Tulsa Golden Hurricane softball

Tulsa Golden Hurricane softball
Founded	1993
University	University of Tulsa
Head coach	Crissy Strimple (3rd season)
Conference	AAC
Location	Tulsa, OK
Home stadium	Collins Family Softball Complex (Capacity: 1000)
Nickname	Golden Hurricane
Colors	Old gold, royal blue, and crimson[1]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
Conference USA 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014 AAC 2016, 2017, 2018
Regular Season Conference championships
Conference USA 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 AAC 2017

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane softball team represents University of Tulsa in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane are currently led by head coach Crissy Strimple.^[2] The team plays its home games at Collins Family Softball Complex located on the university's campus.^[3]

History

Coaching history

Years	Coach	Record	%
1993–1997	Pattie Holthaus	69–192	.264
1998–2000	Lori Castellano	59–107	.355
2001–2004	Jamie Pinkerton	140–105	.571
2005	Christy Connoyer	31–30	.608
2006–2019	John Bargfeldt	535–270–1	.664
2020–present	Crissy Strimple	56–57–1	.496

Championships

Conference championships

Season	Conference	Record	Head coach
2006	Conference USA	15–8	John Bargfeldt
2009	Conference USA	16–4	John Bargfeldt
2011	Conference USA	19–5	John Bargfeldt
2012	Conference USA	19–5	John Bargfeldt
2014	Conference USA	19–4	John Bargfeldt
2017	American Athletic Conference	15–3	John Bargfeldt

Conference tournament championships

Year	Conference	Tournament location	Head coach
2006	Conference USA	Tulsa, OK	John Bargfeldt
2009	Conference USA	El Paso, TX	John Bargfeldt
2012	Conference USA	Birmingham, AL	John Bargfeldt
2014	Conference USA	Boca Raton, FL	John Bargfeldt
2016	American Athletic Conference	Tulsa, OK	John Bargfeldt
2017	American Athletic Conference	Greenville, NC	John Bargfeldt
2018	American Athletic Conference	Tampa, FL	John Bargfeldt

Coaching staff

Name	Position coached	Consecutive season at Virginia in current position
Crissy Strimple	Head coach	3rd
Sandra Smith	Assistant coach	3rd
Reference:[4]

Awards and honors

Conference awards

AAC Pitcher of the Year

• Emily Watson, 2017

AAC Player of the Year

• Julia Hollingsworth, 2019

AAC Defensive Player of the Year

• Rylie Spell, 2018

AAC Rookie of the Year

• Chenise Delce, 2019

References

1. Tulsa Brand Guide (PDF). February 1, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
2. "CRISSY STRIMPLE". TulsaHurricane.com. The University of Tulsa. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
3. "COLLINS FAMILY SOFTBALL COMPLEX". TulsaHurricane.com. The University of Tulsa. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
4. "Tulsa Softball Coaches". TulsaHurricane.com. The University of Tulsa. Retrieved 29 May 2019.