Texas A&M Aggies softball

The Texas A&M Aggies softball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team belongs to the SEC Conference and plays home games at the Davis Diamond.The Aggies have won two NCAA championships in 1983 and 1987 along with an AIAW national championship in 1982. The Aggies have been NCAA runners-up three times in 1984, 1986, and 2008. Reaching the Women's College World Series eleven times, the Aggies have reached the finals six times in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 2008.

Texas A&M Aggies
2025 Texas A&M Aggies softball team
Founded	1972 (53 years ago)
University	Texas A&M University
Head coach	Trisha Ford (2nd season)
Conference	SEC
Location	College Station, TX
Home stadium	Davis Diamond (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Aggies
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
NCAA Tournament champions
1983, 1987
AIAW Tournament champions
1982
NCAA WCWS runner-up
1984, 1986, 2008
NCAA WCWS appearances
1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008, 2017
AIAW WCWS appearances
1979, 1980, 1981, 1982[2]
NCAA super regional appearances
2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament championships
2008, 2025
Regular-season conference championships
2005, 2008

Head coaches

The following people have served as head coaches at Texas A&M.^[3]

Name	Years	Record	Pct.
Mildred Little*	1973	N/A	N/A
Toby Crown*	1974	N/A	N/A
Kay Don*	1975–76	15–14	.517
Diane Quitta	1977	31–9	.775
Diane Justice/Don Smith	1978	33–20	.623
Bill Galloway	1979–81	208–48	.813
Bob Brock	1982–1996	688–255	.730
Jo Evans	1997–2022	987–503–2	.662
Trisha Ford	2023–present	79–36	.687

Records are current as of September 13, 2024.

*No Record statistics are available for Texas A&M until the 1975–76 season

Year-by-year results

Season	Coach	Record	Notes
1973	Mildred Little	Records Unavailable
1974	Toby Crown
1975	Kay Don
1976		15–14
1977	Diane Quitta	31–9
1978	Diane Justice/Don Smith	33–20
1979	Bill Galloway	58–20	AIAW Women's College World Series
1980		72–16	AIAW Women's College World Series
1981		78–12	AIAW Women's College World Series
1982	Bob Brock	84–9	AIAW Women's College World Series Champions
1983		41–11	Women's College World Series Champions
1984		51–18	Women's College World Series (Runner-up)
1985		45–12	NCAA Regional
1986		41–13	Women's College World Series (Runner-up)
1987		56–8	Women's College World Series Champions
1988		43–21	Women's College World Series
1989		31–27
1990		47–20	NCAA Regional
1991		46–15	NCAA Regional
1992		41–19
1993		38–14
1994		56–20	NCAA Regional
1995		29–27
1996		39–21	NCAA Regional
1997	Jo Evans	37–29
1998		32–25–2
1999		41–22	NCAA Regional
2000		32–23	NCAA Regional
2001		32–19
2002		40–18	NCAA Regional
2003		38–22	NCAA Regional
2004		33–22	NCAA Regional
2005		47–10	Big 12 Champions, NCAA Super Regional
2006		34–19	NCAA Regional
2007		46–14	Women's College World Series
2008		57–10	Big 12 Champions, Big 12 Tournament Champions, Women's College World Series (Runner-up)
2009		33–22	NCAA Regional
2010		44–16	NCAA Regional
2011		44–15	NCAA Super Regional
2012		41–18	NCAA Regional
2013		42–18	NCAA Super Regional
2014		37–22	NCAA Regional
2015		40–20	NCAA Regional
2016		39–20	NCAA Regional
2017		47–13	Women's College World Series
2018		44–18	NCAA Super Regional
2019		28–27	NCAA Regional
2020		17–9	Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		32–23	NCAA Regional
2022		31–28	NCAA Regional
2023	Trisha Ford	35–21	NCAA Regional
2024		44–15	NCAA Super Regional
2025		48–11	NCAA Regional

NCAA tournament seeding history

National seeding began in 2005. The Texas A&M Aggies have been a national seed in 11 of the 20 tournaments.

Years →	'05	'06	'07	'08	'11	'12	'13	'17	'18	'24	'25
Seeds →	5	13	4	5	16	8	16	9	15	16	1

Notable players

National awards

NFCA Golden Shoe Award^[4]

• Sharonda McDonald - 2005

Conference awards

Big 12 Player of the Year

• Kendall Richards (1996)
• Selena Collins (2002)
• Amanda Scarborough (2005)
• Megan Gibson (2008)

Big 12 Pitcher of the Year

• Jessica Kapchinski (2004)
• Amanda Scarborough (2007)

Big 12 Freshman of the Year

• Sharonda McDonald (2004)
• Amanda Scarborough (2005)

Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

• Natalie Villarreal (2009, 2011)

Big 12 Coach of the Year

• Jo Evans (2004, 2005, 2008)

All-Americans

The Texas A&M Softball program has had 27 different players selected to an all-American team for a total of 43 times. A&M has had 1 four time all–American in Lori Stoll, 4 3–time all-Americans (Andaya, Cooper, Gibson, & Dumezich), as well as an additional 5 2–time all-Americans (Carter, Mizera, Scarborough, Vidales, & Lee).^[5]

Player	Year(s)	Team
Lori Stoll	1980–83	1st
Karen Guerrero	1982	1st
Shawn Andaya	1984–85, '87	2nd, 1st
Josie Carter	1984–85	1st
Cindy Cooper	1984–86	2nd, 1st
Gay McNutt	1985	1st
Judy Trussell	1985	1st
Liz Mizera	1987–88	1st
Julie Smith	1987	1st
Missi Young	1991	2nd
Jennifer McFalls	1993	1st
Erin Field	1996	3rd
Kendall Richards	1996	1st
Selena Collins	2002	3rd
Jessica Kapchinski	2004	3rd
Amanda Scarborough	2005, '07	1st
Megan Gibson	2005, '07–08	2nd, 1st
Jamie Hinshaw	2008	3rd
Meagan May	2010	2nd
Mel Dumezich	2011–2013	2nd, 3rd
Cali Lanphear	2013	2nd
Cassie Tysarczyk	2014	3rd
Tori Vidales	2016, '18	3rd, 2nd
Riley Sartain	2017	3rd
Haley Lee	2021–22	3rd, 2nd
Julia Cottrill	2023	3rd
Emiley Kennedy	2024	2nd

Notable Individual School Records

Career Records

• Most Games Played: Mya Truelove (1994–97) – 254
• Highest Batting Average (min 250 at–bats): Kendall Richards (1995–96) – 0.422
• Most Home Runs: Meagan May (2010–13) – 69
• Most Hits: Jennifer McFalls (1991–94) – 279
• Most Stolen Bases: Sharonda McDonald (2004–07) – 153
• Most Pitching Wins: Lori Stoll (1980–83) – 145
• Most Strikeouts: Lori Stoll (1980–83) – 1,357
• Lowest ERA: Lori Stoll (1980–83) – 0.34

Single–Season Records

• Most At-Bats: Josie Carter (1982) – 294
• Most RBI's: Josie Carter (1982) – 72
• Most Home Runs: Haley Lee (2021) – 25
• Most Hits: Josie Carter (1982) – 97
• Highest Batting Average: Kendall Richards (1996) – .454
• Most Stolen Bases: Keeli Miligan (2016) – 54
• Most Pitching Wins: Lori Stoll (1981) – 46
• Most Strikeouts: Shawn Andaya (1984) – 395
• Lowest ERA: Shawn Andaya (1985) – 0.26

Coaching Records

• Most Games Coached: Jo Evans (1997–2022) – 1492
• Most Games Won: Jo Evans (1997–2022) - 987
• Highest Winning Percentage: Bill Galloway (1979–81) – .813
• Most National Championships Won: Bob Brock (1982–96) – 3

See also

• Texas portal

• List of NCAA Division I softball programs