# 2003 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2003 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 January 2003. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2003 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 May 26, 2003.

## Conference standings

2003 Big 12 Conference softball standings :
| 2003 Big 12 Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‡‍$^y$ 15–2 .88249–9 .845 No. 14 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍$^y$ 13–5 .72239–15 .722 Missouri ‍‍‍$^y$ 12–5 .70631–20 .608 No. 5 Oklahoma ‍‍‍$^y$ 12–6 .66747–14 .770 No. 16 Texas A&M ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–8 .55638–22 .633 No. 13 Nebraska ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–8 .55639–17 .696 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33319–28 .404 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22222–41 .349 Kansas ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22226–22 .542 Baylor ‍‍‍ 3–15 .16731–29 .517 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA | 2003 Big Ten Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT No. 16 Iowa ‍†‍‡‍$^y$ 13–4–0 .76555–15–0 .786 No. 12 Michigan ‍‍‍$^y$ 13–5–0 .72244–16–0 .733 No. 24 Michigan State ‍‍‍$^y$ 13–6–0 .68440–19–0 .678 Illinois ‍‍‍$^y$ 11–7–0 .61139–17–1 .693 Minnesota ‍‍‍$^y$ 12–8–0 .60037–21–1 .636 Northwestern ‍‍‍$^y$ 11–9–0 .55036–19–0 .655 Penn State ‍‍‍$^y$ 9–9–0 .50032–22–0 .593 Wisconsin ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .35019–26–0 .422 Ohio State ‍‍‍ 5–11–0 .31326–23–0 .531 Purdue ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27834–27–0 .557 Indiana ‍‍‍ 2–16–0 .11119–31–0 .380 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 2003 Rankings from NFCA | 2003 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Arizona ‍†‍‍$^y$ 19–2–0 .90554–5–0 .915 UCLA ‍‍‍$^y$ 17–4–0 .81054–7–0 .885 California ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–11–0 .47645–18–0 .714 Oregon ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–11–0 .47637–19–0 .661 Washington ‍‍‍$^y$ 9–12–0 .42946–14–1 .762 Stanford ‍‍‍$^y$ 7–14–0 .33341–26–0 .612 Arizona State ‍‍‍$^y$ 7–14–0 .33332–35–0 .478 Oregon State ‍‍‍$^y$ 5–16–0 .23836–31–0 .537 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003 Rankings from Coaches' Poll |
| 2003 Southland Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Texas–Arlington ‍†‍‍$^y$ 23–4–0 .85241–17–0 .707 Southwest Texas State ‍‍‍ 21–5–1 .79646–18–1 .715 McNeese State ‍‍‍ 15–11–1 .57424–27–1 .471 Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51927–33–0 .450 Nicholls State ‍‍‍ 13–14–0 .48129–27–0 .518 Sam Houston State ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44424–33–0 .421 Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .40727–31–0 .466 Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ 9–17–0 .34619–29–0 .396 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 8–18–0 .30815–31–0 .326 Texas–San Antonio ‍‍‍ 7–20–0 .25915–40–0 .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2003 Rankings from Coaches' Poll |

## Women's College World Series

The 2003 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 22 to May 26, 2003 in Oklahoma City.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Arizona | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | Arizona | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Washington | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Washington | 3 | | | | 1 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | California | 2$^{12}$ | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama | 3 | | | | | | | | 7 | California | 2$^{12}$ | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 6$^9$ | 4 | Oklahoma | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | California | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | California | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UCLA | 1$^9$ |
| 3 | Texas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UCLA | 1$^9$ |
| 6 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 2 | 3 | Texas | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | California | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | California | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | California | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | UCLA | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | UCLA | 3 | | | | 3 | Texas | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | UCLA | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | UCLA | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| 2 | UCLA | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | UCLA | 5 | 2 | UCLA | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

## Season leaders

Batting
* Batting average: .490 – Amber Jackson, Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
* RBIs: 79 – Lovieanne Jung, Arizona Wildcats
* Home runs: 25 – Lovieanne Jung, Arizona Wildcats & Kristen Rivera, Washington Huskies
Pitching
* Wins: 40-5 & 40-7 – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats & Keira Goerl, UCLA Bruins
* ERA: 0.37 (13 ER/242.2 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns
* Strikeouts: 488 – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

