Virginia Tech Hokies softball

The Virginia Tech Hokies softball team is a college softball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Tech Softball Park. The team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in four successive seasons (2005–2008), were conference champions in 2007 and 2008, and advanced to the Women's College World Series in 2008.^[2] A big part of this success was the pitching of Angela Tincher, who had a historic career at Virginia Tech, becoming only the third person in NCAA Softball to record 2,000 career strikeouts. The Hokies also did what no other college has ever done, beating the U.S. Olympic Softball Team in a victory that ended Team USA's 12-year, 185-game winning streak. The Hokies won this game by a score of 1–0 and Tincher pitched a no hitter, and also allowing no balls to reach the outfield.^[3]

Virginia Tech Hokies softball
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Head coach	Pete D'Amour (5th season)
Conference	ACC Coastal Division
Location	Blacksburg, VA
Home stadium	Tech Softball Park (Capacity: 1,100)
Nickname	Hokies
Colors	Chicago maroon and burnt orange[1]
NCAA WCWS appearances
2008
NCAA super regional appearances
2008, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament championships
2007, 2008
Regular-season conference championships
2007, 2019, 2022 ACC Coastal 2019

Championships

Conference Championships

Season	Conference	Record	Head coach
2007	Atlantic Coast Conference	15–5	Scot Thomas
2019	Atlantic Coast Conference	20–4	Pete D'Amour
2022	Atlantic Coast Conference	21–2	Pete D'Amour

Conference Tournament Championships

Year	Conference	Tournament Location	Head coach
2007	Atlantic Coast Conference	Tallahassee, FL	Scot Thomas
2008	Atlantic Coast Conference	College Park, MD	Scot Thomas

Awards and honors

Sources:^[4][5]

National Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

• Angela Tincher, 2008

Conference Awards and Honors

Atlantic 10 Player of the Year

• Michelle Meadows, 2000

Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Year

• Ali Verbage, 1998
• Ashlee Dobbe, 1999

ACC Player of the Year

• Angela Tincher, 2006
• Keely Rochard, 2022

ACC Pitcher of the Year

• Angela Tincher, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Carrie Eberle, 2019
• Keely Rochard, 2021 ^[6]
• Keely Rochard, 2022^[6]

ACC Freshman of the Year

• Lauren Duff, 2016
• Kelsey Bennett, 2019
• Emma Lemley, 2022

Big East All Conference

• Amy Voorhees, 2001
• Shanel Garafalo, 2001
• Catherine Gilliam, 2001
• Clarisa Crowell, 2002
• Amy Voorhees, 2002
• Rachel Pacheco, 2003
• Kelly Brown, 2003
• Megan Evans, 2004
• Sarah Prosise, 2004
• Caitlin Murphy, 2004

All-Americans

• Michelle Meadows, 1998 - 2nd team
• Michelle Johnson, 1998 - 3rd team
• Michelle Meadows, 1999, 2000 - 1st team
• Ashlee Dobbe, 2002 - 1st team
• Angela Tincher, 2006 - 2nd team
• Angela Tincher, 2007, 2008 - 1st team
• Jenna Rhodes, 2009 - 3rd team
• Emma Ritter, 2024 - 1st team
• Addy Greene, 2024 - 1st team
• Cori McMillan, 2024 - 2nd team

See also

• List of NCAA Division I softball programs