Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament

Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
SportSoftball
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Current stadiumGulfport Sportsplex
Current locationGulfport, Mississippi
Played1997–present
Last contest2026
Current championFlorida A&M
Most championshipsMississippi Valley State (8)

The Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.[1]

Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the double-elimination tournament, with the top seed from one division facing the fourth seed from the opposite in the first round and so on.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year School Venue MVP
1997 Alcorn State/Grambling State
1998 Prairie View A&M
1999 Southern
2000 Texas Southern
2001 Grambling State
2002 Alabama A&M
2003 Southern
2004 Mississippi Valley State
2005 Mississippi Valley State
2006 Mississippi Valley State
2007 Mississippi Valley State
2008 Mississippi Valley State
2009 Mississippi Valley State Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, Mississippi Angelia Jones, Mississippi Valley State
2010 Alcorn State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Adriana Harrington, Alcorn State
2011 Jackson State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Wendi Reed, Jackson State
2012 Mississippi Valley State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Nicole Burr, Mississippi Valley State
2013 Mississippi Valley State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Alexandria Robertson, Mississippi Valley State
2014 Texas Southern Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern
2015 Texas Southern Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern
2016 Alabama State Shea Brothers Softball Complex • Irondale, Alabama Kendall Core, Alabama State
2017 Texas Southern Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Lauren Rodriguez, Texas Southern
2018 Prairie View A&M Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Laurisa Hernandez, Prairie View A&M
2019 Alabama State Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama Justine Jean, Alabama State
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Alabama State Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Skyler Sullivan, Alabama State
2022 Prairie View A&M Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Biviana Figueroa, Prairie View A&M
2023 Prairie View A&M Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Jerrica Rojas, Prairie View A&M
2024 Jackson State Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Jace Jackson, Jackson State
2025 Jackson State Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Brooklyn Morris, Jackson State
2026 Florida A&M Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Samantha Smith, Florida A&M

By school

School Championships Years
Mississippi Valley State82004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Prairie View A&M41998, 2018, 2022, 2023
Texas Southern42000, 2014, 2015, 2017
Jackson State32011, 2024, 2025
Alabama State32016, 2019, 2021
Alcorn State21997, 2010
Grambling State21997, 2001
Southern21999, 2003
Alabama A&M12002
Florida A&M12026

References

  1. ↑ "Past Softball Champions". Southwestern Athletic Conference. July 28, 2021.
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