Big 12 Conference softball tournament
{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament
| name = Big 12 softball tournament
| optional_subheader = Conference softball championship
| defunct =
| image = File:Big 12 Championships logo.svg
| caption =
| sport = Softball
| conference = Big 12 Conference
| number_of_teams = 10
| format = Single-elimination tournament
| current_stadium = Devon Park
| current_location = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
| years = 1996–2010
2017–present
| most_recent = 2024
| current_champion = Oklahoma Sooners
| most_championships = Oklahoma Sooners (9)
| television =
| website = [https://big12sports.com/sports/softball Big12Sports.com Softball]
| sponsors =
| all_stadiums =
| all_locations =
}}
The Big 12 softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the Big 12 championship) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). Since its inception in 1996, the tournament has been played at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park (formerly USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament. The Big 12 stopped holding a postseason conference tournament after the 2010 competition. In 2017, the Big 12 Conference revived the tournament, which is still hosted at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.
Champions
=Year-by-year=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!School !MOP |
|---|
| 1996
|{{csb link|year=1996|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} |Jill Most ({{csb link|year=1996|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}) |
| 1997
|{{csb link|year=1997|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}} |Barb Wright ({{csb link|year=1997|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}}) |
| 1998
|{{csb link|year=1998|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}} |Jenny Voss ({{csb link|year=1998|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}) |
| 1999
|{{csb link|year=1999|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}} |Jennifer Lizama ({{csb link|year=1999|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}) |
| 2000
|{{csb link|year=2000|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}} |Jennifer Lizama ({{csb link|year=2000|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}) |
| 2001
|{{csb link|year=2001|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} |Lisa Carey ({{csb link|year=2001|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}) |
| 2002
|{{csb link|year=2002|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}} |Cat Osterman ({{csb link|year=2002|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}}) |
| 2003
|{{csb link|year=2003|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}} |Cat Osterman ({{csb link|year=2003|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}}) |
| 2004
|{{csb link|year=2004|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}} |Peaches James ({{csb link|year=2004|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}) |
| 2005
|{{csb link|year=2005|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}} |Cat Osterman ({{csb link|year=2005|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}}) |
| 2006
|{{csb link|year=2006|team=Kansas Jayhawks|title=Kansas}} |Serena Settlemier ({{csb link|year=2006|team=Kansas Jayhawks|title=Kansas}}) |
| 2007
|{{csb link|year=2007|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} |Lauren Eckermann ({{csb link|year=2007|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}) |
| 2008 |
| 2009
|{{csb link|year=2009|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}} |Chelsea Thomas ({{csb link|year=2009|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}}) |
| 2010
|{{csb link|year=2010|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} |Keilani Ricketts ({{csb link|year=2010|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}) |
| colspan=3 align=center|2011–2016 Tournament not held |
| 2017 |
| 2018
|{{csb link|year=2018|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} |Nicole Pendley ({{csb link|year=2018|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}) |
| 2019
|colspan=2 align=center|Cancelled due to rain |
| 2020
|colspan=2 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021
|Kinzie Hansen (Oklahoma) |
| 2022
|Morgan Day (Oklahoma State) |
| 2023
|Haley Lee (Oklahoma) |
| 2024
|Ella Parker (Oklahoma) |
=By school=
==Current Members==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| School
! Appearances ! W ! L ! Pct ! Titles ! Title Years |
|---|
| Arizona
|0 |0 |0 |{{winpct|0|0}} |0 | |
| Arizona State
|0 |0 |0 |{{winpct|0|0}} |0 | |
| Baylor
|20 |18 |28 |{{winpct|18|28}} |0 | |
| BYU
|1 |1 |1 |{{winpct|1|1}} |0 | |
| Houston
|1 |0 |1 |{{winpct|0|1}} |0 | |
| Iowa State
|22 |10 |29 |{{winpct|10|29}} |0 | |
| Kansas
|19 |17 |25 |{{winpct|17|25}} |1 |2006 |
| Oklahoma State
|22 |27 |32 |{{winpct|27|32}} |1 |2022 |
| Texas Tech
|22 |16 |31 |{{winpct|16|31}} |0 | |
| UCF
|1 |0 |0 |{{winpct|0|0}} |0 | |
| Utah
|0 |0 |0 |{{winpct|0|0}} |0 | |
==Former Members==
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511190406/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/big12-softbl-championship.html Official website]
- [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/record_book.pdf Big 12 Softball Record Book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522214216/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/record_book.pdf |date=2011-05-22 }}
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