## Records

Sophomore class single game RBIs: 11 – Stephanie Best, UCF Knights & Jackie Coburn, Arizona Wildcats; March 19 & May 10, 2003
Sophomore class strikeout ratio: 14.1 (488 SO/242.2 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns
Senior class walks: 107 – Veronica Nelson, California Golden Bears

## Awards

* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:
Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 2003 | 32 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 242.2 | 72 | 18 | 13 | 39 | 488 | 0.37 | 0.46 |
* Honda Sports Award Collegiate Woman Athlete of The Year:
Natasha Watley, UCLA Bruins
* Honda Sports Award Softball:
Natasha Watley, UCLA Bruins
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2003 | 61 | 212 | 64 | 102 | .481 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 154 | .726% | 22 | 14 | 35 | 44 |

## All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.
First Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Cat Osterman | SO. | Texas Longhorns |
| P | Keira Goerl | JR. | UCLA Bruins |
| P | Alicia Hollowell | FR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| C | Kristen Rivera | SO. | Washington Huskies |
| 1B | Stacey Porter | JR. | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine |
| 2B | Andrea Hillsey | SO. | Purdue Boilermakers |
| 3B | Leah Gulla | SR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| SS | Natasha Watley | SR. | UCLA Bruins |
| OF | Oli Keohohou | JR. | BYU Cougars |
| OF | Iyhia McMichael | JR. | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| OF | Autumn Champion | FR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| DP | Claire Sua | JR. | UCLA Bruins |
| UT | Tairia Flowers | SR. | UCLA Bruins |
| AT-L | Lovieanne Jung | SR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| AT-L | Lindsay Chouinard | SR. | DePaul Blue Demons |
| AT-L | Lauren Bay-Regula | SR. | Oklahoma State Cowgirls |
| AT-L | Jessica van der Linden | JR. | FSU Seminoles |
| AT-L | Jenny Topping | SR. | Cal State Fullerton Titans |
Second Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Michelle Green | SO. | Georgia Bulldogs |
| P | Kami Keiter | SO. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| P | Tia Bollinger | JR. | Washington Huskies |
| C | Jami Trinidad | SR. | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| 1B | Veronica Nelson | SR. | California Golden Bears |
| 2B | Brandi Stuart | SR. | FSU Seminoles |
| 3B | Phelan Wright | JR. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| SS | Kristin Johnson | SR. | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| OF | Courtney Fossatti | JR. | Arizona Wildcats |
| OF | Nicole Barber | JR. | Georgia Bulldogs |
| OF | Kristen Zaleski | JR. | Texas State Bobcats |
| DP | Lai-Kia Fennell | SO. | CSUN Matadors |
| UT | Marissa Young | SR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| AT-L | Christina Clark | FR. | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| AT-L | Jamie Southern | SO. | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| AT-L | Jackie McClain | JR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| AT-L | Becky McMurtry | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns |
| AT-L | Courtney Scott | SR. | California Golden Bears |
Third Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Jodie Cox | SR. | Cal State Fullerton Titans |
| P | Jessica Beech | JR. | Michigan State Spartans |
| P | Lisa Birocci | SO. | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| P | Kristin Schmidt | JR. | LSU Tigers |
| C | Elisa Velasco | JR. | FSU Seminoles |
| 1B | Jaclyn Holden | FR. | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 2B | Brynnen Guthrie | SR. | Oregon State Beavers |
| 3B | Andrea Loman | SR. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| SS | Emily Robustelli | SR. | UMass Minutewomen |
| OF | Catalina Morris | FR. | Stanford Cardinal |
| OF | Tiffany Tolleson | SR. | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| OF | Danyele Gomez | FR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns |
| DP | Saskia Roberson | SO. | DePaul Blue Demons |
| UT | Sarah Martz | JR. | DePaul Blue Demons |
| AT-L | Andrea Vidlund | SR. | Oregon Ducks |
| AT-L | Rachael McGinnis | JR. | Missouri Tigers |
| AT-L | Sandy Lewis | SR. | Michigan State Spartans |
| AT-L | Amanda Hallaway | SR. | Hofstra Pride |
| AT-L | Rosette Rough | SR. | Long Island Sharks |
| AT-L | Gina Oaks | SR. | Cal State Fullerton Titans |