2005 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2005 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 2005. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2005 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 8, 2005.

2005 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Duration	June 2–8, 2005
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runners-up	UCLA (22nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Carol Hutchins (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
Seasons

Conference standings

2005 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 11 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍y 14 – 4   .778 47 – 10   .825 No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 17   .746 No. 5 Texas ‍‍‍y 11 – 6   .647 49 – 13   .790 No. 12 Baylor ‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 51 – 14   .785 No. 20 Missouri ‍‍‍y 10 – 8   .556 44 – 15   .746 Kansas ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 8   .529 31 – 24   .564 No. 25 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 9 – 9   .500 36 – 23   .610 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 7 – 11   .389 35 – 24   .593 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 23 – 25   .479 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 18 – 32   .360 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2005 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 1 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 2   .882 65 – 7   .903 No. 16 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 42 – 18   .700 No. 24 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 14   .781 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 32 – 17   .653 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 11 – 9   .550 31 – 24   .564 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 9   .526 36 – 23   .610 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 34 – 24   .586 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 25 – 28   .472 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 25 – 27   .481 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 24 – 26   .480 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 2 – 18   .100 13 – 41   .241 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2005[2] Rankings from NFCA	2005 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 45 – 12   .789 No. 6 California  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 52 – 15   .776 No. 15 Oregon State  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 43 – 16   .729 No. 10 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 43 – 16   .729 No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 11 – 10   .524 40 – 20   .667 No. 14 Washington  ‍‍‍y 10 – 11   .476 35 – 22   .614 No. 23 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14   .333 36 – 25   .590 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 4 – 17   .190 30 – 26   .536 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2005 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Texas–San Antonio  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 5 – 0   .808 42 – 18 – 0   .700 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 7 – 0   .731 29 – 25 – 0   .537 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 8 – 0   .692 26 – 27 – 0   .491 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 35 – 28 – 0   .556 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 17 – 26 – 1   .398 McNeese State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 15 – 0   .444 34 – 35 – 0   .493 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 20 – 27 – 0   .426 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 18 – 34 – 0   .346 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19 – 0   .296 16 – 30 – 0   .348 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22 – 0   .185 15 – 44 – 0   .254 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2005[4] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2005 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 2 to June 8, 2005 in Oklahoma City.^[5]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	3	Arizona	0
	11	Tennessee	1
						11	Tennessee	1
						7	UCLA	3
	7	UCLA	2
	2	California	1
											7	UCLA	4	X
											4	Texas	0	X
	3	Arizona	3
	2	California	2
						3	Arizona	0
						4	Texas	1
																	7	UCLA	5	2	1
																	1	Michigan	0	5	4
	1	Michigan	3
		DePaul	0
						1	Michigan	4
						4	Texas	0
	12	Alabama	0
	4	Texas	3
											1	Michigan	0	3
											11	Tennessee	2	2
		DePaul	1
	12	Alabama	2
						12	Alabama	0
						11	Tennessee	4

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .524 – Lauren Wible, Bucknell Bison
• RBIs: 77 – Samantha Findlay, Michigan Wolverines
• Home runs: 26 – Stephanie Best, UCF Knights

Pitching

• Wins: 50-9 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers
• ERA: 0.36 (14 ER/272.2 IP) – Cat Osterman Texas Longhorns
• Strikeouts: 603 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Records

NCAA Division I season at bats: 270 – Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee Volunteers^[6]

NCAA Division I season Games pitched: 69 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Sophomore class strikeouts: 603 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Junior class No hitters: 8 – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats

Junior class strikeout ratio: 15.2 (593 SO/272.2 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

Senior class doubles: 27 – Cameron Astiazaran, UIC Flames

Team shutouts: 51 – Tennessee Volunteers

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[7]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[8]

• Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award Team

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[9]

• Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2005	30	7	42	33	31	22	0	272.2	68	23	14	48	593	0.36	0.42

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[10]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Monica Abbott	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Cat Osterman	JR.	Texas Longhorns
	Jennie Ritter	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
C	Kristen Rivera	SR.	Washington Huskies
1B	Garland Cooper	SO.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Tiffany Haas	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Vicky Galindo	SR.	California Golden Bears
SS	Courtney Bures	FR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
OF	Sarah Fekete	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Marissa Nichols	FR.	UNLV Rebels
	Caitlin Lowe	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
DP	Cameron Astiazaran	SR.	UIC Flames
UT	Amanda Scarborough	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
AT-L	Kristie Fox	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Brianne McGowan	JR.	Oregon State Beavers
	Kim Wendland	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Jamie Southern	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Heather Scaglione	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Michelle Green	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Alicia Hollowell	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Kristina Thorson	JR.	California Golden Bears
C	Ashley Courtney	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
1B	Jennifer Curtier	SO.	Pacific Tigers
2B	Caitlin Benyi	JR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Kristi Durant	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
SS	Amber Jackson	JR.	Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
OF	Catalina Morris	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Kristin Vesely	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Harmony Schwethelm	JR.	Baylor Bears
DP	Megan Gibson	SO.	Texas A&M Aggies
UT	Holly Currie	SO.	Auburn Tigers
AT-L	Stephanie Churchwell	FR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Anjelica Selden	FR.	UCLA Bruins
	Lindsay Schutzler	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Michelle Smith	FR.	Stanford Cardinal

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Megan Meyer	SR.	Seton Hall Pirates
	Sarah Pauly	SR.	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
	Jessica Sallinger	SR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
C	Rachel Folden	FR.	Marshall Thundering Herd
1B	Page Jones	SR.	Auburn Tigers
2B	Anne Steffan	SR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
3B	Norrelle Dickson	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
SS	Jessica Merchant	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
OF	Danyele Gomez	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Megan Ciolli	SR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Tiffany Stewart	JR.	USF Bulls
DP	Nicole Motycka	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
UT	Ashley Esparza	FR.	Penn State Nittany Lions
AT-L	Lisa Birocci	SR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
	Kaleo Eldredge	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Courtnay Foster	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Lauren Lappin	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Saskia Roberson	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons