2012 NCAA Division I softball season

American college softball season

2012 NCAA Division I softball season

Defending Champions| Arizona State
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions| Alabama (1st title)
Runners-up| Oklahoma (7th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Patrick Murphy (1st title)
WCWS MOP| Jaclyn Traina (Alabama)
Seasons

← 2011

2013 →

The 2012 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2012. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2012 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 6, 2012.

## Conference standings

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2012 Big 12 Conference softball standings |

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No. 2 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y | 19 | - | 5 |  | .792 |  |  | 54 | - | 10 |  | .844
No. 11 Missouri ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 7 |  | .708 |  |  | 47 | - | 17 |  | .734
No. 9 Texas ‍‍‍y | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 47 | - | 13 |  | .783
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 41 | - | 18 |  | .695
Texas Tech ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 10 |  | .565 |  |  | 41 | - | 17 |  | .707
Baylor ‍‍‍y | 10 | - | 14 |  | .417 |  |  | 34 | - | 22 |  | .607
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 16 |  | .333 |  |  | 25 | - | 26 |  | .490
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 17 |  | .261 |  |  | 31 | - | 20 |  | .608
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 22 |  | .083 |  |  | 14 | - | 39 |  | .264
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]
2012 Big Ten Conference softball standings |

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No. 15 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 18 | - | 5 |  | .783 |  |  | 42 | - | 17 |  | .712
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 27 | - | 26 |  | .509
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 9 |  | .609 |  |  | 33 | - | 22 |  | .600
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583 |  |  | 30 | - | 25 |  | .545
Northwestern ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583 |  |  | 29 | - | 29 |  | .500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 10 |  | .565 |  |  | 34 | - | 19 |  | .642
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 10 |  | .565 |  |  | 31 | - | 22 |  | .585
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 13 |  | .435 |  |  | 31 | - | 23 |  | .574
Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 14 |  | .417 |  |  | 31 | - | 22 |  | .585
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 14 |  | .440 |  |  | 27 | - | 26 |  | .509
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 15 |  | .375 |  |  | 18 | - | 32 |  | .360
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 23 |  | .000 |  |  | 11 | - | 42 |  | .208
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2012[2]
Rankings from NFCA
2012 Southland Conference softball standings |

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Texas State **‡  ‍‍‍ | 18 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .900 |  |  | 39 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .696
Sam Houston ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .700 |  |  | 29 | - | 21 | - | 0 |  | .580
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 36 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .621
McNeese State ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 34 | - | 21 | - | 0 |  | .618
Texas–San Antonio ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 24 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .462
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .550 |  |  | 18 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .439
Nicholls ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .400 |  |  | 14 | - | 31 | - | 0 |  | .311
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .350 |  |  | 19 | - | 31 | - | 0 |  | .380
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .300 |  |  | 16 | - | 33 | - | 0 |  | .327
Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .250 |  |  | 15 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .357
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .250 |  |  | 15 | - | 34 | - | 0 |  | .306
‡ - SLC Tournament Champion
**Southland Tournament #1 seed champion
As of May 20, 2012[3][4]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
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No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 3 |  | .875 |  |  | 53 | - | 6 |  | .898
South Alabama ‍‍‡‍y | 17 | - | 7 |  | .708 |  |  | 41 | - | 17 |  | .707
FIU ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 9 |  | .625 |  |  | 28 | - | 27 |  | .509
North Texas ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 10 |  | .565 |  |  | 28 | - | 26 |  | .519
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 12 |  | .478 |  |  | 33 | - | 25 |  | .569
Troy ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 14 |  | .417 |  |  | 31 | - | 24 |  | .564
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 15 |  | .375 |  |  | 25 | - | 26 |  | .490
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 18 |  | .217 |  |  | 15 | - | 39 |  | .278
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 18 |  | .217 |  |  | 16 | - | 33 |  | .327
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2019[5]
Rankings from [1]

## Women's College World Series

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The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 31 to June 6, 2012 in Oklahoma City.[6]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | California | 5 | | | |
|  | LSU | 3 |
| | 1 | California | 0 |
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| 4 | Oklahoma | 5 |

|  | South Florida | 1 |
| | 4 | Oklahoma | 5 | — |
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|  | South Florida | 0 |
| |  | LSU | 0 |
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| 3 | Arizona State | 3 | | |

| 11 | Oregon | 1 |
| | 3 | Arizona State | 1 |
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| 2 | Alabama | 5 |

| 7 | Tennessee | 3 |
| | 2 | Alabama | 5 | — |
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| 11 | Oregon | 3 | |

| 7 | Tennessee | 1 |
| | 11 | Oregon | 3 |
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## Season leaders

