2019 NCAA Division I softball season


The 2019 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I level, began February 7, 2019. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and will conclude with the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2019 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament will be held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, will end in June 2019.

Realignment and format changes

Conference standings

Conference winners and tournaments

Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 27 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Four conferences, the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

National Invitational Softball Championship

Women's College World Series

Participants

† = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

Bracket

The 2019 Women's College World Series will begin on May 30 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Season Leaders

BATTING
BATTING AVERAGE: .507 - Courtney Cashman, UMass-Lowell Riverhawks
RBIs: 84 - Bailey Hemphill, Alabama Crimson Tide
HOME RUNS: 29 - Jessie Harper, Arizona Wildcats
PITCHING
WINS: 39-6 - Summer Ellyson, ULL Ragin' Cajuns
ERA: 1.03 - Brooke Yanez, UC Davis Aggies
STRIKEOUTS: 423, Nicole Newman, Drake Bulldogs

Records

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON PERFECT GAMES:
5 - Nicole Newman, Drake Bulldogs
FRESHMAN CLASS SINGLE GAME STRIKEOUTS:
27 - Kelly Nelson, Holy Cross Crusaders; March 6, 2019

Awards and honors




Final Rankings

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2019 season until the day before the first day of the 2020 season.