2011 NCAA Division I softball season

2011 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (2nd title)
Runners-up	Florida (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Clint Myers (2nd title)
WCWS MOP	Dallas Escobedo & Michelle Moultrie (Arizona State & Florida)
Seasons

The 2011 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 2011. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2011 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 7, 2011.

Conference standings

2011 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Missouri ‍†‍‍^y 15 – 3   .833 53 – 10   .841 No. 20 Texas ‍‍‍^y 14 – 4   .778 46 – 10   .821 No. 14 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y 13 – 5   .722 44 – 15   .746 No. 4 Baylor ‍‍‍^y 11 – 7   .611 47 – 15   .758 No. 7 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y 10 – 8   .556 43 – 19   .694 No. 21 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y 9 – 9   .500 41 – 14   .745 No. 8 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y 8 – 10   .444 42 – 20   .677 Texas Tech ‍‍‍^y 5 – 13   .278 42 – 16   .724 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 21 – 28   .429 Kansas ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 31 – 22   .585 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2011 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 17 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 2   .900 53 – 6   .898 Indiana  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 3   .850 37 – 18   .673 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8   .600 27 – 22   .551 Penn State  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 8   .579 31 – 24   .564 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 30 – 18   .625 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 30 – 23   .566 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 31 – 24   .564 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 27 – 24   .529 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 27 – 27   .500 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 23 – 20   .535 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150 14 – 37   .275 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 22, 2011[2] Rankings from NFCA	2011 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Arizona State  ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 4   .810 60 – 6   .909 California  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 6   .714 45 – 13   .776 Oregon  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 10   .524 42 – 16   .724 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 10   .524 43 – 18   .705 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 11   .476 42 – 17   .712 Washington  ‍‍‍^y 9 – 12   .429 37 – 16   .698 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 9 – 12   .429 36 – 19   .655 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 19 – 27   .413 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 30, 2011[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2011 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas A&M–Corpus Christi **  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9 – 0   .700 41 – 19 – 0   .683 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 33 – 25 – 0   .569 Texas State ‡  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 33 – 25 – 0   .569 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 31 – 29 – 0   .517 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 28 – 27 – 0   .509 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 32 – 25 – 0   .561 Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 22 – 32 – 0   .407 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 26 – 30 – 0   .464 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 22 – 30 – 0   .423 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 14 – 36 – 0   .280 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 0   .241 15 – 37 – 0   .288 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2011[4][5] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches	2011 Sun Belt Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍^y 19 – 5   .792 51 – 11   .823 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 34 – 25   .576 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 37 – 17   .685 FIU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 31 – 27   .534 Troy  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 32 – 27   .542 Louisiana-Monroe  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 28   .491 Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 30 – 29   .508 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 18 – 33   .353 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 22 – 30   .423 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 4, 2019[6] Rankings from [1]

Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 2 to June 7, 2011, in Oklahoma City.^[7]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Arizona State	3
	9	Oklahoma	1
						1	Arizona State	6
						4	Florida	5
	4	Florida	6
	5	Missouri	2
											1	Arizona State	4	—
											11	Baylor	0	—
	9	Oklahoma	1
	5	Missouri	4
						11	Baylor	1
						5	Missouri	0
																	1	Arizona State	14	7	—
																	4	Florida	4	2	—
	11	Baylor	1
		Oklahoma State	0
						11	Baylor	0
						2	Alabama	3
	2	Alabama	1
	7	California	0
											2	Alabama	2	2
											4	Florida	16	9
		Oklahoma State	2
	7	California	6
						4	Florida	5
						7	California	2

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .504 – Stephanie Thompson, Brown Bears
• RBIs: 101 – Christi Orgeron, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
• Home runs: 24 – Hoku Nohara, New Mexico State Aggies

Pitching

• Wins: 40-10 – Jolene Henderson, California Golden Bears
• ERA: 0.95 (37 ER/271.1 IP) – Chelsea Thomas, Missouri Tigers
• Strikeouts: 498 – Sara Plourde, UMass Minutewomen

Records

Freshman class consecutive games hit streak: 36 – Stephanie Tofft, Northern Illinois Huskies; March 4-May 1, 2011^[8]

Junior class RBIs: 101 – Christi Orgeron, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Ashley Hansen, Stanford Cardinal^[9]

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2011	59	192	51	95	.495	45	9	3	25	153	.797%	26	5	11	13

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Kelsey Bruder, Florida Gators^[10]

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2011	69	199	79	77	.387	71	19	2	14	152	.764%	48	28	9	9

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[11]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Dallas Escobedo	FR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Jolene Henderson	JR.	California Golden Bears
	Chelsea Thomas	SO.	Missouri Tigers
C	Kaylyn Castillo	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
1B	Megan Bush	SR.	Florida Gators
2B	Lauren Gibson	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
3B	Amanda Chidester	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
SS	Ashley Hansen	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
OF	Kayla Braud	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Brittany Lastrapes	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Kelsey Bruder	SR.	Florida Gators
UT	Jaclyn Traina	FR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Andrea Harrison	JR.	UCLA Bruins
AT-L	Katelyn Boyd	JR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Kelsi Dunne	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Adrienne Monka	JR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Keilani Ricketts	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Brittany Schutte	SO.	Florida Gators

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Blaire Luna	SO.	Texas Longhorns
	Kenzie Fowler	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Hannah Rogers	FR.	Florida Gators
C	Jessica Shults	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
1B	Hoku Nohara	SR.	New Mexico State Aggies
2B	Ashley Lane	SO.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Brigette Del Ponte	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
SS	Kelsi Weseman	JR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
OF	Raven Chavanne	SO.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Ashley Fleming	JR.	Missouri Tigers
	Megan Wiggins	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
UT	Melissa Dumezich	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Nikia Williams	JR.	Washington Huskies
AT-L	Whitney Canion	SO.	Baylor Bears
	Alisa Goler	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Whitney Larsen	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Jenn Salling	SR.	Washington Huskies
	Jordan Taylor	SR.	Michigan Wolverines

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Jen Mineau	JR.	Fordham Rams
	Ellen Renfroe	FR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Sara Plourde	JR.	UMass Minutewomen
C	Taylor Edwards	FR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
1B	Gabriele Bridges	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
2B	Aja Paculba	SR.	Florida Gators
3B	Heather Johnson	SR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
SS	Dani Leal	SR.	Baylor Bears
OF	Bree Evans	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Jamia Reid	JR.	California Golden Bears
	Rhea Taylor	SR.	Missouri Tigers
UT	Aimee Creger	FR.	Tulsa Hurricanes
	Dani Miller	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
AT-L	Lindsey Hansen	SR.	Michigan State Spartans
	Brittany Mack	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Michelle Moultrie	JR.	Florida Gators
	Christi Orgeron	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Danielle Zymkowitz	SR.	Illinois Fighting Illini

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2011 Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
4. "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
5. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
6. "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 373. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
7. "2011 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
8. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
9. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
10. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
11. "2011 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

External links

Arizona State vs. Florida: 2011 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube