The Conference USA softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for Conference USA. It is a single-elimination (since 2006) tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Tournament The tournament is a double-elimination tournament, with six teams participating. The teams are seeded based on conference regular season winning percentage. The number of teams and specific format has varied based on the number of teams in the conference each year.
Champions Year-by-year Year School Venue MVP 2000 Oak Grove Optimist Park • Hattiesburg, MS Courtney Blades, Southern Miss 2001 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Felicia Gonzales, Southern Miss 2002 USF Softball Complex • Tampa, FL Lindsay Chouinard, DePaul 2003 Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX Lindsay Chouinard, DePaul 2004 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Sarah Martz, DePaul 2005 USF Softball Complex • Tampa, FL Megan Huitink, DePaul 2006 Donna J. Hardesty Sports Complex • Tulsa, OK Julia Fennell, Tulsa 2007 UCF Softball Complex • Orlando, FL Angel Shamblin, Houston 2008 Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX Tiffany Lane, UCF 2009 Helen of Troy Softball Complex • El Paso, TX Lauren Lindsay, Tulsa 2010 Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX Toni Paisley, East Carolina 2011 ECU Softball Stadium • Greenville, NC Priscilla Velasquez, East Carolina 2012 UAB Softball Field • Birmingham, AL Lacey Middlebrooks, Tulsa 2013 Collins Family Softball Complex • Tusla, OK Andi Williamson, Marshall 2014 FAU Softball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL Aimee Creger, Tulsa 2015 Felsburg Field at FIU Stadium • Miami, FL Miranda Kramer, Western Kentucky 2016 Loveland Field • Denton, TX Kylee Hanson, Florida Atlantic 2017 Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS Pauline Tufi, Louisiana Tech 2018 Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium • Charlotte, NC Cori Jennings, Middle Tennessee 2019 Mary Bowers Field • Birmingham, AL Jazlyn Crowder, Louisiana Tech 2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 WKU Softball Complex • Bowling Green, KY Kennedy Sullivan, Western Kentucky 2022 Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX Molly Rainey, North Texas 2023 Dr. Billy Bundrick Field • Ruston, LA Shelby Sargent, Middle Tennessee 2024 NM State Softball Complex • Las Cruces, NM Brooke Roberts, Liberty 2025 WKU Softball Complex • Bowling Green, KY Elena Escobar, Liberty 2026 Delaware Softball Diamond • Newark, DE Morgan Nowakowski, Jacksonville State
By school School Championships Years DePaul 4 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Tulsa 4 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014 East Carolina 2 2010, 2011 Liberty 2 2024, 2025 Louisiana Tech 2 2017, 2019 Middle Tennessee 2 2018, 2023 Southern Miss 2 2000, 2001 Western Kentucky 2 2015, 2021 Houston 1 2007 Florida Atlantic 1 2016 Jacksonville State 1 2026 Marshall 1 2013 North Texas 1 2022 UCF 1 2008 Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in Conference USA.
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