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Batting

* Batting average: .492 – Samantha Fischer, Loyola Marymount Lions
* RBIs: 94 – Christi Orgeron, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
* Home run:s 32 – Camilla Carrera, UTEP Miners

Pitching

* WINS: 42-3 – Jaclyn Traina, Alabama Crimson Tide
* ERA: 0.95 (38 ER/280.2 IP) – Olivia Galati, Hofstra Pride
* Strikeouts: 541 – Sara Plourde, UMass Minutewomen

## Records

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Junior class single game RBIs: 11 – Dacia Hale, Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters; May 10, 2012[7]

Sophomore class saves: 12 – Chelsea Leonard, Louisville Cardinals

Senior class season of perfect stolen bases: 45-45 – Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois Leathernecks

## Awards

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* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners[8]

* Honda Sports Award Softball:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners[9]

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2012 | 37  | 9  | 49  | 43  | 34  | 15  | 2  | 292.0  | 163  | 64  | 45  | 51  | 457  | 1.08  | 0.73
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## All America Teams

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The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[10]

First Team

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P | Keilani Ricketts | JR. | Oklahoma Sooners
Jolene Henderson | SR. | California Golden Bears
Ellen Renfroe | SO. | Tennessee Lady Vols
C | Jessica Shults | SO. | Oklahoma Sooners
1B | Lauren Chamberlain | FR. | Oklahoma Sooners
2B | Lauren Gibson | JR. | Tennessee Lady Vols
3B | Stephany LaRosa | FR. | UCLA Bruins
SS | Katelyn Boyd | SR. | Arizona State Sun Devils
OF | Alix Johnson | SO. | Arizona State Sun Devils
Michelle Moultrie | SR. | Florida Gators
Christi Orgeron | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
UT | Valerie Arioto | SR. | California Golden Bears
Camilla Carrera | SR. | UTEP Miners
AT-L | Rachele Fico | JR. | LSU Tigers
Olivia Galati | JR. | Hofstra Pride
Chelsea Thomas | JR. | Missouri Tigers
Jaclyn Traina | SO. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Delaney Willard | SR. | BYU Cougars

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P | Sara Nevins | SO. | USF Bulls
Stephanie Ricketts | SR. | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
Hannah Rogers | SO. | Florida Gators
C | Amy Buntin | JR. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1B | Andrea Harrison | SR. | UCLA Bruins
2B | Lexy Bennett | SR. | Texas Longhorns
3B | Raven Chavanne | JR. | Tennessee Lady Vols
SS | Kaila Hunt | SO. | Alabama Crimson Tide
OF | Ashley Fleming | SR. | Missouri Tigers
Jamia Reid | SR. | California Golden Bears
Katie Schroeder | SR. | UCLA Bruins
UT | Kaitlin Ingelsby | SO. | Washington Huskies
Amanda Locke | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
AT-L | Samantha Fischer | SR. | Loyola Marymount Lions
Samantha Pappas | JR. | Oregon Ducks
Kristyn Sandberg | SR. | Georgia Bulldogs
Madison Shipman | SO. | Tennessee Lady Vols
Kirsten Verdun | SO. | DePaul Blue Demons

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P | Erin Arevalo | SR. | Georgia Bulldogs
Jenna Caira | SR. | Syracuse Orange
Jessica Moore | JR. | Oregon Ducks
C | Haley Outon | SO. | Houston Cougars
1B | Nikki Armagost | JR. | Pacific Tigers
2B | Jenna Rich | JR. | Stanford Cardinal
3B | Marisa Bast | SO. | Northwestern Wildcats
SS | Nerissa Myers | JR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
OF | Jennifer Fenton | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Tara Glover | FR. | Boise State Broncos
Katie Smith | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
UT | Melissa Dumezich | JR. | Texas A&M Aggies
Samantha Camuso | SR. | UCLA Bruins
AT-L | Nichole Beall | SR. | Radford Highlanders
Tori Collins | SR. | Louisville Cardinals
Tanner Fowler | SO. | Louisville Cardinals
Jessica Garcia | SR. | New Mexico Lobos
Hayley Miles | SO. | San Diego State Aztecs

## References

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1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ "2012 Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. ^ "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
4. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
5. ^ "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 373. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
6. ^ "2012 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
7. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
8. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.[dead link‍]
9. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
10. ^ "2011 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

## External links

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Alabama vs. Oklahoma: 2012 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube

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