The SEC softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). 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 SEC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various SEC-conference campus stadiums. All 15 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year (Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team).
History The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball. In 1997 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds. From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with no byes. In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top six teams earning first round byes. In 2025, with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas into the SEC, the tournament moved to a fifteen-team, single-elimination tournament with the top four teams earning double-byes.
Champions Year-by-year
1997 Columbus, Georgia Trinity Johnson, P, South Carolina 1998 Columbus, Georgia Autumn Anderson, P, 1999 Columbus, Georgia Ashley Lewis, P, LSU 2000 Columbus, Georgia Megan Matthews, P, South Carolina 2001 Jim Frost Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee Britni Sneed, P, LSU 2002 Jim Frost Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee Britni Sneed, P, LSU 2003 Plant City Stadium, Plant City, Florida Kristin Schmidt, P, LSU 2004 University of Alabama Softball Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Kristin Schmidt, P, LSU 2005 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium, Gainesville, Florida Stephanie VanBrakle, DP/UT, Alabama 2006 Tennessee Jack Turner Stadium, Athens, Georgia Monica Abbott, P, Tennessee 2007 Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn, Alabama Dani Hofer, P, LSU 2008 Florida Tiger Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Stacey Nelson, P, Florida 2009 Florida Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee Kristina Hilberth, C, Florida 2010 Alabama Bogle Park, Fayetteville, Arkansas Kelsi Dunne, P, Alabama 2011 Ole Miss Softball Complex, University, Mississippi Ellen Renfroe, P, Tennessee 2012 Alabama Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Jaclyn Traina, P, Alabama 2013 Florida John Cropp Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky Kristi Merritt, OF, Florida 2014 South Carolina Softball Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina Chelsea Wilkinson, P, Georgia 2015 Auburn Tiger Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Emily Carosone, 2B, Auburn 2016 Auburn Nusz Park, Starkville, Mississippi Emily Carosone, 2B, Auburn 2017 Sherri Parker Lee Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee Kaitlin Lee, P, Ole Miss 2018 Mizzou Softball Stadium, Columbia, Missouri Amanda Lorenz, OF, Florida 2019 Davis Diamond, College Station, Texas Kelly Barnhill, P, Florida 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Alabama Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Montana Fouts, P, Alabama 2022 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium, Gainesville, Florida Chenise Delce, P, Arkansas 2023 Tennessee Bogle Park, Fayetteville, Arkansas Kiki Milloy, OF, Tennessee 2024 Florida Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn, Alabama Skylar Wallace, SS, Florida 2025 Oklahoma & Texas A&M Jack Turner Stadium, Athens, Georgia 2026 Texas John Cropp Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky Teagan Kavan, P, Texas 2027 Toyota Field, Madison, Alabama 2028 Toyota Field, Madison, Alabama 2029 Toyota Field, Madison, Alabama 2030Toyota Field, Madison, Alabama
By school Updated after the 2026 tournament Alabama 29 49–31 6 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2021 Florida 29 41–31 6 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024 LSU 29 48–29 5 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 Tennessee 26 33–29 3 2006, 2011, 2023 South Carolina 23 26–28 2 1997, 2000 Auburn 25 24–30 2 2015, 2016 Texas 2 4–1 1 2026 Oklahoma 2 2–1 1 2025 Ole Miss 14 13–13 1 2017 Georgia 25 25–28 1 2014 Arkansas 18 17–22 1 2022 Texas A&M 12 4–11 1 2025 Missouri 12 11–12 0 Mississippi State 24 16–32 0 Kentucky 19 7–21 0
Oklahoma and Texas A&M were declared co-champions in 2025 when the tournament was abandoned because of weather issues.
References
External links SECSports.com