2025 Texas Longhorns softball team

2025 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
Record56–12 (16–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Singleton (6th season)
  • Kristen Zaleski (3rd season)
  • Patti Ruth Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70852–9–0 .852
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 16–7–0 .69648–11–0 .814
No. 1 Texas  ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .66756–12–0 .824
No. 4 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62547–17–1 .731
No. 9 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58344–14–0 .759
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58348–17–0 .738
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54244–16–0 .733
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54239–19–0 .672
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50042–16–0 .724
No. 15 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50040–23–0 .635
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 11–13–0 .45842–21–0 .667
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 7–16–0 .30435–23–0 .603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29231–28–0 .525
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 6–18–0 .25034–23–0 .596
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25025–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2025[1]
Rankings from NFCA/GoRout[2]

The 2025 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a first-year member of the Southeastern Conference.[3] They were led by head coach Mike White in his seventh season at Texas. The Longhorns won the 2025 Women's College World Series for their first national championship in program history.

Previous season

Texas finished the 2024 season 55–10, 23–4 in Big 12 Conference play.[4] In the postseason, Texas made the Women's College World Series and were defeated by Oklahoma in the championship game.[5]

Personnel

Roster

2025 Texas Longhorns Roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 – Teagan Kavan – sophomore
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – freshman
  • 55 – Mac Morgan – senior
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – junior
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – senior
 

Catchers

Infielders

  • 5 – Kaydee Bennett – junior
  • 9 – Joley Mitchell – senior
  • 11 – Shylien Brister – freshman
  • 12 – Victoria Hunter – sophomore
  • 14 – Reese Atwood[a] – junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – sophomore
  • 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz[a] – senior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Adayah Wallace – sophomore
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney - Redshirt junior
  • 21 – Kayden Henry – sophomore

Utility Players

  • 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – senior
  • 10 – Mia Scott – senior
  • 30 – Rachel Wells – junior
  • 43 – Leighann Goode – junior
 

Roster Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Plays two different positions

Coaches

2025 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[6]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 7th year
  • Steve Singleton – Associate head coach – 6th year
  • Kristen Zaleski – Assistant coach – 3rd year
  • Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 2nd year

Support staff

2025 Texas Longhorns support staff[6]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 5th year
  • Melissa Schmitz – Assistant coach for athletic performance – 9th year
  • Nick Williams – Video coordinator
  • Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 2nd year

Offseason

Player departures

2025 Texas offseason departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Alyssa Washington11IF5'5"SeniorAbilene, TXGraduated
Baylea Brandon27UTL5'6"JuniorLeander, TXGraduated
Bella Dayton6OF5'6"SeniorWylie, TXGraduated
Estelle Czech22P5'8"SeniorDowners Grove, ILGraduated
Jordyn Whitaker5DP5'9"SeniorJacksonville, TXGraduated

Outgoing transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearNew schoolSource
Ryan BrownR/RIF5’8”Thompson's Station, TNFreshmanTennessee[7]

Incoming players

2024 Texas Signing Class
NameB/TNumberPos.HometownHigh SchoolSource
Shylien BristerR/R11UTLHouston, TXClear Brook High School[8]
Cambria SalmonR/R25PBeaumont, CABeaumont High School

Incoming transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource
Kaydee BennettL/RIF5'6”Caddo Mills, TXJuniorAbilene Christian[9]

Preseason

Preseason All-SEC team

Preseason All-SEC Team
NameNumberPositionClassSource
Citlaly Gutierrez77PJunior[10]
Katie Stewart20IF/CSophomore
Mia Scott10UTLSenior
Reese Atwood14IF/CJunior
Teagan Kavan17PSophomore

SEC coaches poll

SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Texas186 (7)
2Florida181 (6)
3Oklahoma170 (2)
4Tennessee158
5Texas A&M153
6LSU115
7Arkansas104
8Georgia103
9Missouri100
10Alabama97
11Kentucky55
12Mississippi State54
13Auburn37
14Ole Miss34
15South Carolina28

Source:[11]


Schedule and results

2025 Texas Longhorns softball game log (56–12)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (45–9)
Postseason (11–3)
Women's College World Series (5–1)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWS record Box Score Recap
May 2911:00 a.m.ESPNvs. #8 (3) Florida#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK3–0Kavan
(25–5)
Rothrock
(16–7)
—11,80552–111–0Box ScoreRecap
May 312:00 p.m.ABCvs. #2 (2) Oklahoma#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK4–2Kavan
(26–5)
Landry
(24–5)
—12,59553–112–0Box ScoreRecap
June 211:00 a.m.ESPNvs. #7 (7) Tennessee#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK2–0Morgan
(11–4)
Pickens
(25–11)
Kavan
(4)
10,97654–113–0Box ScoreRecap
June 47:00 p.m.ESPNvs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK2–1Kavan
(27–5)
Canady
(33–6)
—12,10955–114–0Box ScoreRecap
June 57:00 p.m.ESPNvs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK3–4Canady
(34–6)
Salmon
(7–2)
—12,22055–124–1Box ScoreRecap
June 67:00 p.m.ESPNvs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6)Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK10–4Kavan
(28–5)
Canady
(34–7)
—12,26956–125–1Box ScoreRecap

Schedule Notes

Awards and honors

National awards and honors

National Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
NFCA Player of the Week Reese Atwood C March 11, 2025 [12]
NFCA National Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 18, 2025 [13]

SEC awards and honors

SEC Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P February 17, 2025 [14]
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 11, 2025 [15]


Record vs. conference opponents

. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTmSRSW
ALA12–12..1–22–1.1–21–23–02–1.1–2..1–2ALA3–51–0
ARK14–10..2–1.3–02–1..0–31–22–12–1.2–1ARK6–21–1
AUB6–18..0–32–12–1.0–3...2–10–30–30–3AUB3–50–5
FLA14–102–11–23–0..1–2..2–12–1..1–22–1FLA5–31–0
UGA7–161–2.1–2..1–2.1–2.1–21–21–2.0–2UGA0–80–0
KEN7–17.0–31–2..0–31–23–0.2–10–3.0–3.KEN2–61–4
LSU12–122–11–2.2–12–13–0....1–2.1–20–3LSU4–41–1
MSU13–112–1.3–0..2–1.2–10–32–1.1–21–2.MSU5–31–1
MIZ6–180–3...2–10–3.1–21–21–2..0–31–2MIZ1–70–3
OKL17–71–23–0.1–2...3–02–1.3–01–23–0.OKL5–34–0
OMS11–13.2–1.1–22–11–2.1–22–1.1–21–2..OMS3–50–0
SCA13–112–11–21–2.2–13–02–1..0–32–1...SCA5–31–1
TEN15–9.1–23–0.2–1..2–1.2–12–1.2–11–2TEN6–21–0
TEX16–8..3–02–1.3–02–12–13–00–3..1–2.TEX6–23–1
TAM16–72–11–23–01–22–0.3–0.2–1...2–1.TAM6–22–0
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. One game TAM @ UGA cancelled.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Tie breakers: ARK>FLA hd to hd, SCA>MSU KEN common, LSU>ALA hd to hd, MIZ>AUB TAM common.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today11111221113243331
Softball America22111111113376661
ESPN.com/USA Softball11122221113355441
D1Softball22122221112166661

References

  1. ↑ "SEC Softball Standings". SEC Sports. June 6, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Week 15)". NFCA. June 10, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma". AP. June 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2024 Softball Schedule". Texas Sports.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma wins the 2024 Women's College World Series title". NCAA.
  6. 1 2 3 "2025 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.
  7. ↑ "Washington Softball Signs Alyssa Popelka". Gohuskies.
  8. ↑ "Softball adds two to 2024 signing class". Texas Sports. November 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Softball signs Kaydee Bennett". Texas Sports. June 29, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Texas named preseason favorite for 2025 SEC softball season". SEC Sports. January 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "No. 1 Softball tabbed first in preseason SEC coaches' poll". Texas Longhorns. January 30, 2025.
  12. ↑ "No. 1/2 Softball's Atwood earns fourth career NFCA Player of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  13. ↑ "No. 2/2 Softball's Kavan earns second career NFCA National Pitcher of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  14. ↑ "Kavan earns No. 1/1 Softball's first SEC weekly honor". Texas Longhorns.
  15. ↑ "No. 1/2 Softball's Kavan earns fourth weekly Pitcher of the Week honor". Texas Longhorns.
  16. ↑ "SEC announces 2025 softball schedule". SEC Sports. September 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  17. ↑ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. March 11, 2025. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Softball Schedule". SEC Sports. March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  19. ↑ "SEC Weekly Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. March 23, 2025. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025.
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