The Texas Longhorns softball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.
The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in softball in 1997; the softball team competed as a club team for one year in 1996. Texas has an all-time varsity win–loss record of 986–435–3 () as of the end of the 2021 season. The Longhorns have won four regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships in softball. (The Big 12 did not hold a softball tournament during the 2011 to 2016 seasons.) Texas has made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 26 seasons of varsity competition, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) six times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022) and the super regional round, which was introduced in 2005, on eight occasions.
The Longhorns play their home games at Red & Charline McCombs Field, where they have compiled a record of 519–137–2 () as of the end of the 2021 season. Texas hired fourth-year head coach Mike White, formerly head coach of the Oregon Ducks, on June 25, 2018.
History
Coaching history
Championships
Conference Championships
Conference Tournament Championships
Coaching staff
All-time season results
Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section
All-time series records
Big 12 members
*Through February 7, 2023. Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section 2019 Season Results
Former Big 12 members
*Through February 7, 2023. Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide – All-Time Series Records section 2019 Season Results
Individual honors, awards, and accomplishments
National honors and awards
National Player of the Year
Texas is the only program in the NCAA with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards. Pitcher Cat Osterman, who won the award all three times, is the only player in NCAA history to have won the award more than twice.
Conference awards and honors
Sources:
Big 12 Player of the Year
Amy Hooks, 2011
Taylor Thom, 2014
Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
Cat Osterman, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Blaire Luna, 2010
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Jodi Reeves, 1997
Lindsay Gardner, 2000
Cat Osterman, 2002
Chez Sievers, 2003
Blaire Luna, 2010
Taylor Thom, 2011
Tiarra Davis, 2014
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
Megan Willis, 2006, 2007
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Christa Williams, 1998
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Connie Clark, 2002, 2006, 2010
Home Field
Through 2019 Season
Attendance Record
Through 2022 Season
No-Hitters
Texas pitchers have thrown 53 no-hitters, including 11 perfect games.