1993 NCAA Division I softball season

The 1993 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 1993. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1993 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1993 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 May 31, 1993.

1993 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Duration	May 27–31, 1993
Champions	Arizona (2nd title)
Runners-up	UCLA (11th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Mike Candrea (2nd title)
Seasons
← 1992 1994 →

Conference standings

1993 Big East Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍^y 17 – 1   .944 45 – 14   .763 Providence  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 34 – 18   .654 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 15 – 21   .417 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 20 – 20   .500 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350 11 – 25   .306 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 17 – 26   .395 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1993 Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1993 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Michigan ‍†‍‍^y 21 – 5 – 0   .808 34 – 26 – 0   .567 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 20 – 7 – 0   .741 39 – 15 – 0   .722 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 16 – 9 – 0   .640 32 – 24 – 0   .571 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11 – 0   .607 34 – 25 – 0   .576 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12 – 0   .571 31 – 25 – 0   .554 Indiana ‍‍‍ 11 – 17 – 0   .393 28 – 23 – 1   .548 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 24 – 0   .143 14 – 34 – 0   .292 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 24 – 0   .143 11 – 38 – 0   .224 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1993 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UCLA  ‍†‍‍^y 25 – 1   .962 50 – 5   .909 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 3   .833 44 – 8   .846 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 11   .542 34 – 26   .567 California  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 10   .545 37 – 20   .649 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 18 – 16   .529 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 13   .316 13 – 19   .406 Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 18   .280 31 – 27   .534 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 0 – 22   .000 1 – 41   .024 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 1993^[10] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1993 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍ 24 – 4 – 0   .857 39 – 15 – 0   .722 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6 – 0   .750 36 – 23 – 0   .610 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 1   .705 32 – 14 – 2   .688 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 1   .500 23 – 28 – 1   .452 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16 – 0   .385 21 – 23 – 0   .477 Northwestern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 7 – 19 – 0   .269 25 – 28 – 0   .472 Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233 13 – 32 – 0   .289 Northeast Louisiana*  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 14 – 30 – 1   .322 Stephen F. Austin*  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 9 – 26 – 0   .257 * Northeast Louisiana and Stephen F. Austin not eligible for regular season championship. They did not play the minimum number of conference games required. † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1993^[11] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1993 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 28 to May 31, 1993 in Oklahoma City.^[12]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	1	UCLA	3
	8	Connecticut	0
						1	UCLA	0
						4	Oklahoma State	1^13
	4	Oklahoma State	5
	5	Florida State	2
											4	Oklahoma State	0
											3	Arizona	1^9
	3	Arizona	6
																3	Arizona	0
	6	Long Beach State	0
						3	Arizona	2								7	Southwestern Louisiana	1
						7	Southwestern Louisiana	1
	2	Cal State Northridge	2
	7	Southwestern Louisiana	4																							1	UCLA	0
																					7	Southwestern Louisiana	0			3	Arizona	1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										1	UCLA	1
											7	Southwestern Louisiana	1
						8	Connecticut	2^8			8	Connecticut	0
																4	Oklahoma State	0
						5	Florida State	1
																1	UCLA	5
											1	UCLA	2
						6	Long Beach State	2			2	Cal State Northridge	0
						2	Cal State Northridge	4

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .521 – La'Tosha Williams, Delaware State Hornets
• RBIs: 66 – Marcelina Smith, Florida A&M Lady Rattlers
• Home runs: 19 – Marcelina Smith, Florida A&M Lady Rattlers

Pitching

• Wins: 33-3 & 33-11 – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA Bruins & Kim Gonzalez, Texas A&M Aggies
• ERA: 0.25 (9 ER/249.2 IP) – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA Bruins
• Strikeouts: 484 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears

Records

NCAA Division I season no-hitters: 9 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears^[13]

NCAA Division I season consecutive games hit streak: 42 – Cathy Frohnheiser, Furman Paladins; March 4-April 17, 1993

Senior class single game triples: 3 – Karrie Irvin, Southern Illinois Salukis; April 24, 1993

Senior class single game strikeouts: 26 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears; March 20, 1993

Freshman class batting average: .521 – La'Tosha Williams, Delaware State Hornets

Freshman class perfect games: 3 – Terri Kobata, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Sophomore class batting average: .583 – Andrea Mollohan, Delaware State Hornets

Junior class stolen bases: 73 – Michelle Ward, East Carolina Pirates

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Collegiate Woman Athlete of The Year:

Lisa Fernandez, UCLA Bruins

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Lisa Fernandez, UCLA Bruins^[14][15]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1993	33	3	36	33	33	28	0	249.2	80	10	9	46	348	0.25	0.50

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1993	54	157	43	80	.509	45	11	2	12	129	.821%	35	3	0	0

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[16]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Susie Parra	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Melanie Roche	JR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
	Michele Granger	SR.	California Golden Bears
C	Gillian Boxx	SO.	California Golden Bears
1B	Cyndi Parus	SO.	UNLV Rebels
2B	Lisa Davidson	JR.	FSU Seminoles
3B	Cathy Frohnheiser	JR.	Furman Paladins
SS	Jennifer McFalls	JR.	Texas A&M Aggies
OF	Patti Benedict	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Beth Calcante	JR.	CSUN Matadors
	Jamie Heggen	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
UT	Lisa Fernandez	SR.	UCLA Bruins

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Patricia Conlan	SR.	Connecticut Huskies
	Karen Jackson	JR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
	Tami Blunt	FR.	Sacramento State Hornets
C	Jody Miller-Pruitt	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
1B	Amy Chellevold	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
2B	Kelly Howard	FR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Lynn Britton	FR.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
SS	Laura Espinoza	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
OF	Jennifer Brewster	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Keri Kropke	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Susan Buttery	JR.	FSU Seminoles
DP	Kathy Beasley	FR.	Utah State Aggies
UT	Janna Venice	SR.	Connecticut Huskies
AT-L	Crystal Boyd	JR.	Hofstra Pride

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Kathy Blake	SO.	CSUN Matadors
	Marla Looper	JR.	FSU Seminoles
	DeAnna Earsley	SR.	Utah State Aggies
C	Sherri Kuchinskas	SR.	UMass Minutewomen
1B	Niki VanHooreweghe	SO.	Northern Illinois Huskies
2B	Tricia Reimche	SR.	UNLV Rebels
3B	Barb Gaines	SR.	Southwest Missouri State Bears
SS	Tiffany Tootle	SR.	South Carolina Gamecocks
OF	Andrea D'Innocenzo	SO.	Connecticut Huskies
	K. K. McCoy	JR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
	Anne Carpenter	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
DP	Katy Morgan	FR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
UT	Krinon Clark	JR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
AT-L	Denise DeWalt	SR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans

References

1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. 1993 Indiana Season
3. 1993 Iowa Season
4. 1993 Michigan Season
5. 1993 Michigan State Season
6. 1993 Minnesota Season
7. 1993 Northwestern Season
8. 1993 Ohio State Season
9. 1993 Penn State Season
10. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
11. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 14. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
12. "1993 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
13. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
14. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
15. "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
16. "1993 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. from the original on July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

External links

• Arizona vs. UCLA: 1993 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube