1995 NCAA Division I softball season

The 1995 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 February 1995. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1995 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 29, 1995.

1995 NCAA Division I softball season
Preseason No. 1	Arizona
Defending Champions	Arizona
Tournament
Most conference bids	Pac-10 (4)
Women's College World Series
Champions	UCLA (8th (10th overall) *VACATED title)
Runners-up	Arizona (8th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sharron Backus (8th (10th overall) title)
WCWS MOP	Tanya Harding (UCLA)
Seasons

Conference standings

1995 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 9 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 6 – 0   .786 50 – 12 – 0   .806 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9 – 0   .679 38 – 19 – 0   .667 No. 6 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 18 – 10 – 0   .643 41 – 26 – 1   .610 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13 – 0   .536 27 – 29 – 0   .482 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14 – 0   .500 27 – 28 – 0   .491 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17 – 0   .393 33 – 30 – 0   .524 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357 23 – 26 – 0   .469 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321 24 – 29 – 0   .453 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20 – 0   .286 23 – 31 – 0   .426 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] As of May 1995[10] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

1995 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 24 – 4   .857 66 – 6   .917 No. 1 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 23 – 4   .852 50 – 6   .893 No. 14 California  ‍‍‍y 20 – 8   .714 41 – 21   .661 No. 15 Washington  ‍‍‍y 17 – 11   .607 50 – 23   .685 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 25 – 26   .490 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 29 – 26   .527 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26   .133 13 – 41   .241 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 1 – 27   .036 14 – 36   .280 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1995[11] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

1995 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Nicholls State  ‍†‍‍y 28 – 2 – 0   .933 56 – 9 – 0   .862 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9 – 0   .700 34 – 23 – 1   .595 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 10 – 0   .688 37 – 25 – 0   .597 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15 – 0   .531 30 – 18 – 1   .622 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 17 – 0   .469 19 – 33 – 0   .365 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 14 – 18 – 0   .438 24 – 27 – 0   .471 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 9 – 23 – 0   .281 22 – 34 – 0   .393 Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 23 – 0   .281 17 – 35 – 0   .327 Northwestern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 12 – 36 – 0   .250 No conference tournament † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1995[12] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1995 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 26, 1995 in Oklahoma City.^[13]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Arizona	95
	8	Princeton	1
						1	Arizona	114
						5	Cal State Fullerton	0
	4	UNLV	0
	5	Cal State Fullerton	1
											1	Arizona	86	—
												UNLV	0	—
	8	Princeton	1
	4	UNLV	2
						3	Southwestern Louisiana	1
						4	UNLV	5
																	1	Arizona	2
																	2	UCLA	4
	3	Southwestern Louisiana	5
	6	Michigan	0
						3	Southwestern Louisiana	0
						2	UCLA	3
	2	UCLA	2
	7	Iowa	1
											2	UCLA	5	—
											7	Iowa	0	—
	6	Michigan	7
	7	Iowa	9
						5	Cal State Fullerton	5
						7	Iowa	69

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .518 - Jennifer Brundage, UCLA Bruins
• RBIs: 128 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats
• Home runs: 37 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats

Pitching

• Wins: 33-3 – Carrie Dolan, Arizona Wildcats
• ERA: 0.50 (9 ER/126.0 IP) - Tanya Harding, UCLA Bruins
• Strikeouts: 367, Trinity Johnson, South Carolina Gamecocks

Records

NCAA Division I season runs: 101 – Jenny Dalton, Arizona Wildcats^[14]

NCAA Division I season RBIs: 128 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats

NCAA Division I season home runs: 37 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats

NCAA Division I season total bases: 232 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats

NCAA Division I single game RBIs: 11 – Tiffany Whittall, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns; April 15, 1995

NCAA Division I single game SINGLE GAME runs: 7 – Ellen Burns, Michelle Lafomara & Stephanie Riggins, Cornell Big Red; March 19, 1995

Sophomore class single game hits: 7 – Michelle Lafomara, Cornell Big Red; March 19, 1995

Sophomore class consecutive games hit streak: 35 – Robyn Yorke, Fresno State Bulldogs; February 12-April 1, 1995

Sophomore class hits: 114 – Robyn Yorke, Fresno State Bulldogs

Sophomore class triples: 16 – Jennifer Egan, Monmouth Hawks

Team hits: 765 – Arizona Wildcats

Team RBIs: 566 – Arizona Wildcats

Team triples: 47 – Monmouth Hawks

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Jennifer Brundage, UCLA Bruins^[15][16]

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1995	56	168	59	87	.518	60	14	3	15	150	.893%	37	17	6	9

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[17]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Brooke Wilkins	SO.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
	Carrie Dolan	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Cheryl Longeway	JR.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
C	Gillian Boxx	SR.	California Golden Bears
1B	Amy Chellevold	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
2B	Jenny Dalton	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
3B	Jennifer Brundage	SR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Laura Espinoza	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
OF	Laura Berg	SO.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Robyn Yorke	SO.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Leah O'Brien	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
DP	Kathy Morton	SR.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
UT	Sara Griffin	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
AT-L	Kelly Kovach	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Cyndi Parus	SR.	UNLV Rebels
	Kim Rondina	SO.	UNLV Rebels
	Leah Braatz	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Missy Nowak	SR.	DePaul Blue Demons

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Terri Kobata	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Susie Bugliarello	SO.	Sacramento State Hornets
	Whitney Floyd	SO.	California Golden Bears
C	Tiffany Whittall	SR.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
1B	Stephanie DeFeo	SO.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
2B	Kelly Howard	JR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Tobin Echo-Hawk	JR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
SS	Ali Viola	FR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
OF	Sara Mallett	JR.	UNLV Rebels
	Dana Fulmer	SR.	South Carolina Gamecocks
	Lana Jimenez	SO.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
DP	Jen Ackley	FR.	California Golden Bears
UT	Scia Maumausolo	JR.	CSUN Matadors
AT-L	Amie Stewart	SR.	UNLV Rebels
	Lynn Britton	JR.	ULL Rajin' Cajuns
	Nicole Odom	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Tanya Harding	JR.	UCLA Bruins
	Kim Ward	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Trinity Johnson	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
	Jodi Burch	SR.	Illinois State Redbirds
	Brea Moore	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
C	Julie Crandall	FR.	UNLV Rebels
1B	Alleah Poulson	SO.	UCLA Bruins
2B	Chris Zboril	JR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
3B	Cindy Lawton	SR.	FSU Seminoles
SS	Jen Babik	SR.	Princeton Tigers
OF	Andrea D'Innocenzo	SR.	Connecticut Huskies
	Shamalene Wilson	JR.	FSU Seminoles
	Rachel Nelson	SO.	Minnesota Golden Gophers
DP	Katie Marten	SO.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
UT	Debbie Bilbao	FR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
AT-L	Michelle Venturella	SR.	Indiana Hoosiers
	Tina Plew	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
	Karie Langelier	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
	Mandy Pfeiffer	SO.	Princeton Tigers
	Tasha Reents	JR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
	Kari Knopf	SO.	Iowa Hawkeyes

References

1. 1995 IND Season
2. 1995 IA Season
3. 1995 MICH Season
4. 1995 MSU Season
5. 1995 MINN Season
6. 1995 NOR Season
7. 1995 OSU Season
8. 1995 PSU Season
9. 1995 PUR Season
10. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
11. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
12. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 14. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
13. "1995 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
14. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
15. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
16. "Final 1995 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
17. "1995 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 25, 2020.