# 2010 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2010 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 2010. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2010 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2010 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 7, 2010.

## Conference standings

2010 Big 12 Conference softball standings :
| 2010 Big 12 Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 18 Texas ‍†‍‍$^y$ 14–2 .87543–15 .741 No. 11 Oklahoma ‍‍‡‍$^y$ 13–3 .81347–12 .797 No. 20 Texas A&M ‍‍‍$^y$ 12–6 .66744–16 .733 No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍$^y$ 12–6 .66744–16 .733 No. 8 Missouri ‍‍‍$^y$ 11–7 .61151–13 .797 Nebraska ‍‍‍$^y$ 7–11 .38930–29 .508 Texas Tech ‍‍‍$^y$ 7–11 .38938–18 .679 Baylor ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33328–25 .528 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22226–29 .473 Kansas ‍‍‍ 2–16 .11121–35 .375 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA | 2010 Big Ten Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 10 Michigan ‍†‍‍$^y$ 18–1 .94749–8 .860 No. 25 Illinois ‍‍‍$^y$ 16–2 .88945–8 .849 No. 22 Ohio State ‍‍‍$^y$ 16–2 .88939–14 .736 Northwestern ‍‍‍ 16–3 .84250–15 .769 Iowa ‍‍‍ 10–9 .52625–23 .521 Purdue ‍‍‍ 8–10 .44427–27 .500 Penn State ‍‍‍ 8–11 .42129–22 .569 Wisconsin ‍‍‍ 8–11 .42120–31 .392 Michigan State ‍‍‍ 5–15 .25021–31 .404 Indiana ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22212–36 .250 Minnesota ‍‍‍ 2–17 .10516–37 .302 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 28, 2010 Rankings from NFCA | 2010 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Washington ‍†‍‍$^y$ 17–4 .81050–9 .847 UCLA ‍‍‍$^y$ 14–7 .66750–11 .820 Arizona ‍‍‍$^y$ 13–8 .61952–14 .788 Arizona State ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–11 .47644–17 .721 California ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–11 .47644–19 .698 Stanford ‍‍‍$^y$ 8–13 .38137–19 .661 Oregon ‍‍‍$^y$ 8–13 .38136–21 .632 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 4–17 .19024–31 .436 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2010 Rankings from Coaches' Poll |
| 2010 Southland Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Stephen F. Austin ** ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66729–20 .592 Texas State ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66727–26 .509 Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57129–25 .537 McNeese State ‡ ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56738–27 .585 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍ 16–14 .53335–22 .614 Nicholls ‍‍‍ 16–14 .53325–22 .532 Texas–San Antonio ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50023–29 .442 Central Arkansas ‍‍‍ 13–16 .44825–31 .446 Sam Houston ‍‍‍ 13–16 .44821–28 .429 Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43327–27 .500 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 3–25 .10711–37 .229 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2011 Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches | 2010 Sun Belt Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 16 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍†‍‡‍$^y$ 19–5 .79245–18 .714 FIU ‍‍‍$^y$ 17–7 .70838–21 .644 North Texas ‍‍‍ 12–9 .57129–20 .592 Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 12–10 .54528–26 .519 South Alabama ‍‍‍ 8–10 .44421–23 .477 Troy ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43527–29 .482 Louisiana-Monroe ‍‍‍ 9–14 .39124–26 .480 Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 7–17 .29222–32 .407 Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ 6–15 .28627–25 .519 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2010 Rankings from |

## Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 3 to June 7, 2010 in Oklahoma City.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 16 | Hawaii | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Missouri | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Missouri | 2 | 16 | Hawaii | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | UCLA | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Florida | 3 | 5 | UCLA | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | UCLA | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | UCLA | 16 | | | | 5 | UCLA | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Georgia | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Missouri | 0 | | | | | | | | 6 | Georgia | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Florida | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Florida | 5 | 6 | Georgia | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Florida | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UCLA | 6 | 15 | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Arizona | 5 | 9 | — | |
| 3 | Washington | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Arizona | 5 | 9 | — |
| 6 | Georgia | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia | 6 | 6 | Georgia | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 15 | Tennessee | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Arizona | 0 | 15 | Tennessee | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Tennessee | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Tennessee | 9 | | | | 15 | Tennessee | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Arizona | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Arizona | 4 | | | | | | | | 10 | Arizona | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Washington | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Washington | 3 | 16 | Hawaii | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Arizona | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Season leaders

Batting
* Batting average: .567 – Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
* RBIs: 90 – Angeline Quiocho, BYU Cougars
* Home runs: 30 – Kelly Majam, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
Pitching
* Wins: 40-5 – Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies
* ERA: 0.94 (32 ER/237.0 IP) – Whitney Kiihnl, Lipscomb Bisons
* Strikeouts: 556 – Sara Plourde, UMass Minutewomen

## Records

NCAA Division I season SEASON slugging percentage: 1.270% – Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
NCAA Division I season intentional walks: 31 – Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Sophomore class single game home runs: 4 – Rebecca Magett, Hampton Lady Pirates; April 2, 2010
Freshman class home runs: 30 – Kelly Majam, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

## Awards

* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:
Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies
* Honda Sports Award Softball:
Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 2010 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 302.1 | 169 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 495 | 1.11 | 0.71 |
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2010 | 59 | 169 | 33 | 53 | .313 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 103 | .609% | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 |

## All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.
First Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Kenzie Fowler | FR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| P | Danielle Lawrie | SR. | Washington Huskies |
| P | Jen Mineau | SO. | Fordham Rams |
| C | Chelsea Bramlett | SR. | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 1B | Meredith Hackett | SO. | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 2B | Jen Yee | SR. | Georgia Tech Yellowjackets |
| 3B | Melissa Gonzalez | JR. | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine |
| SS | Katelyn Boyd | SO. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| OF | Alissa Haber | SR. | Stanford Cardinal |
| OF | Brittany Lastrapes | JR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| OF | April Setterlund | JR. | Boston Terriers |
| UT | Megan Langenfeld | SR. | UCLA Bruins |
| UT | Nikia Williams | SO. | Washington Huskies |
| AT-L | Valerie Arioto | JR. | California Golden Bears |
| AT-L | GiOnna DiSalvatore | JR. | UCLA Bruins |
| AT-L | Jenn Salling | JR. | Washington Huskies |
| AT-L | Kristen Shortridge | SR. | LSU Tigers |
| AT-L | Danielle Spaulding | SR. | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Second Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Blaire Luna | FR. | Texas Longhorns |
| P | Keilani Ricketts | FR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| P | Jordan Taylor | JR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| C | Stacie Chambers | JR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| 1B | Dorian Shaw | JR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| 2B | Amber Flores | SR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 3B | Maggie Viefhaus | SR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| SS | K'Lee Arredondo | SR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| OF | Kelly Majam | FR. | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine |
| OF | Taylor Schlopy | JR. | Georgia Bulldogs |
| OF | Francesca Enea | SR. | Florida Gators |
| UT | Charlotte Morgan | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| UT | Jessica Shults | FR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| AT-L | Kayla Braud | FR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| AT-L | Alisa Goler | JR. | Georgia Bulldogs |
| AT-L | Meagan May | FR. | Texas A&M Aggies |
| AT-L | Nikki Nemitz | SR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| AT-L | Melissa Roth | SR. | Louisville Cardinals |
Third Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Whitney Kiihnl | SO. | Lipscomb Bisons |
| P | Toni Paisley | JR. | East Carolina Pirates |
| P | Sara Plourde | SO. | UMass Minutewomen |
| C | Samantha Marder | SR. | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 1B | Renae Sinkler | SR. | Creighton Bluejays |
| 2B | Kara Nelson | JR. | Illinois State Redbirds |
| 3B | Abby Olson | JR. | Illinois State Redbirds |
| SS | Lauren Grill | SR. | Mississippi Rebels |
| OF | Raven Chavanne | FR. | Tennessee Lady Vols |
| OF | Lauren Lindsay | SR. | Tulsa Golden Hurricanes |
| OF | Rhea Taylor | JR. | Missouri Tigers |
| DP | Hope Rush | FR. | Georgia Tech Yellowjackets |
| UT | Miranda Dixon | SR. | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| AT-L | Samantha Beasley | JR. | San Diego State Aztecs |
| AT-L | Stephanie Brombacher | JR. | Florida Gators |
| AT-L | Kat Dotson | FR. | Tennessee Lady Vols |
| AT-L | Kelsi Dunne | JR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| AT-L | Katie Fleury | JR. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |