2011 NCAA Division I softball season

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.

2011 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsUCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsArizona State (2nd title)
Runners-upFlorida (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachClint Myers (2nd title)
WCWS MOPDallas Escobedo & Michelle Moultrie (Arizona State & Florida)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →

Conference standings

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2011 Big 12 Conference softball standings
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
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
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
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
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

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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

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Batting

Pitching

Records

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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

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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

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

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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

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  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.
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