2026 Texas Longhorns softball team

2026 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
Record53–12 (16–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ehren Earleywine (1st season)
  • Kristen Zaleski (4th season)
  • Patti Ruth Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y 20–4 .83352–10 .839
No. 3 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 19–5 .79256–9 .862
No. 9 Florida  ‍‍‍y 17–7 .70852–12 .813
No. 1 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y 16–8 .66753–12 .815
No. 4 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .66749–12 .803
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .66738–19 .667
No. 7 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 15–9 .62547–13 .783
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54240–19 .678
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50041–20 .672
No. 10 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 9–15 .37543–21 .672
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37528–29 .491
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7–17 .29232–28 .533
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 6–18 .25036–26 .581
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .16727–28 .491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1–23 .04226–29 .473
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2026[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The 2026 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a second-year member of the Southeastern Conference.[3] They were led by head coach Mike White in his eighth season at Texas. The Longhorns entered the 2026 season as defending national champions, after winning the 2025 Women's College World Series for their first national championship in program history.

Previous season

Texas finished the 2025 season 56–12, and 16–8 in SEC conference play.[4] After sweeping the regional round at home, Texas won the Super Regional in three games over Clemson, clinching their eighth trip to the Women's College World Series. The Longhorns went undefeated in their first three games to reach their third trip the WCWS Finals. Texas split the first two games of the series against Texas Tech, and won the winner-take-all game 3 over the Red Raiders 10–4 to win the first National Championship in program history.[5]

Personnel

Roster

2026 Texas Longhorns Roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 – Hannah Wells[a] – freshman
  • 17 – Teagan Kavan – junior
  • 22 – Brenlee Gonzales – sophomore
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – sophomore
  • 26 – Sophia Bordi – freshman
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – senior
 

Catchers

Infielders

  • 0 – Caigan Crabtree – freshman
  • 3 – MaTaia Lawson – freshman
  • 11 – Shylien Brister – sophomore
  • 12 – Victoria Hunter – junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – junior
  • 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior
  • 24 – Jaycie Nichols – freshman
  • 43 – Leighann Goode – senior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Adayah Wallace – junior
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney - senior
  • 9 – Alisa Sneed – freshman
  • 21 – Kayden Henry – junior
  • 44 – Kaiah Altmeyer – senior

Utility Players

  • 5 – Kaydee Bennett – senior
  • 13 – Hannah Wells[a] – freshman
  • 27 – Taylor Anderson – sophomore
  • 42 – Anne Wallace[a] – freshman
  • 99 – Drea Wilson – freshman
 

Roster Notes

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

Coaches

2026 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[6]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 8th year
  • Ehren Earleywine – Associate head coach – 1st year
  • Kristen Zaleski – Associate head coach – 4th year
  • Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 3rd year

Support staff

2026 Texas Longhorns support staff[6]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations (Softball) – 6th year
  • Melissa Schmitz – Assistant director/Associate head coach for athletic performance – 10th year
  • Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball)
  • Nick Williams – Director of development and video analytics

Offseason

Player departures

2026 Texas offseason departures
NameNumberPos.YearHometownNotes
Katie Cimusz44C/IFSeniorHumble, TXGraduated
Joley Mitchell9IFGraduate StudentRose Bud, ARGraduated
Mac Morgan55PSeniorCreighton, MOGraduated
Mia Scott10UTSeniorAngleton, TXGraduated
Sophia Simpson99PSeniorMont Belvieu, TXGraduated
Vanessa Quiroga3UTSeniorCorpus Christi, TXGraduated

Outgoing transfers

NameB/TPos.HometownYearNew schoolSource
Rachel WellsR/RUTMelissa, TXSeniorUndecided[7]

Incoming players

2025 Texas Signing Class
NameB/TNumberPos.HometownHigh SchoolSource
Caigan CrabtreeR/R0IFMelissa, TXMelissa High School[8]
MaTaia LawsonL/R3IFTinley Park, ILVictor J. Andrew High School
Jaycie NicholsR/R24IFDurant, OKCaddo High School
Alisa SneedR/R9OFConroe, TXConroe High School
Anne WallaceR/R42C/UTLogan, UTRidgeline High School
Hannah WellsR/R13P/UTCoahoma, TXCoahoma High School
Drea WilsonR/R99UTForney, TXNorth Forney High School

Incoming transfers

NameB/TNumberPos.HometownYearPrevious schoolSource
Taylor AndersonL/R27UTDripping Springs, TXSophomoreOklahoma State[8]
Kaiah AltmeyerL/R44OFSan Diego, CASeniorArizona
Brenlee GonzalesL/L22PAledo, TXSophomoreTexas Tech
Sophia BordiR/R26PMerchantville, NJFreshmanOklahoma[9]

Preseason

Preseason All-SEC team

Preseason All-SEC Team
NameNumberPositionClassSource
Reese Atwood14CSenior[10]
Kayden Henry21OFJunior
Teagan Kavan17PJunior
Katie Stewart20IF/CJunior

SEC coaches poll

2026 SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Texas189 (9)
2Oklahoma186 (6)
3Tennessee166
4Florida144
5Arkansas137
6Texas A&M125
7LSU119
8Georgia105
9Alabama94
10South Carolina90
11Mississippi State65
12Auburn55
13Ole Miss51
14Missouri32
15Kentucky17

Source:[10]

Schedule and results

2026 Texas Longhorns softball game log (53–12)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (39–10)
Postseason (14–2)

Schedule Notes:

  1. ↑ February 14th game against Syracuse cancelled due to inclement weather.[11]
  2. ↑ Game rescheduled from February 14th due to inclement weather.[12]
  3. ↑ Start time moved from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. due to forecasted inclement weather.[13]

Awards and honors

National awards and honors

National Yearly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
Softball America All-America First Team Katie Stewart IF May 19, 2026 [14]
D1Softball All-America First Team May 26, 2026 [15]
D1Softball All-America Second Team Teagan Kavan P
Kayden Henry OF
NFCA All-America Second Team Reese Atwood C May 27, 2026 [16]
Teagan Kavan P
Katie Stewart IF
Rawlings Gold Glove Award Reese Atwood C
Ashton Maloney OF
D1Softball Freshman All-America First Team Hannah Wells P/UTL May 28, 2026 [17]
National Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
D1Softball National Player of the Week Reese Atwood C February 10, 2026 [18]
D1Softball National Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P February 24, 2026 [19]
Softball America Defender of the Week Reese Atwood C March 31, 2026 [20]

SEC awards and honors

SEC Yearly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SEC Player of the Year Katie Stewart IF May 8, 2026 [21]
All-SEC First Team Kayden Henry OF
Teagan Kavan P
Viviana Martinez IF
Katie Stewart
All-SEC Second Team Reese Atwood C
Leighann Goode IF
Hannah Wells P/UTL
SEC All-Defensive Team Reese Atwood C
SEC Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SEC Player of the Week Reese Atwood C February 9, 2026 [22]
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 10, 2026 [23]
SEC Freshman of the Week Hannah Wells P/UTL March 24, 2026 [24]
SEC Player of the Week Viviana Martinez IF April 21, 2026 [25]

Record vs. conference opponents

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

Source: 2026 SEC softball game results, 2026 SEC softball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTmSRSW
ALA19–52–13–0..3–0..2–1.3–03–01–22–1.ALA7–14–0
ARK15–91–23–02–12–1..2–12–11–2...2–1.ARK6–21–0
AUB4–200–30–31–2.2–10–3.0–30–31–2....AUB1–70–5
FLA17–7.1–22–11–23–0.2–13–0..3–02–1..FLA6–23–0
UGA12–12.1–2.2–13–0.2–12–10–3...1–21–2UGA4–41–1
KEN1–230–3.1–20–30–3...0–3..0–30–30–3KEN0–80–7
LSU13–11..3–0...1–22–11–23–02–10–3.1–2LSU4–42–1
MSU9–15.1–2.1–21–2.2–1..1–22–11–2.0–3MSU2–60–1
MIZ9–151–21–23–00–31–2.1–2...1–21–2..MIZ1–71–1
OKL20–4.2–13–0.3–03–02–1..3–0..2–12–1OKL8–04–0
OMS6–180–3.2–1...0–32–1.0–3.2–10–30–3OMS3–50–5
SCA7–170–3..0–3..1–21–22–1..1–20–32–1SCA2–60–3
TEN16–82–1..1–2.3–03–02–12–1.1–22–1..TEN6–22–0
TEX16–81–21–2..2–13–0...1–23–03–0.2–1TEX6–23–0
TAM16–8....2–13–02–13–0.1–23–01–2.1–2TAM5–33–0
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
Tie breakers: TEX>TEN>TAM, SCA common. MSU>MIZ, FLA common.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
NFCA / USA Today12333321145771061
Softball America2333322114886881
ESPN.com/USA Softball1т233332114545631
D1Softball1222222114455661

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