2009 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2009 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 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2009 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 2, 2009.

2009 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Arizona State
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Washington (1st title)
Runners-up	Florida (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Heather Tarr (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Danielle Lawrie (Washington)
Seasons

Conference standings

2009 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 16 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 4   .778 41 – 16   .719 No. 8 Missouri ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 12   .806 No. 15 Baylor ‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 40 – 22   .645 Texas ‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 40 – 20   .667 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 9 – 9   .500 35 – 19   .648 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 8 – 9   .471 32 – 22   .593 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 8 – 10   .444 36 – 22   .621 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 26 – 29   .473 Kansas ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 21 – 31   .404 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 15 – 42   .263 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

2009 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 3   .850 47 – 12   .797 No. 12 Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 4   .800 47 – 11   .810 No. 18 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 14 – 6   .700 31 – 15   .674 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 13 – 7   .650 42 – 16   .724 Illinois  ‍‍‍y 12 – 7   .632 29 – 17   .630 Purdue  ‍‍‍y 12 – 8   .600 31 – 20   .608 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350 19 – 27   .413 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 23 – 32   .418 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14   .263 21 – 28   .429 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 10 – 39   .204 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150 15 – 40   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 30, 2009[2] Rankings from NFCA

2009 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas State **‡  ‍‍‍ 23 – 6 – 0   .793 40 – 18 – 0   .690 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 31 – 28 – 0   .525 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11 – 0   .621 29 – 29 – 0   .500 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12 – 0   .586 29 – 27 – 0   .518 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 23 – 24 – 0   .489 Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14 – 0   .517 28 – 26 – 0   .519 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 24 – 31 – 0   .436 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 30 – 25 – 0   .545 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16 – 0   .429 23 – 31 – 0   .426 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 20 – 33 – 0   .377 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 26 – 0   .103 5 – 45 – 0   .100 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2009[3][4] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2009 Sun Belt Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 25 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 5   .783 45 – 13   .776 Troy  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 38 – 19   .667 Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 35 – 19   .648 FIU ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 31 – 29   .517 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 26 – 28   .481 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 27 – 28   .491 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 30 – 30   .500 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 17 – 35   .327 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 14 – 34   .292 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2009[5] Rankings from

Women's College World Series

The 2009 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 28 to June 2, 2009 in Oklahoma City.^[6]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida	3
	9	Arizona	0
						1	Florida	1
						5	Michigan	0
	4	Alabama	1
	5	Michigan	6
											1	Florida	6	—
											4	Alabama	5	—
	9	Arizona	0
	4	Alabama	14
						10	Arizona State	2
						4	Alabama	6
																	1	Florida	0	2	—
																	3	Washington	8	3	—
	3	Washington	3
	6	Georgia	1
						3	Washington	1
						10	Arizona State	0
	10	Arizona State	7
		Missouri	3
											3	Washington	8	9
											6	Georgia	9	3
	6	Georgia	5
		Missouri	2
						5	Michigan	5
						6	Georgia	7

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .500 – Re'Quincia Mack, Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs
• RBIs: 96 – Stacie Chambers, Arizona Wildcats
• Home runs: 31 – Stacie Chambers, Arizona Wildcats

Pitching

• Wins: 42-8 – Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies
• ERA: 0.61 (25 ER/285.1 IP) – Stacey Nelson, Florida Gators
• Strikeouts: 521 – Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies

Records

Team single game double plays: 5 – Alabama Crimson Tide; May 17, 2009^[7]

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies^[8]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies^[9]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2009	42	8	52	50	46	21	0	352.2	165	60	49	76	521	0.97	0.68

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2009	56	112	16	30	.268	30	7	0	3	54	.482%	17	21	0	0

All America Teams

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

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Stacey Nelson	SR.	Florida Gators
	Danielle Lawrie	JR.	Washington Huskies
	Kelsi Dunne	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
C	Chelsea Bramlett	JR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
1B	Adrienne Monka	FR.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Ashley Charters	SR.	Washington Huskies
3B	Alisa Goler	SO.	Georgia Bulldogs
SS	Tammy Williams	SR.	Northwestern Wildcats
OF	Brittany Lastrapes	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Katie Schroeder	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Kaitlin Cochran	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
UT	Megan Langenfeld	JR.	UCLA Bruins
	Amber Flores	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
AT-L	Nikki Nemitz	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Missy Penna	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Alissa Haber	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Taylor Schlopy	SO.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Charlotte Morgan	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Brandice Balschmiter	SR.	UMass Minutewomen
	Stephanie Brombacher	SO.	Florida Gators
	Brittany Weil	SR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
C	Melissa Roth	JR.	Louisville Cardinals
1B	Tiffany Huff	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
2B	Aja Paculba	SO.	Florida Gators
3B	Lindsey Ubrun	SR.	Missouri Tigers
SS	Molly Johnson	JR.	Kentucky Wildcats
OF	Kelsey Bruder	SO.	Florida Gators
	Francesca Enea	JR.	Florida Gators
	Brittany Rogers	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
UT	Becca Heteniak	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons
	Amanda Chidester	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
AT-L	Ashley Hansen	FR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Samantha Marder	JR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
	Samantha Ricketts	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Maria Schweisberger	SO.	Missouri Tigers
	Amber Patton	SR.	DePaul Blue Demons

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Sarah Hamilton	SO.	FSU Seminoles
	Kim Reeder	SR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
	Kristen Wadwell	JR.	Louisville Cardinals
C	Stacie Chambers	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
1B	Christine Lux	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2B	Danielle Zymkowitz	SO.	Illinois Fighting Illini
3B	Cheyenne Jenks	SR.	FGCU Eagles
	Jenae Leles	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
SS	Bianca Mejia	JR.	Long Island Sharks
OF	Karli Hubbard	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Kristen Shortridge	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Carly Normandin	JR.	UMass Minutewomen
UT	Danielle Spaulding	JR.	North Carolina Tar Heels
	Jessica Mapes	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
AT-L	Valerie Arioto	SO.	California Golden Bears
	Amanda Kamekona	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Tara Oltman	JR.	Creighton Bluejays
	Jessica Purcell-Fitu	SO.	BYU Cougars
	Jenna Rhodes	SR.	Virginia Tech Hokies