American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Conference Softball Championship

American Athletic Conference logo
Sport Softball
Conference The American
Number of teams 7
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Collins Family Softball Complex
Current location Tulsa, OK
Played 2014–present
Last contest 2016
Current champion Tulsa
Most championships Louisville Cardinals (1)
UCF Knights (1)
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (1)
TV partner(s) ESPN2
Official website American Softball
Host stadiums
Collins Family Softball Complex (2016)
UCF Softball Complex (2015)
Cougar Softball Stadium (2014)
Host locations
Tulsa, OK (2016)
Orlando, FL (2015)
Houston, TX (2014)

The American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the American Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season. The Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.

The American is one of two successors to the original Big East Conference, which split after the 2013 season. The first year of the tournament was held at Cougar Softball Stadium in Houston, Texas.[1]

Tournament

The American softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various American-conference campus stadiums. Seven of the eleven current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Cincinnati, SMU, Temple, and Tulane do not sponsor softball teams.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year Champion Site MOP
2014 Louisville Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX Katie Keller (2B), Louisville
2015 UCF UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL Samantha McCloskey (C), UCF
2016 Tulsa Collins Family Softball Complex • Tulsa, OK Maddie Withee (C), Tulsa

By school

School Championships Years
Louisville 1 2014
UCF 1 2015
Tulsa 1 2016
Connecticut 0
East Carolina 0
Houston 0
Memphis 0
Rutgers 0
South Florida 0

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in The American.

References

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