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 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 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

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.[3]

	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 Lady Vols

ERA: 0.36 (14 ER/272.2 IP) - Cat Osterman Texas Longhorns

STRIKEOUTS: 603, Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

Records

[4]

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON AT BATS: 270 - Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee Lady Vols

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON GAMES: 69 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

SOPHOMORE CLASS STRIKEOUTS: 603 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

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 Lady Vols

Awards

• USA Collegiate Player of The Year:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[5]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[6]

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

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[7]

• 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.[8]

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

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
3. "2005 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
4. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
5. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
6. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
7. "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
8. "2005 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

External Links

• Michigan vs. UCLA: 2005 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube
• Texas vs. Arizona: 2005 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube