The SEC softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination (since 2006) tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
The SEC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various SEC-conference campus stadiums. Thirteen of the 14 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year (Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team).
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The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball. In 1997 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds. From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with no byes. In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources SEC softball tournament news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The SEC softball tournament sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference SEC It is a single elimination since 2006 tournament and seeding is based on regular season records The winner receives the conference s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament SEC softball tournamentConference softball championshipSEC Softball Championship Tournament logoSportSoftballConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceNumber of teams13FormatSingle elimination tournament 2006 present Double elimination tournament 1997 2006 Current stadiumBogle ParkCurrent locationFayetteville ArkansasPlayed1997 presentLast contest2023 Southeastern Conference softball tournamentCurrent championTennessee Lady VolunteersMost championshipsAlabama 6 TV partner s SEC Network and ESPNOfficial websiteSECSports com Softball Contents 1 Tournament 2 History 3 Champions 3 1 Year by year 3 2 By school 4 External linksTournament editThe SEC softball tournament is a single elimination tournament held each year at various SEC conference campus stadiums Thirteen of the 14 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team History editThe tournament has been held since 1997 when the SEC began sponsoring softball In 1997 it was an eight team double elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight team double elimination tournament with no byes In 2006 it became an eight team single elimination tournament In 2013 with the addition of Missouri and Texas A amp M into the SEC the tournament moved to a ten team single elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes Champions editYear by year edit Year School Venue MVP1997 South Carolina Columbus Georgia Trinity Johnson P South Carolina1998 Alabama Columbus Georgia Autumn Anderson P Mississippi State1999 LSU Columbus Georgia Ashley Lewis P LSU2000 South Carolina Columbus Georgia Megan Matthews P South Carolina2001 LSU Jim Frost Stadium Chattanooga Tennessee Britni Sneed P LSU2002 LSU Jim Frost Stadium Chattanooga Tennessee Britni Sneed P LSU2003 Alabama Plant City Stadium Plant City Florida Kristin Schmidt P LSU2004 LSU University of Alabama Softball Stadium Tuscaloosa Alabama Kristin Schmidt P LSU2005 Alabama Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville Florida Stephanie VanBrakle DP UT Alabama2006 Tennessee Jack Turner Stadium Athens Georgia Monica Abbott P Tennessee2007 LSU Jane B Moore Field Auburn Alabama Dani Hofer P LSU2008 Florida Tiger Park Baton Rouge Louisiana Stacey Nelson P Florida2009 Florida Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium Knoxville Tennessee Kristina Hilberth C Florida2010 Alabama Bogle Park Fayetteville Arkansas Kelsi Dunne P Alabama2011 Tennessee Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford Mississippi Ellen Renfroe P Tennessee2012 Alabama Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa Alabama Jaclyn Traina P Alabama2013 Florida John Cropp Stadium Lexington Kentucky Kristi Merritt OF Florida2014 Georgia South Carolina Softball Stadium Columbia South Carolina Chelsea Wilkinson P Georgia2015 Auburn Tiger Park Baton Rouge Louisiana Emily Carosone 2B Auburn2016 Auburn Nusz Park Starkville Mississippi Emily Carosone 2B Auburn2017 Ole Miss Sherri Parker Lee Stadium Knoxville Tennessee Kaitlin Lee P Ole Miss2018 Florida Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia Missouri Amanda Lorenz OF Florida2019 Florida Davis Diamond College Station Texas Kelly Barnhill P Florida2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic2021 Alabama Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa Alabama Montana Fouts P Alabama2022 Arkansas Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville Florida Chenise Delce P Arkansas2023 Tennessee Bogle Park Fayetteville Arkansas Kiki Milloy OF Tennessee2024 Jane B Moore Field Auburn Alabama2025 Jack Turner Stadium Athens Georgia2026 John Cropp Stadium Lexington Kentucky2027 Tiger Park Baton Rouge Louisiana2028 Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia Missouri2029 Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford MississippiBy school edit School Championships YearsAlabama 6 1998 2003 2005 2010 2012 2021Florida 5 2008 2009 2013 2018 2019LSU 5 1999 2001 2002 2004 2007Tennessee 3 2006 2011 2023Auburn 2 2015 2016South Carolina 2 1997 2000Georgia 1 2014Ole Miss 1 2017Arkansas 1 2022Kentucky 0Mississippi State 0Missouri 0Texas A amp M 0External links editSECSports com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SEC softball tournament amp oldid 1156600948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
