Ohio State Buckeyes softball

{{Infobox college softball team

|name = Ohio State Buckeyes softball

|CurrentSeason =

|logo = Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg

|logo_size = 150

| founded = 1972

|university = Ohio State University

|conference = Big Ten Conference

|conference_short = Big Ten

|city = Columbus

|stateabb = OH

|state = Ohio

|coach = Kirin Kumar

|tenure = 1st

|stadium = Buckeye Field

|capacity = 1500

|nickname = Buckeyes

|national_champion =

|wcws =

|wcws2 = 1982

|super_regional = 2009

|ncaa_tourneys = 1990, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025

|conference_tournament = 2007

|conference_champion = 1990, 2007

}}

The Ohio State Buckeyes softball team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes are led by head coach Kirin Kumar. The team plays its home games at Buckeye Field located on the university's campus.{{cite web |title=Buckeye Field |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-softbl/facilities/softball-field/ |website=OhioStateBuckeyes.com |publisher=Ohio State University |access-date=1 May 2019}}

History

=Coaching history=

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1972–1973	Catherine O’Brien	16–6	{{winpct\|16\|6}}
1974–1977	Harriet Reynolds	27–28	{{winpct\|27\|28}}
1978	Don Dungee	20–7	{{winpct\|20\|7}}
1979–1985	Dianne Thompson	146–147–2	{{winpct\|146\|147\|2}}
1986–1988	Barb Dearing	56–89–2	{{winpct\|56\|89\|2}}
1989–1996	Gail Davenport	220–247	{{winpct\|220\|247}}
1997–2012	Linda Kalafatis	538–358	{{winpct\|538\|358}}
2013–2024	Kelly Kovach Schoenly	367–226–1	{{winpct\|367\|226\|1}}
2025–present	Kirin Kumar	45–14–1	{{winpct\|45\|14\|1}}

{{cite web |title=Ohio State Softball History |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/all-time-history-2.pdf |website=OhioStateBuckeyes.com |publisher=Ohio State Athletics |access-date=1 May 2019 |page=14}}

Championships

=Conference championships=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Ohio State Buckeyes\|Season\|Conference\|Record\|Head coach}}
1990	Big Ten Conference	17–7	Gail Davenport
2007	Big Ten Conference	14–2	Linda Kalafatis

=Conference tournament championships=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Ohio State Buckeyes\|Year\|Conference\|Tournament Location\|Head coach}}
2007	Big Ten	Columbus, OH	Linda Kalafatis

Coaching staff

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Ohio State Buckeyes\|Name\|Position coached\|Consecutive season at Ohio State in current position}}
Kirin Kumar	Head coach	align=center\| 1st
Jenna Hall	Assistant coach	align=center\| 7th
Jordan Clark	Assistant coach	align=center\| 1st
Anna Kirk	Volunteer Assistant Coach	align=center\| 2nd
Megan Smith	Director of Operations	align=center\| 5th
colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"\|Reference:{{cite web \|title=Ohio State Buckeyes 2019 Softball Roster \|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-softbl/roster/ \|website=OhioStateBuckeyes.com \|publisher=Ohio State University \|access-date=1 May 2019}}

Notable players

;Big Ten Player of the Year

Wendy Allen, 2002

;Big Ten Freshman of the Year

Wendy Allen, 2001
Melanie Nichols, 2010

;Big Ten Coach of the Year

Gail Davenport, 1990
Linda Kalafatis, 2002
Linda Kalafatis, 2007{{cite web |title=Big Ten Softball Record Book |url=https://bigten.org/documents/2018/8/28/2019_Softball_Record_Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041749/https://bigten.org/documents/2018/8/28/2019_Softball_Record_Book.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |website=BigTen.org |publisher=Big Ten Conference |access-date=1 May 2019 |page=19}}