The Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Tournament The top 8 teams compete in the double-elimination tournament, with the top seed from one division facing the fourth seed from the opposite in the first round and so on.
Champions
Year-by-year Year School Venue MVP 1997 / 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, Mississippi Angelia Jones, Mississippi Valley State 2010 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Adriana Harrington, Alcorn State 2011 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Wendi Reed, Jackson State 2012 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Nicole Burr, Mississippi Valley State 2013 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Alexandria Robertson, Mississippi Valley State 2014 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern 2015 Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern 2016 Shea Brothers Softball Complex • Irondale, Alabama Kendall Core, Alabama State 2017 Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Lauren Rodriguez, Texas Southern 2018 Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Laurisa Hernandez, Prairie View A&M 2019 Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Justine Jean, Alabama State 2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Skyler Sullivan, Alabama State 2022 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Biviana Figueroa, Prairie View A&M 2023 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Jerrica Rojas, Prairie View A&M 2024 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Jace Jackson, Jackson State 2025 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Brooklyn Morris, Jackson State 2026 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Samantha Smith, Florida A&M
By school School Championships Years Mississippi Valley State 8 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 Prairie View A&M 4 1998, 2018, 2022, 2023 Texas Southern 4 2000, 2014, 2015, 2017 Jackson State 3 2011, 2024, 2025 Alabama State 3 2016, 2019, 2021 Alcorn State 2 1997, 2010 Grambling State 2 1997, 2001 Southern 2 1999, 2003 Alabama A&M 1 2002 Florida A&M 1 2026
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