2012 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2012 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 2012. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2012 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 6, 2012.

2012 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Arizona State
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Alabama (1st title)
Runners-up	Oklahoma (7th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Patrick Murphy (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Jaclyn Traina (Alabama)
Seasons
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Conference standings

2012 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y 19 – 5   .792 54 – 10   .844 No. 11 Missouri ‍‍‍^y 17 – 7   .708 47 – 17   .734 No. 9 Texas ‍‍‍^y 16 – 8   .667 47 – 13   .783 No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y 16 – 8   .667 41 – 18   .695 Texas Tech ‍‍‍^y 13 – 10   .565 41 – 17   .707 Baylor ‍‍‍^y 10 – 14   .417 34 – 22   .607 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 25 – 26   .490 Kansas ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 31 – 20   .608 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 2 – 22   .083 14 – 39   .264 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA ^[1]

2012 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 15 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 5   .783 42 – 17   .712 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 27 – 26   .509 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 33 – 22   .600 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 25   .545 Northwestern  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 10   .583 29 – 29   .500 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 34 – 19   .642 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 31 – 22   .585 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 31 – 23   .574 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 31 – 22   .585 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 27 – 26   .509 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 18 – 32   .360 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 23   .000 11 – 42   .208 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2012^[2] Rankings from NFCA

2012 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas State **‡  ‍‍‍ 18 – 2 – 0   .900 39 – 17 – 0   .696 Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 29 – 21 – 0   .580 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 36 – 22 – 0   .621 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 34 – 21 – 0   .618 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 24 – 28 – 0   .462 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 18 – 23 – 0   .439 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 14 – 31 – 0   .311 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 19 – 31 – 0   .380 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 16 – 33 – 0   .327 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 15 – 27 – 0   .357 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 15 – 34 – 0   .306 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 20, 2012^[3]^[4] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2012 Sun Belt Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‍^y 21 – 3   .875 53 – 6   .898 South Alabama  ‍‍‡‍^y 17 – 7   .708 41 – 17   .707 FIU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 28 – 27   .509 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 28 – 26   .519 Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 33 – 25   .569 Troy  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 31 – 24   .564 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 25 – 26   .490 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 15 – 39   .278 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 16 – 33   .327 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2019^[5] Rankings from [1]

Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 31 to June 6, 2012 in Oklahoma City.^[6]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	California	5
		LSU	3
						1	California	0
						4	Oklahoma	3
	4	Oklahoma	5
		South Florida	1
											4	Oklahoma	5	—
											3	Arizona State	3	—
		LSU	1
		South Florida	0
							LSU	0
						3	Arizona State	6
																	4	Oklahoma	4	6	4
																	2	Alabama	1	8	5
	3	Arizona State	3
	11	Oregon	1
						3	Arizona State	1
						2	Alabama	2
	2	Alabama	5
	7	Tennessee	3
											2	Alabama	5	—
											1	California	2	—
	11	Oregon	3
	7	Tennessee	1
						11	Oregon	3
						1	California	6

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .492 – Samantha Fischer, Loyola Marymount Lions
• RBIs: 94 – Christi Orgeron, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
• Home run:s 32 – Camilla Carrera, UTEP Miners

Pitching

• WINS: 42-3 – Jaclyn Traina, Alabama Crimson Tide
• ERA: 0.95 (38 ER/280.2 IP) – Olivia Galati, Hofstra Pride
• Strikeouts: 541 – Sara Plourde, UMass Minutewomen

Records

Junior class single game RBIs: 11 – Dacia Hale, Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters; May 10, 2012^[7]

Sophomore class saves: 12 – Chelsea Leonard, Louisville Cardinals

Senior class season of perfect stolen bases: 45-45 – Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois Leathernecks

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners^[8]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners^[9]

Year	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2012	37	9	49	43	34	15	2	292.0	163	64	45	51	457	1.08	0.73

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2012	63	160	42	64	.400	49	17	2	13	132	.825%	53	31	6	7

All America Teams

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

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Keilani Ricketts	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Jolene Henderson	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Ellen Renfroe	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
C	Jessica Shults	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
1B	Lauren Chamberlain	FR.	Oklahoma Sooners
2B	Lauren Gibson	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
3B	Stephany LaRosa	FR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Katelyn Boyd	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
OF	Alix Johnson	SO.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Michelle Moultrie	SR.	Florida Gators
	Christi Orgeron	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
UT	Valerie Arioto	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Camilla Carrera	SR.	UTEP Miners
AT-L	Rachele Fico	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Olivia Galati	JR.	Hofstra Pride
	Chelsea Thomas	JR.	Missouri Tigers
	Jaclyn Traina	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Delaney Willard	SR.	BYU Cougars

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Sara Nevins	SO.	USF Bulls
	Stephanie Ricketts	SR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
	Hannah Rogers	SO.	Florida Gators
C	Amy Buntin	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1B	Andrea Harrison	SR.	UCLA Bruins
2B	Lexy Bennett	SR.	Texas Longhorns
3B	Raven Chavanne	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
SS	Kaila Hunt	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
OF	Ashley Fleming	SR.	Missouri Tigers
	Jamia Reid	SR.	California Golden Bears
	Katie Schroeder	SR.	UCLA Bruins
UT	Kaitlin Ingelsby	SO.	Washington Huskies
	Amanda Locke	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
AT-L	Samantha Fischer	SR.	Loyola Marymount Lions
	Samantha Pappas	JR.	Oregon Ducks
	Kristyn Sandberg	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Madison Shipman	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Kirsten Verdun	SO.	DePaul Blue Demons

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Erin Arevalo	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Jenna Caira	SR.	Syracuse Orange
	Jessica Moore	JR.	Oregon Ducks
C	Haley Outon	SO.	Houston Cougars
1B	Nikki Armagost	JR.	Pacific Tigers
2B	Jenna Rich	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
3B	Marisa Bast	SO.	Northwestern Wildcats
SS	Nerissa Myers	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
OF	Jennifer Fenton	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Tara Glover	FR.	Boise State Broncos
	Katie Smith	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
UT	Melissa Dumezich	JR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Samantha Camuso	SR.	UCLA Bruins
AT-L	Nichole Beall	SR.	Radford Highlanders
	Tori Collins	SR.	Louisville Cardinals
	Tanner Fowler	SO.	Louisville Cardinals
	Jessica Garcia	SR.	New Mexico Lobos
	Hayley Miles	SO.	San Diego State Aztecs

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2012 Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
4. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
5. "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 373. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
6. "2012 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
7. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
8. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
9. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
10. "2011 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

External links

Alabama vs. Oklahoma: 2012 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube