The 2026 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a second-year member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Mike White in his eighth season at Texas. The Longhorns entered the 2026 season as defending national champions, after winning the 2025 Women's College World Series for their first national championship in program history.
Previous season Texas finished the 2025 season 56–12, and 16–8 in SEC conference play. After sweeping the regional round at home, Texas won the Super Regional in three games over Clemson, clinching their eighth trip to the Women's College World Series. The Longhorns went undefeated in their first three games to reach their third trip the WCWS Finals. Texas split the first two games of the series against Texas Tech, and won the winner-take-all game 3 over the Red Raiders 10–4 to win the first National Championship in program history.
Personnel
Roster 2026 Texas Longhorns Roster Pitchers 13 – Hannah Wells – freshman 17 – Teagan Kavan – junior 22 – Brenlee Gonzales – sophomore 25 – Cambria Salmon – sophomore 26 – Sophia Bordi – freshman 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – senior Catchers 14 – Reese Atwood – senior 20 – Katie Stewart – junior 42 – Anne Wallace – freshman
Infielders 0 – Caigan Crabtree – freshman 3 – MaTaia Lawson – freshman 11 – Shylien Brister – sophomore 12 – Victoria Hunter – junior 20 – Katie Stewart – junior 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior 24 – Jaycie Nichols – freshman 43 – Leighann Goode – senior Outfielders 4 – Adayah Wallace – junior 7 – Ashton Maloney - senior 9 – Alisa Sneed – freshman 21 – Kayden Henry – junior 44 – Kaiah Altmeyer – senior
Utility Players 5 – Kaydee Bennett – senior 13 – Hannah Wells – freshman 27 – Taylor Anderson – sophomore 42 – Anne Wallace – freshman 99 – Drea Wilson – freshman
Roster Notes
Coaches 2026 Texas Longhorns coaching staff Mike White – Head coach – 8th year Ehren Earleywine – Associate head coach – 1st year Kristen Zaleski – Associate head coach – 4th year Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 3rd year
Support staff 2026 Texas Longhorns support staff Keely McMillon – Director of operations (Softball) – 6th year Melissa Schmitz – Assistant director/Associate head coach for athletic performance – 10th year Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) Nick Williams – Director of development and video analytics
Offseason
Player departures 2026 Texas offseason departuresName Number Pos. Year Hometown Notes Katie Cimusz 44 C/IF Senior Humble, TX Graduated Joley Mitchell 9 IF Graduate Student Rose Bud, AR Graduated Mac Morgan 55 P Senior Creighton, MO Graduated Mia Scott 10 UT Senior Angleton, TX Graduated Sophia Simpson 99 P Senior Mont Belvieu, TX Graduated Vanessa Quiroga 3 UT Senior Corpus Christi, TX Graduated
Outgoing transfers Name B/TPos. Hometown Year New school Source Rachel Wells R/R UT Melissa, TX Senior Undecided
Incoming players 2025 Texas Signing ClassName B/T NumberPos. Hometown High School Source Caigan Crabtree R/R 0 IF Melissa, TX Melissa High School MaTaia Lawson L/R 3 IF Tinley Park, IL Victor J. Andrew High School Jaycie Nichols R/R 24 IF Durant, OK Caddo High School Alisa Sneed R/R 9 OF Conroe, TX Conroe High School Anne Wallace R/R 42 C/UT Logan, UT Ridgeline High School Hannah Wells R/R 13 P/UT Coahoma, TX Coahoma High School Drea Wilson R/R 99 UT Forney, TX North Forney High School
Incoming transfers Name B/T Number Pos. Hometown Year Previous school Source Taylor Anderson L/R 27 UT Dripping Springs, TX Sophomore Oklahoma State Kaiah Altmeyer L/R 44 OF San Diego, CA Senior Arizona Brenlee Gonzales L/L 22 P Aledo, TX Sophomore Texas Tech Sophia Bordi R/R 26 P Merchantville, NJ Freshman Oklahoma
Preseason
Preseason All-SEC team Preseason All-SEC TeamName Number PositionClassSource Reese Atwood 14 C Senior Kayden Henry 21 OF Junior Teagan Kavan 17 P Junior Katie Stewart 20 IF/C Junior
