Southern Conference Softball Tournament

Southern Conference Softball Tournament
Conference Softball Championship
Sport	Softball
Conference	Southern Conference
Number of teams	7
Format	Single-elimination tournament (2006-present) Double-elimination tournament (1997–2006)
Current stadium	UNCG Softball Stadium
Current location	Greensboro, NC
Played	1994-present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Samford
Most championships	Chattanooga (13)
Host stadiums
UNCG Softball Stadium (2007, 2013–2014, 2016) Jim Frost Stadium (1998, 2001–2004, 2006, 2009–2010, 2015) Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium (2012) Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex (1996, 2011) CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point (2005, 2008) UNCG Softball Field (2000) Jones Recreation Center (1999) Dot Hicks Stadium (1997) Furman Field (1994–1995)
Host locations
Greensboro, NC (2007, 2013–2014, 2016) Chattanooga, TN (1998, 2001–2004, 2006, 2009–2010, 2015) Boone, NC (2012) Statesboro, GA (1996, 2011) Mount Pleasant, SC (1999, 2005, 2008) Huntington, WV (1997) Greenville, SC (1994–1995)

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

Tournament

All seven of the Conference's teams participate in the double-elimination tournament. Chattanooga has won 13 championships, the most in the league's history. Of schools currently sponsoring softball in the conference, only Chattanooga and Furman have won a tournament championship.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year	School	Venue	MVP
1994	Furman	Furman Field • Greenville, SC	Kim Currier, Furman
1995	Marshall	Furman Field • Greenville, SC	Cristy Waring, Marshall
1996	Chattanooga	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA	April Miller, Chattanooga
1997	Chattanooga	Dot Hicks Stadium • Huntington, WV	J. D. Staton, Chattanooga
1998	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Amy Robertson, Chattanooga
1999	Georgia Southern	Jones Recreation Center • Mount Pleasant, SC	Aimee Littlejohn, Georgia Southern
2000	Chattanooga	UNCG Softball Field • Greensboro, NC	Connie Ness, Chattanooga
2001	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Angela Brewer, Chattanooga
2002	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Awbrey Winckler, Chattanooga
2003	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Melissa Ramirez, Chattanooga
2004	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Melissa Ramirez, Chattanooga
2005	College of Charleston	CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC	Rachel Stern, College of Charleston
2006	Georgia Southern	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Shanita Black, Georgia Southern
2007	Furman	UNCG Softball Stadium • Greensboro, NC	Amber Kiser, Furman
2008	Chattanooga	CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC	Brooke Loudermilk, Chattanooga
2009	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Breanna Streetmon, Chattanooga
2010	Elon	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Amber Harrell, UNC Greensboro
2011	Chattanooga	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA	Sara Poteat, Chattanooga
2012	Georgia Southern	Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC	Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern
2013	Georgia Southern	UNCG Softball Stadium • Greensboro, NC	Raeanne Hanks, UNC Greensboro
2014	Chattanooga	UNCG Softball Stadium • Greensboro, NC	Katie Henderson, Chattanooga
2015	Chattanooga	Jim Frost Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	Anyssa Robles, Chattanooga
2016	Samford	UNCG Softball Stadium • Greensboro, NC	Mollie Hanson, Samford

By school

School	Championships	Years
Chattanooga	13	1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
Georgia Southern	4	1999, 2006, 2012, 2013
Furman	2	1994, 2007
College of Charleston	1	2005
Elon	1	2010
Marshall	1	1995
Samford	1	2016

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the Southern Conference.

References

1. 2014 Softball Record Book (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2015.