Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three series to determine the Division I WCWS National Champion. The WCWS takes place at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. From 1969 to 1981, the women's collegiate softball championship was also known as the Women's College World Series and was promoted as such.[1] During 1969–1979, the series was played in Omaha, and in 1980–1982 in Norman, Oklahoma. The NCAA held its first six Division I tournaments in Omaha in 1982–1987, followed by Sunnyvale, California in 1988–1989. The event has been held in Oklahoma City every year since then, except for 1996 in Columbus, Georgia.
Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports. The 1982 softball championship tournaments of both the AIAW and the NCAA were called "Women's College World Series." However, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.[2]
Division I
NCAA
| Year | Champion[3] | Title Series Score |
Runner-up | Tie-3rd | Tie-5th | Tie-7th | |||
| 1982 | UCLA WCAA | 2–0 (8 inn) | Fresno State NorPac | Cal St. Fullerton WCAA | Arizona State WCAA | Nebraska Big Eight | Western Michigan MAC | Creighton Gateway | Oklahoma State Big Eight |
| 1983 | Texas A&M Southwest | 2–0 (12 inn) | Cal State Fullerton WCAA | UCLA WCAA | South Carolina Independent | Louisiana Tech Southland | Pacific NorPac | Indiana Big Ten | Missouri Big Eight |
| 1984 | UCLA WCAA | 1–0 (13 inn) | Texas A&M Southwest | Northwestern Big Ten | Nebraska Big Eight | Adelphi Atlantic 10 | Fresno State NorPac | Cal Poly Pomona CCAA | Utah State High Country |
| 1985 | 2–1 (9 inn) | Nebraska* Big Eight | Cal St. Fullerton PCAA | Cal Poly Pomona CCAA | Adelphi Atlantic 10 | Northwestern Big Ten | Louisiana Tech Southland | Utah High Country | |
| 1986 | Cal State Fullerton PCAA | 3–0 | Texas A&M Southwest | California NorPac | Indiana Big Ten | Creighton Gateway | Long Beach State PCAA | Louisiana Tech Southland | Northwestern Big Ten |
| 1987 | Texas A&M Southwest | 4–1 | UCLA Pac-10 | Cal St. Fullerton PCAA | Nebraska Big Eight | Central Michigan MAC | Fresno State PCAA | Arizona State Pac-10 | Florida State Metro |
| 1988 | UCLA Pac-10 | 3–0 | Fresno State PCAA | Arizona Pac-10 | Cal Poly Pomona CCAA | Nebraska Big Eight | Texas A&M Southwest | Aldelphi Atlantic 10 | Northern Illinois North Star |
| 1989 | 1–0 | Arizona Pac-10 | Oklahoma State Big Eight | Cal Poly Pomona CCAA | Oregon Pac-10 | South Carolina Metro | Toledo MAC | ||
| 1990 | 2–0 | Florida State Metro | Oklahoma State Big Eight | Long Beach State Big West | UNLV Big West | Arizona Pac-10 | Kent State MAC | ||
| 1991 | Arizona Pac-10 | 5–1 | UCLA Pac-10 | Fresno State Big West | Long Beach State Big West | Florida State Metro | Missouri Big Eight | UNLV Big West | Utah WAC |
| 1992 | UCLA Pac-10 | 2–0 | Arizona Pac-10 | Fresno State Big West | Massachusetts Atlantic 10 | California Pac-10 | Long Beach State Big West | Florida State ACC | Kansas Big Eight |
| 1993 | Arizona Pac-10 | 1–0 | UCLA Pac-10 | Southwestern Louisiana Sun Belt | Oklahoma State Big Eight | Cal St. Northridge WAC | Connecticut Big East | Florida State ACC | Long Beach State Big West |
| 1994 | 4–0 | Cal State Northridge WAC | Oklahoma State Big Eight | UCLA Pac-10 | Fresno State WAC | Utah WAC | Illinois–Chicago Mid-Con | Missouri Big Eight | |
| 1995 | UCLA** Pac-10 | 4–2 | Arizona Pac-10 | Iowa Big Ten | UNLV Big West | Cal St. Fullerton Big West | SW Louisiana Sun Belt | Michigan Big Ten | Princeton Ivy |
| 1996 | Arizona Pac-10 | 6–4 | Washington Pac-10 | Iowa Big Ten | UCLA Pac-10 | California Pac-10 | SW Louisiana Sun Belt | Michigan Big Ten | Princeton Ivy |
| 1997 | 10–2 (5 inn) | UCLA Pac-10 | Fresno State WAC | Washington Pac-10 | Iowa Big Ten | Michigan Big Ten | Massachusetts Atlantic 10 | South Carolina SEC | |
| 1998 | Fresno State WAC | 1–0 | Arizona Pac-10 | Oklahoma State Big 12 | Washington Pac-10 | Michigan Big Ten | Nebraska Big 12 | Massachusetts Atlantic 10 | Texas Big 12 |
| 1999 | UCLA Pac-10 | 3–2 | Washington Pac-10 | California Pac-10 | DePaul Conference USA | Arizona Pac-10 | Fresno State WAC | Arizona State Pac-10 | Southern Miss Conference USA |
| 2000 | Oklahoma Big 12 | 3–1 | UCLA Pac-10 | Arizona Pac-10 | Southern Miss Conference USA | Alabama SEC | Washington Pac-10 | California Pac-10 | DePaul Conference USA |
| 2001 | Arizona Pac-10 | 1–0 | UCLA Pac-10 | LSU SEC | Stanford Pac-10 | California Pac-10 | Oklahoma Big 12 | Iowa Big Ten | Michigan Big Ten |
| 2002 | California Pac-10 | 6–0 | Arizona Pac-10 | Arizona State Pac-10 | Florida State ACC | Nebraska Big 12 | UCLA Pac-10 | Michigan Big Ten | Oklahoma Big 12 |
| 2003 | UCLA Pac-10 | 1–0 (9 inn) | California Pac-10 | Arizona Pac-10 | Texas Big 12 | Oklahoma Big 12 | Washington Pac-10 | Alabama SEC | LA-Lafayette Sun Belt |
| 2004 | 3–1 | LSU SEC | Stanford Pac-10 | Florida State ACC | Oklahoma Big 12 | Michigan Big Ten | Washington Pac-10 | ||
| 2005*** | Michigan Big Ten | 0–5 5–2 4–1 (10 inn) | UCLA Pac-10 | Tennessee SEC | Texas Big 12 | Alabama SEC | Arizona Pac-10 | California Pac-10 | DePaul Conference USA |
| 2006 | Arizona Pac-10 | 8–0 5–0 | Northwestern Big Ten | Tennessee SEC | UCLA Pac-10 | Arizona State Pac-10 | Texas Big 12 | Alabama SEC | Oregon State Pac-10 |
| 2007 | 0–3 1–0 (10 inn) 5–0 | Tennessee SEC | Northwestern Big Ten | Washington Pac-10 | Baylor Big 12 | DePaul Big East | Arizona State Pac-10 | Texas A&M Big 12 | |
| 2008 | Arizona State Pac-10 | 3–0 11–0 | Texas A&M Big 12 | Alabama SEC | Florida SEC | LA-Lafayette Sun Belt | UCLA Pac-10 | Arizona Pac-10 | Virginia Tech ACC |
| 2009 | Washington Pac-10 | 8–0 3–2 | Florida SEC | Alabama SEC | Georgia SEC | Arizona Pac-10 | Michigan Big Ten | Arizona State Pac-10 | Missouri Big 12 |
| 2010 | UCLA Pac-10 | 6–5 (8 inn) 15–9 | Arizona Pac-10 | Georgia SEC | Tennessee SEC | Florida SEC | Hawaii WAC | Missouri Big 12 | Washington Pac-10 |
| 2011 | Arizona State Pac-10 | 14–4 7–2 | Florida SEC | Alabama SEC | Baylor Big 12 | California Pac-10 | Missouri Big 12 | Oklahoma Big 12 | Oklahoma State Big 12 |
| 2012 | Alabama SEC | 1–4 8–6 5–4 | Oklahoma Big 12 | California Pac-12 | Arizona State Pac-12 | Oregon Pac-12 | LSU SEC | South Florida Big East | Tennessee SEC |
| 2013 | Oklahoma Big 12 | 5–3 (12 inn) 4–0 | Tennessee SEC | Washington Pac-12 | Texas Big 12 | Michigan Big Ten | Florida SEC | Arizona State Pac-12 | Nebraska Big Ten |
| 2014 | Florida SEC | 5–0 6–3 | Alabama SEC | Oregon Pac-12 | Baylor Big 12 | Oklahoma Big 12 | Kentucky SEC | LA-Lafayette Sun Belt | Florida State ACC |
| 2015 | 3–2 0–1 4–1 | Michigan Big Ten | Auburn SEC | LSU SEC | UCLA Pac-12 | Alabama SEC | Oregon Pac-12 | Tennessee SEC | |
| 2016 | Oklahoma Big 12 | 3–2 7–11 (8 inn) 2–1 | Auburn SEC | Florida State ACC | LSU SEC | Michigan Big Ten | Georgia SEC | Alabama SEC | UCLA Pac-12 |
| 2017 | 7-5 (17 inn) 5-4 | Florida SEC | Oregon Pac-12 | Washington Pac-12 | LSU SEC | UCLA Pac-12 | Baylor Big 12 | Texas A&M SEC | |
| 2018 | Florida State ACC | 1-0 8-3 | Washington Pac-12 | UCLA Pac-12 | Oklahoma Big 12 | Oregon Pac-12 | Florida SEC | Georgia SEC | Arizona State Pac-12 |
* Nebraska's runner-up finish in 1985 was vacated by the NCAA.
** The 1995 title by UCLA and any related records have been vacated by the NCAA due to scholarship violations. Criticism also centered on UCLA player Tanya Harding who was recruited from Queensland, Australia midway through the 1995 season. After UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding, the MVP of the tournament, returned to her homeland without taking final exams or earning a single college credit. Despite not violating any formal rules in recruiting Harding, the incident generated heated criticism that some foreign athletes were little more than hired guns.[4][5]
*** Beginning in 2005, a best-of-three series determines the national championship.
AIAW
From 1969–1972, the DGWS (forerunner organization of the AIAW) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973.
| Year | Champion[3] | Title Series Game Score(s) | Runner-up |
| 1969 | John F. Kennedy College | 2–0 | Illinois State |
| 1970 | 0–2 7–6 |
Southwest Missouri State | |
| 1971 | 6–0 4–0 |
Iowa State | |
| 1972 | Arizona State | 0–1 8–5 (11 inn) |
University of Tokyo–Nihon |
| 1973 | 0–4 4–3 (16 inn) |
Illinois State | |
| 1974 | Southwest Missouri State | 14–7 | Northern Colorado |
| 1975 | Nebraska Omaha | 1–11 6–4 |
Northern Iowa |
| 1976 | Michigan State | 3–0 | Northern Colorado |
| 1977 | Northern Iowa | 0–1 (9 inn) 7–0 |
Arizona |
| 1978 | UCLA | 3–0 | Northern Colorado |
| 1979 | Texas Woman's | 1–0 1–0 |
UCLA |
| 1980[lower-alpha 1] | Utah State | 1–0 2–1 |
Indiana |
| 1981[lower-alpha 2] | 1–6 4–3 |
Cal State Fullerton | |
| 1982 | Texas A&M | 4–1 5–3 (8 inn) |
Oklahoma State |
NCAA team titles by school
| School | Number | Year Won |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 11 | 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010 |
| Arizona | 8 | 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017 |
| Arizona State | 2 | 2008, 2011 |
| Texas A&M | 2 | 1983, 1987 |
| Florida | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
| Alabama | 1 | 2012 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 1986 |
| Florida State | 1 | 2018 |
| Fresno State | 1 | 1998 |
| Michigan | 1 | 2005 |
| Washington | 1 | 2009 |
| California | 1 | 2002 |
| *UCLA also won the 1995 title, but it has since been vacated by the NCAA; see above. | ||
AIAW team titles by school
From 1969–1972, the DGWS (forerunner organization of the AIAW) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973.
| School | Championships[3] | Years |
|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy College (Nebraska) | 3 | 1969, 1970, 1971 (all DGWS) |
| Arizona State | 2 | 1972 (DGWS), 1973 |
| Utah State | 2 | 1980, 1981 |
| Florida State | 2 | 1981, 1982 (both Slow Pitch) |
| (Southwest) Missouri State | 1 | 1974 |
| Nebraska Omaha | 1 | 1975 |
| Michigan State | 1 | 1976 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 | 1977 |
| UCLA | 1 | 1978 |
| Texas Woman's | 1 | 1979 |
| Texas A&M | 1 | 1982 |
Championships & appearances by school
- Color coded by current conference; table is sortable
- Bold indicates team championship
| School | Championships[3] (through 2018) |
Title Games (through 2018) |
WCWS Appearances (through 2018) |
WCWS Appearances (through 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA‡ | 12 | 21 | 30 | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Arizona | 8 | 14 | 26 | 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 19 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 |
| California | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Michigan | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
| Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008, 2017 |
| Washington | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018 |
| Northern Colorado | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2011 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1997 |
| Alabama | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| (Southwest) Missouri State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982[lower-alpha 2] |
| (Nebraska–)Omaha | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| Nebraska‡ | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1970, 1971, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2013 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1983, 1985, 1986 1987, 1995 |
| Illinois State | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981 |
| Western Illinois | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982[lower-alpha 2] |
| Florida State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Florida | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Cal Poly Pomona | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992 |
| Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981 |
| Louisiana (Lafayette) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1976, 1980, 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1974, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1997, 1998 |
| Long Beach State | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2007 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1976, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1985, 1991, 1994 |
| Creighton | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1969, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1986 |
| Wayne State (NE) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| Utah State | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 |
| Indiana | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986 |
| DePaul | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2001, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 2006 |
| Southern Illinois (Carbondale) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978 |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| Luther (IA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 |
| John F. Kennedy (NE) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1969, 1970, 1971 |
| Texas Woman's | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1975, 1978, 1979 |
| Baylor | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2007, 2011, 2014, 2017 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1983, 1985, 1986 |
| Adelphi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1988 |
| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1995 |
| Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1980, 1981, 1982[lower-alpha 1] |
| Kearney State (NE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1969, 1970, 1971 |
| Minot State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1970, 1971, 1972 |
| Emporia State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1971, 1972, 1979 |
| Weber State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| North Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1971, 1973 |
| Cal State–Northridge | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2009, 2010, 2016, 2018 |
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1995, 1996 |
| Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
| Stanford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2001, 2004 |
| Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1987 |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1971 |
| Midland Lutheran (NE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1971 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1980, 1981 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1979, 1981 |
| Concordia (NE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1971 |
| Upper Iowa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1971 |
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1971, 1974 |
| Central Missouri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1971, 1972 |
| Ball State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1973, 1975 |
| Indiana State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1974, 1976 |
| East Stroudsburg State (PA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1975, 1976 |
| Northern State (SD) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1975, 1976 |
| Texas–Arlington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1976, 1977 |
| Sacramento State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1976, 1977 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1976, 1978 |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1993 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010 |
| Illinois–Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1994 |
| Kent State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1990 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2014 |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1988 |
| Pacific (CA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1983 |
| South Florida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2012 |
| Toledo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1989 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2008 |
| St. Petersburg Junior College (FL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1969 |
| Black Hills State (SD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1969 |
| Midwestern (IA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1970 |
| Parsons (IA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| Wartburg (IA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| Wisconsin State University–Eau Claire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| Southwest Baptist (MO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| Buena Vista (IA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| Simpson (IA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1971 |
| University of Tokyo–Nihon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1972 |
| Keene State (NH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1972 |
| Purdue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1972 |
| West Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1974 |
| Golden West College (CA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1974 |
| Winona State (MN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1974 |
| Nassau Community College (NY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1974 |
| Oregon College of Education | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
| Northwest Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
| Mankato State (MN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
| Tarkio (MO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1976 |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1976 |
| Mayville State (ND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1976 |
| West Chester (PA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1977 |
| Springfield (MA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1977 |
| Portland State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1978 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1978 |
| Chapman (CA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1979 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 |
| New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1981 |
| Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1982[lower-alpha 2] |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1982[lower-alpha 2] |
| U.S. International (CA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1982[lower-alpha 2] |
‡ UCLA's 1995 NCAA championship and Nebraska's 1985 runner-up finish were vacated by the NCAA and are not counted
Championships & appearances by conference
This listing excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1982 (both Division I tournaments in 1982—AIAW and NCAA—were called "Women's College World Series").
