2006 NCAA Division I softball season

2006 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Michigan
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Arizona (7th title)
Runners-up	Northwestern (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Mike Candrea (7th title)
WCWS MOP	Alicia Hollowell (Arizona)
Seasons

The 2006 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 2006. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2006 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 6, 2006.

Conference standings

2006 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 5 Texas ‍†‍‍^y 15 – 2 – 0   .882 55 – 9 – 0   .859 No. 14 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y 13 – 4 – 0   .765 44 – 12 – 0   .786 No. 20 Baylor ‍‍‍^y 12 – 6 – 0   .667 38 – 22 – 0   .633 No. 22 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y 11 – 6 – 0   .647 34 – 19 – 0   .642 No. 19 Oklahoma ‍‍‡‍^y 8 – 10 – 0   .444 40 – 21 – 1   .653 Kansas ‍‍‍^y 8 – 10 – 0   .444 36 – 26 – 0   .581 Missouri ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 26 – 27 – 0   .491 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 21 – 29 – 0   .420 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 23 – 28 – 0   .451 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4 – 13 – 0   .235 19 – 35 – 0   .352 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2006 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Northwestern  ‍†‍‍^y 16 – 3   .842 50 – 15   .769 No. 10 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍^y 14 – 4   .778 44 – 15   .746 Iowa  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 7   .632 39 – 22   .639 Ohio State  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 7   .611 39 – 23   .629 Penn State  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 10   .500 39 – 17   .696 Indiana  ‍‍‍^y 8 – 9   .471 30 – 25   .545 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 34 – 25   .576 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421 24 – 31   .436 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12   .368 30 – 30   .500 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 22 – 22   .500 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 1 – 17   .056 17 – 33   .340 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of August 3, 2006[2] Rankings from NFCA	2006 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UCLA  ‍†‍‍^y 15 – 5   .750 50 – 9   .847 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 6   .714 54 – 11   .831 California  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 9   .571 48 – 14   .774 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 10   .524 53 – 15   .779 Oregon State  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 10   .500 43 – 16   .729 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 11   .476 42 – 18   .700 Washington  ‍‍‍^y 6 – 15   .286 35 – 25   .583 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 24 – 29   .453 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2006[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2006 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Texas–San Antonio  ‍†‍‍^y 22 – 5 – 0   .815 37 – 14 – 0   .725 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 5 – 0   .783 34 – 22 – 0   .607 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 16 – 9 – 0   .640 32 – 22 – 0   .593 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 21 – 30 – 0   .412 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13 – 0   .480 28 – 32 – 0   .467 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 23 – 33 – 0   .411 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 18 – 30 – 0   .375 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16 – 0   .385 27 – 30 – 0   .474 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 20 – 28 – 0   .417 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 10 – 36 – 0   .217 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2006[4] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2006 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 1 to June 6, 2006 in Oklahoma City.^[5]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	2	Arizona	3^9
	7	Oregon State	2
						2	Arizona	2
						3	Texas	0
	3	Texas	2
	6	Arizona State	0
											2	Arizona	0	6
											8	Tennessee	1	0
	6	Arizona State	3
	7	Oregon State	1
						6	Arizona State	1
						8	Tennessee	3
																	2	Arizona	8	5	—
																	4	Northwestern	0	0	—
	4	Northwestern	6^10
	5	Alabama	5
						4	Northwestern	2
						8	Tennessee	0
	8	Tennessee	4
	1	UCLA	3
											4	Northwestern	3^8	—
											1	UCLA	1	—
	1	UCLA	4
	5	Alabama	1
						1	UCLA	2
						3	Texas	0

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .500 – Sarah Fekete, Tennessee Volunteers
• RBIs: 82 – Melanie Denischuk, UMBC Retrievers & Ianeta Le'i, BYU Cougars
• Home runs: 30 – Danyele Gomez, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

Pitching

• Wins: 44-10 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers softball
• ERA: 0.41 (17 ER/286.0 IP) – Cat Osterman Texas Longhorns
• Strikeouts: 630 – Cat Osterman Texas Longhorns

Records

NCAA Division I season grand slams: 6 – Serena Settlemier, Kansas Jayhawks^[6]

NCAA Division I season strikeout ratio: 15.4 (630 SO/286.0 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

NCAA Division I 7 inning single game combined strikeouts: 34 – Katie Burkhart, Arizona State Sun Devils (15) & Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies (19); April 28, 2006

Sophomore class single game strikeouts: 26 – Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech Hokies; March 3, 2006

Freshman class strikeout ratio: 13.4 (221 SO/115.2 IP) – Cassie Cervantes, Sacramento State Hornets

Junior class triples: 14 – Marci Pratt, Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Senior class WHIP: 0.42 (78 H+43 BB/286.0 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[7]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns^[8]

• Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2006	38	4	47	39	36	28	2	286.0	78	19	17	43	630	0.41	0.42

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[9]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Monica Abbott	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Cat Osterman	SR.	Texas Longhorns
	Jennie Ritter	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
C	Haley Woods	SR.	California Golden Bears
1B	Jenna Hall	SR.	Illinois Fighting Illini
2B	Veronica Wootson	JR.	FSU Seminoles
3B	Andrea Duran	SR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Lindsay Schutzler	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
OF	Sarah Fekete	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Danyele Gomez	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Kaitlin Cochran	FR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
DP	Kristi Durant	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
UT	Cambria Miranda	SO.	Oregon State Beavers
AT-L	Kristie Fox	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Tonya Callahan	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Caitlin Lowe	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Anjelica Selden	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Kristin Vesely	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Angela Tincher	SO.	Virginia Tech Hokies
	Alicia Hollowell	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Kristina Thorson	SR.	California Golden Bears
C	Rachel Folden	SO.	Marshall Thundering Herd
1B	Ianeta Le'i	SR.	BYU Cougars
2B	Caitlin Benyi	SR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Brette Reagan	FR.	Baylor Bears
SS	Christina Clark	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
OF	Norrelle Dickson	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Kellie Middleton	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Lindy Winkler	SR.	Sacramento State Hornets
DP	Jessica Strickland	JR.	Colorado State Rams
UT	Serena Settlemier	SR.	Kansas Jayhawks
AT-L	Eileen Canney	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Gina Carbonatto	JR.	Pacific Tigers
	Alexis Switenko	SR.	Syracuse Orange
	Stephanie VanBrakle	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Jackie Wong	SR.	Utah Utes

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Brianne McGowan	SR.	Oregon State Beavers
	Emily Turner	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Crystal Cox	SR.	North Carolina Tar Heels
C	Becky Marx	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
1B	Garland Cooper	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Dominique Lastrapes	JR.	Washington Huskies
3B	Meghan McAllister	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
SS	Tammy Williams	FR.	Northwestern Wildcats
OF	Catalina Morris	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Stephanie Brown	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Brittany Rogers	FR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
DP	Amber Smith	FR.	Illinois State Redbirds
UT	Jessica Doucette	SO.	Georgia Bulldogs
AT-L	Leslie Klein	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Lacy Wood	SR.	Louisville Cardinals
	Ashley Charters	SO.	Washington Huskies
	Erin Floros	FR.	San Diego State Aztecs
	Chelsi Lake	JR.	Baylor Bears

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2006 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
3. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
4. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
5. "2006 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
6. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
7. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
8. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
9. "2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

• Northwestern vs. UCLA: 2006 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube