# Auburn Tigers softball

The Auburn Tigers softball team is an American softball team, representing the Auburn Tigers from Auburn University. Their first season was 1997. The Auburn Tigers play their home games at Jane B. Moore Field.

## History

| National Champions † | Conference Season Champions * | Conference Tournament Champions ‡ | NCAA Tournament Appearance ^ |
| Season | Head coach | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Postseason result | Final ranking | Final ranking |
| Season | Head coach | Conference finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | SEC Wins | SEC Losses | Postseason result | NFCA Poll | USA Softball Poll |
| Auburn Tigers |||||||||||
| 1997 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 34 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | Tina Deese | 6th West | 16 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | Tina Deese | 5th West | 27 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | Tina Deese | 5th West | 34 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | Tina Deese | 5th West | 31 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 37 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 15 | NCAA Tallahassee Regional | — | — |
| 2003 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 26 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Tina Deese | 2nd West | 42 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 10 | NCAA Stanford Regional | 23 | — |
| 2005 | Tina Deese | 2nd West | 50 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 8 | NCAA Auburn Regional | 21 | — |
| 2006 | Tina Deese | 2nd West | 36 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 8 | NCAA Tucson Regional | — | — |
| 2007 | Tina Deese | 5th West | 26 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 38 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 14 | NCAA College Station Regional | — | — |
| 2009 | Tina Deese | 4th West | 30 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 19 | NCAA Atlanta Regional | — | — |
| 2010 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 31 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 17 | NCAA Atlanta Regional | — | — |
| 2011 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 40 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 13 | NCAA Seattle Regional | RV | — |
| 2012 | Tina Deese | 3rd West | 33 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 16 | NCAA Austin Regional | — | — |
| 2013 | Tina Deese | — | 30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Clint Myers | T-8th | 42 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 13 | NCAA Minneapolis Regional | 20 | 21 |
| 2015 ‡ | Clint Myers | 2nd ‡ | 56 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 6 | NCAA Auburn Regional NCAA Auburn Super Regional Women's College World Series | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 ‡ | Clint Myers | 4th ‡ | 58 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 7 | NCAA Auburn Regional NCAA Auburn Super Regional Women's College World Series | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | Clint Myers | 2nd | 49 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 7 | NCAA Auburn Regional NCAA Auburn Super Regional | 13 | 13 |
| 2018 | Mickey Dean | 9th | 41 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 12 | NCAA Tallahassee Regional | — | — |
| 2019 | Mickey Dean | 10th | 39 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 14 | NCAA Tucson Regional | — | 22 |
| 2020 | Mickey Dean | | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | No NCAA Tournament Due Covid | | |
| 2021 | Mickey Dean | 12th | 27 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 17 | NCAA Tallahassee Regional | | |
| 2022 | Mickey Dean | 10th | 40 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 13 | NCAA Clemson Regional | 24 | |
| 2023 | Mickey Dean | 3rd | 43 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 9 | NCAA Clemson Regional | 20 | 17 |
| 2024 | Mickey Dean | 10th | 29 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 15 | NCAA Tallahassee Regional | | |

## Head coaches

| # | Name | Year(s) | Season(s) | GC | W | L | T | % | SECW | SECL | SEC% | CC | Reg | SupReg | WCWS | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Tina Deese | 17 | 1997–2013 | 1,020 | 561 | 459 | 1 | .550 | 218 | 251 | .465 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Clint Myers | 4 | 2014–2017 | 259 | 205 | 53 | 1 | .793 | 62 | 33 | .653 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 3 | Mickey Dean | 7 | 2018–2024 | 366 | 235 | 130 | 1 | .643 | 63 | 83 | .432 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Chris & Kate Malveaux | 1 | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | — | – | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and honors
### Conference awards
#### SEC Player of the Year

* Kasey Cooper (2016)

#### SEC Pitcher of the Year

* Maddie Penta (2023)

#### SEC Freshman of the Year

* Sara Dean (2002)

### All-Americans

| Player | Year | Team | Position |
| Ashley Moore | 2001 | 2nd | Outfielder |
| Kristen Keyes | 2004 | 3rd | Pitcher |
| Sara Dean | 2004 | 3rd | Catcher/Outfielder |
| Holly Currie | 2005 | 2nd | Pitcher/First Base |
| Paige Jones | 2005 | 3rd | First Base |
| Branndi Melero | 2014 | 1st | Outfielder |
| Kasey Cooper | 2014 | 2nd | Third base |
| Emily Carosone | 2014 | 3rd | Second base |
| Kasey Cooper | 2015 | 1st | Third base |
| Emily Carosone | 2015 | 1st | Second base |
| Tiffany Howard | 2015 | 3rd | Outfielder |
| Kasey Cooper | 2016 | 1st | Third base |
| Emily Carosone | 2016 | 2nd | Second base |
| Jade Rhodes | 2016 | 3rd | First base |
| Kaylee Carlson | 2017 | 3rd | Pitcher |