oregon
Third Team Position Player Class School P Taylor Tinsley JR. UCLA Lyndsey Grein JR. Oregon Autumn Courtney JR. Florida Atlantic C Julia Crenshaw SR. Missouri 1B Georgia Hood SR. Coastal Carolina 2B Kat Rodriguez GS North Carolina 3B Ella McDowell FR. Arkansas SS Gabbie Garcia FR. Oklahoma OF Jenissa Conway SO. Michigan Dakota Kennedy JR. Arizona Emily Jones JR. Stanford UT Brianna Copeland SR. Indiana Kendra Lewis FR. WisconsinAT-L Savannah Pola SR. UCLA Ilove'a Brittingham FR. BYU Maci Bergeron JR. LSU Rachel Roupe SR. Liberty Shaylon Govan SR. Baylor
See also 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season
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