SEC coaches poll 2026 SEC coaches poll 1 Texas 189 (9) 2 Oklahoma 186 (6) 3 Tennessee 166 4 Florida 144 5 Arkansas 137 6 Texas A&M 125 7 LSU 119 8 Georgia 105 9 Alabama 94 10 South Carolina 90 11 Mississippi State 65 12 Auburn 55 13 Ole Miss 51 14 Missouri 32 15 Kentucky 17 Source:
Schedule and results 2026 Texas Longhorns softball game log (53–12) Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Canceled Bold = Texas team memberRegular season (39–10)February (18–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record UTSA Invitational February 6 6:05 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #9 Nebraska #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 15–10 Gutierrez(1–0) Frahm(0–1) Wells(1) 1,023 1–0 — February 7 1:05 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #25 Washington #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 11–6 Kavan(1–0) Maddox(0–1) — 1,023 2–0 — February 7 3:35 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #9 Nebraska #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 5–8 Jensen(2–0) Wells(0–1) Frahm(2) 1,023 2–1 — February 8 12:35 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #25 Washington #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 5–0 (6) Kavan(2–0) Rodriguez(0–1) — 1,023 3–1 — February 8 3:05 p.m. ESPN+ at UTSA #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 10–0 (5) Wells(1–1) Schmitt(0–1) — 1,023 4–1 — Bevo Classic February 12 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Abilene Christian #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 11–0 (5) Wells(2–1) Meyer(0–3) — 2,256 5–1 — February 13 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Ohio State #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 14–6 (5) Gutierrez(2–0) Kay(1–2) — 2,262 6–1 — February 13 7:30 p.m. SECN+ Syracuse #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 14–0 (5) Salmon(1–0) Pengel(1–1) — 2,262 7–1 — February 14 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Syracuse #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX Cancelled due to inclement weather February 15 11:00 a.m. SECN+ Ohio State #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–4 Salmon(2–0) Molk(2–2) — 2,285 8–1 — February 15 1:30 p.m. SECN+ Northern Illinois #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (6) Kavan(3–0) Stewart(0–1) — 2,285 9–1 — DeMarini Invitational February 20 2:00 p.m. N/A vs. #16 Arizona #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 12–2 Kavan(4–0) Adams(6–3) — 1,000 10–1 — February 20 4:30 p.m. ACCNX at #10 Stanford #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 4–3 Kavan(5–0) Krause(2–1) — 2,000 11–1 — February 21 2:00 p.m. N/A vs. Boise State #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 10–0 (5) Gutierrez(3–0) Bauer(0–1) — N/A 12–1 — February 21 6:30 p.m. N/A at Santa Clara #3 Santa Clara Softball Stadium • Santa Clara, CA 10–2 Gonzales(1–0) Ferguson(3–4) — N/A 13–1 — February 22 11:30 a.m. N/A vs. #16 Arizona #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 12–2 (5) Kavan(6–0) Holder(3–1) — 500 14–1 — February 25 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Southeastern Louisiana #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–2 Kavan(7–0) Burns(4–1) — 2,255 15–1 — Longhorn Invitational February 27 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Houston #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (5) Gutierrez(4–0) Bodeux(2–2) — 2,258 16–1 — February 28 2:30 p.m. SECN+ St. Bonaventure #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 12–2 (5) Gonzales(2–0) Frani(0–8) — N/A 17–1 — February 28 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Prairie View A&M #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–0 (5) Salmon(3–0) Adams(4–4) — N/A 18–1 — March (13–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record March 1 2:30 p.m. SECN+ Incarnate Word #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–0 (6) Kavan(8–0) Mitchell(3–3) — 2,357 19–1 — March 6 5:00 p.m. SECN+ at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 4–2 Kavan(9–0) Lamb(2–3) — 1,125 20–1 1–0 March 7 2:00 p.m. SECN+ at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 3–0 Gutierrez(4–1) Heard(3–2) Kavan(1) 1,564 21–1 2–0 March 8 11:00 a.m. SECN at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 5–2 Wells(3–1) Friedel(5–3) Salmon(1) 1,269 22–1 3–0 March 11 6:00 p.m. SECN+ East Texas A&M #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 10–1 (5) Salmon(4–0) Muller(1–8) — 2,085 23–1 — March 13 5:30 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 3–1 Kavan(10–0) Aycock(8–3) — 2,032 24–1 4–0 March 14 12:00 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 11–2 (6) Salmon(5–0) Boyer(5–6) — 2,341 25–1 5–0 March 15 12:00 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 15–3 (5) Kavan(11–0) Aycock(8–4) — 2,305 26–1 6–0 March 20 6:30 p.m. SECN+ Baylor #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 10–2 (5) Wells(4–1) Creager(7–4) — 2,054 27–1 — March 21 6:30 p.m. ESPN+ at Baylor #2 Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX 11–0 (5) Kavan(12–0) Tanner(6–3) — 1,388 28–1 — March 25 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Texas State #1 Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX 3–2 Kavan(13–0) Azua(13–9) — 1,177 29–1 — March 27 6:00 p.m. SECN+ #16 Texas A&MLone Star Showdown #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–8 Kavan(14–0) Peters(9–4) — 2,138 30–1 7–0 March 28 1:00 p.m. ESPN2 #16 Texas A&MLone Star Showdown #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 3–2 Wells(5–1) Lessentine(9–3) Kavan(2) 2,148 31–1 8–0 March 29 1:00 p.m. ESPN #16 Texas A&MLone Star Showdown #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–9 Munnerlyn(3–3) Kavan(14–1) — 2,135 31–2 8–1 April (7–7) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record April 2 6:00 p.m. SECN+ at #4 Alabama #1 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 9–1 Kavan(15–1) Briski(13–1) — 3,592 32–2 9–1 April 3 7:30 p.m. SECN at #4 Alabama #1 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 4–11 Briski(14–1) Wells(5–2) — 3,700 32–3 9–2 April 4 5:00 p.m. ESPN at #4 Alabama #1 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 4–7 Moten(14–2) Kavan(15–2) Briski(1) 3,962 32–4 9–3 April 10 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 #2 Oklahoma #4 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 0–3 Lowry(18–1) Kavan(15–3) — 2,199 32–5 9–4 April 11 7:00 p.m. ESPN #2 Oklahoma #4 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 3–4 Guachino(12–0) Gutierrez(5–1) Lowry(2) 2,209 32–6 9–5 April 12 1:00 p.m. ESPN #2 Oklahoma #4 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–6 (8) Gutierrez(6–1) Lowry(18–2) — 2,380 33–6 10–5 April 18 3:00 p.m. SECN at #15 Georgia #5 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA 7–5 Gutierrez(7–1) Roelling(13–5) Kavan(3) 2,289 34–6 11–5 April 19 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 at #15 Georgia #5 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA 2–4 Fisher(10–4) Wells(5–3) — 2,663 34–7 11–6 April 20 6:00 p.m. SECN at #15 Georgia #5 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA 6–3 (8) Kavan(16–3) Roelling(13–6) — 1,785 35–7 12–6 April 22 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 #18 Oklahoma State #7 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 0–5 Meylan(21–6) Gutierrez(7–2) — 1,955 35–8 — April 24 5:00 p.m. SECN at Kentucky #7 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY 12–2 (6) Kavan(17–3) Hammond(3–7) — 1,311 36–8 13–6 April 25 1:00 p.m. SECN+ at Kentucky #7 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY 6—1 Kavan(18–3) Haendiges(11–9) — 1,691 37–8 14–6 April 26 12:00 p.m. SECN+ at Kentucky #7 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY 11–2 (6) Kavan(19–3) Oslanzi(4–7) — 1,911 38–8 15–6 April 30 7:00 p.m. SECN #10 Arkansas #7 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 0–2 Herron(15–4) Kavan(19–4) — 2,375 38–9 15–7