| Conference | Championships (Through 2017) |
Title Game/Series Appearances (Through 2017) |
WCWS Appearances (Through 2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pac-12[c 1] | 23 | 36 | 82 |
| SEC | 3 | 10 | 40 |
| Big 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 |
| Big Ten | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Big West[c 2] | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Big Eight[c 3] [c 4] | 12 | ||
| WAC[c 5] | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Atlantic 10 | 6 | ||
| Southwest[c 6] [c 4] | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| ACC | 9 | ||
| Conference USA[c 7] | 5 | ||
| Sun Belt | 6 | ||
| CCAA | 4 | ||
| MAC | 4 | ||
| Metro[c 7][c 4] | 4 | ||
| Southland | 3 | ||
| Big East[c 8] | 3 | ||
| Ivy | 2 | ||
| Missouri Valley[c 9] | 2 | ||
| Independent | 1 | ||
| Summit League[c 10] | 1 | ||
| NorPac[c 11] [c 4] | 1 | 3 | |
| North Star[c 12] [c 4] | 1 | ||
| WCAA[c 13] [c 4] | 3 | 3 | 6 |
- Notes
- ↑ UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year.
- ↑ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names, but includes only appearances after the conference began sponsoring women's sports in 1984–85.
- ↑ Nebraska's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conference is now defunct.
- ↑ The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) did not sponsor women's sports until the 1990–91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), a parallel women's-only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC; totals include Utah State's 1984 and Utah's 1985 appearances while in the HCAC.
- ↑ Texas A&M won two titles, made four title game appearances and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference. This conference is now defunct. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996, but left for the Southeastern Conference in July 2012.
- 1 2 Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA.
- ↑ Although the charter of the original Big East Conference was inherited by the American Athletic Conference following the 2013 Big East split, the current Big East Conference maintains all athletic records of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors.
- ↑ Records include those of the former Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference when it was originally a women's-only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. In 1992, the women's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
- ↑ The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007.
- ↑ The NorPac, in full the Northern Pacific Conference, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1982 to 1986. The conference disbanded when the then-Pac-10, home to five of the final seven NorPac members, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986–87. The remaining two schools, which were members of the PCAA for men's sports, moved their women's sports to that conference.
- ↑ The North Star Conference was a women's-only conference that merged into the Mid-Continent Conference, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports.
- ↑ The WCAA, in full the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1981 to 1986. Its final five members were all members of the conference known at the time as the Pac-10, and moved their women's sports to that league.
See also
References
- ↑ Mary L. Littlewood (1998). Women's Fastpitch Softball – The Path to the Gold, An Historical Look at Women's Fastpitch in the United States (first ed.). National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Columbia, Missouri. pp. 145, 208. ISBN 0-9664310-0-6.
- ↑ Grundy, Pamela & Shackelford, Susan (2005). Shattering the Glass. The New Press. ISBN 1-56584-822-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
- ↑ Starr, Mark (June 12, 1995). "No Credit For UCLA". Newsweek. p. 58.
- ↑ Montville, Leigh (June 12, 1995). "Ringer From Down Under". Sports Illustrated.
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