The Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season.
Tournament The ACC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various ACC campus stadiums. Thirteen of the fifteen current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Miami (FL) and Wake Forest do not sponsor softball teams. Duke softball began competing in the 2018 season. Clemson is replacing Women's Diving with Softball beginning the 2020 season. The 2018 tournament features a first round in addition to quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship. It is assumed that all 12 teams make the tournament, but no online source has been found specifying how many teams are in the first round.
Champions Year-by-year Year Champion Site MVP 1992 Tallahassee, FL Susan Buttery, Florida State 1993 Tallahassee, FL Lisa Davidson, Florida State 1994 Tallahassee, FL Michelle Collins, Virginia 1995 Tallahassee, FL Cindy Lawson, Florida State 1996 Raleigh, NC Renee Espinoza, Florida State 1997 Marietta, GA Kristy Fuentes, Florida StateKelly Shipman, Maryland 1998 Tallahassee, FL Stacy Venable, Florida State 1999 Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Danielle Cox, Florida State 2000 Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Leslie Malerich, Florida State 2001 Raleigh, NC Radara McHugh, North Carolina 2002 Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Jessica Sallinger, Georgia Tech 2003 Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Lesley Palmer, Florida State 2004 Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Casey Hunter, Florida State 2005 Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Jessica Sallinger, Georgia Tech 2006 Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Shaine Ervin, NC State 2007 JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech 2008 Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech 2009 Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Kristen Adkins, Georgia Tech 2010 Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Hope Rush, Georgia Tech 2011 Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA Sarah Hamilton, Florida State 2012 Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Hope Rush, Georgia Tech 2013 JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Emily Weiman, NC State 2014 Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Celeste Gomez, Florida State 2015 Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Jessica Burroughs, Florida State 2016 Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Jessica Warren, Florida State 2017 Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Dani Morgan, Florida State 2018 Florida State Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA Sydney Sherrill, Florida State 2019 JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Meghan King, Florida State 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Peyton St. George, Duke 2022 Vartabedian Field • Pittsburgh, PA Kalei Harding, Florida State 2023 Florida State Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN 2024 Duke Duke Softball Stadium • Durham, NC Jala Wright, Duke 2025 Clemson Boston College Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA Taylor Pipkins, Clemson 2026 Palmer Park • Charlottesville, VA Jazzy Francik, Florida State
By school School Championships Years Florida State 20 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 Georgia Tech 5 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012 Duke 2 2021, 2024 NC State 2 2006, 2013 Virginia Tech 2 2007, 2008 Clemson 1 2025 Maryland 1 1997 North Carolina 1 2001 Virginia 1 1994 Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the ACC.
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