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
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Oklahoma ‍y 17 7 0   .708 52 9 0   .852
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍y 16 7 0   .696 48 11 0   .814
No. 1  ‍‍‍y 16 8 0   .667 56 12 0   .824
No. 4 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 47 17 1   .731
No. 9 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 44 14 0   .759
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 48 17 0   .738
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 11 0   .542 44 16 0   .733
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 13 11 0   .542 39 19 0   .672
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 42 16 0   .724
No. 15 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 40 23 0   .635
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 11 13 0   .458 42 21 0   .667
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 7 16 0   .304 35 23 0   .603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 7 17 0   .292 31 28 0   .525
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 6 18 0   .250 34 23 0   .596
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 25 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 Kavansophomore
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – freshman
  • 55 – Mac Morgan – senior
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – junior
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – senior
 

Catchers

  • 14 – Reese Atwood[a]junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a]sophomore
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz[a]senior

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 - 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. ^ a b c d e f 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
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Alyssa Washington 11 IF 5'5" Senior Abilene, TX Graduated
Baylea Brandon 27 UTL 5'6" Junior Leander, TX Graduated
Bella Dayton 6 OF 5'6" Senior Wylie, TX Graduated
Estelle Czech 22 P 5'8" Senior Downers Grove, IL Graduated
Jordyn Whitaker 5 DP 5'9" Senior Jacksonville, TX Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name B/T Pos. Height Hometown Year New school Source
Ryan Brown R/R IF 5’8” Thompson's Station, TN Freshman Tennessee [7]

Incoming players

2024 Texas Signing Class
Name B/T Number Pos. Hometown High School Source
Shylien Brister R/R 11 UTL Houston, TX Clear Brook High School [8]
Cambria Salmon R/R 25 P Beaumont, CA Beaumont High School

Incoming transfers

Name B/T Pos. Height Hometown Year Previous school Source
Kaydee Bennett L/R IF 5'6” Caddo Mills, TX Junior Abilene Christian [9]


Preseason

Preseason All-SEC team

Preseason All-SEC Team
Name Number Position Class Source
Citlaly Gutierrez 77 P Junior [10]
Katie Stewart 20 IF/C Sophomore
Mia Scott 10 UTL Senior
Reese Atwood 14 IF/C Junior
Teagan Kavan 17 P Sophomore

SEC coaches poll

SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Texas 186 (7)
2 Florida 181 (6)
3 Oklahoma 170 (2)
4 Tennessee 158
5 Texas A&M 153
6 LSU 115
7 Arkansas 104
8 Georgia 103
9 Missouri 100
10 Alabama 97
11 Kentucky 55
12 Mississippi State 54
13 Auburn 37
14 Ole Miss 34
15 South Carolina 28

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 29 11:00 a.m. ESPN vs. #8 (3) Florida #3 (6) Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK 3–0 Kavan
(25–5)
Rothrock
(16–7)
11,805 52–11 1–0 Box Score Recap
May 31 2:00 p.m. ABC vs. #2 (2) Oklahoma #3 (6) Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK 4–2 Kavan
(26–5)
Landry
(24–5)
12,595 53–11 2–0 Box Score Recap
June 2 11:00 a.m. ESPN vs. #7 (7) Tennessee #3 (6) Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK 2–0 Morgan
(11–4)
Pickens
(25–11)
Kavan
(4)
10,976 54–11 3–0 Box Score Recap
June 4 7:00 p.m. ESPN vs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6) Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK 2–1 Kavan
(27–5)
Canady
(33–6)
12,109 55–11 4–0 Box Score Recap
June 5 7:00 p.m. ESPN vs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6) Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK 3–4 Canady
(34–6)
Salmon
(7–2)
12,220 55–12 4–1 Box Score Recap
June 6 7:00 p.m. ESPN vs. #10 (12) Texas Tech
Championship Series
#3 (6) Devon Park • Oklahoma City, OK 10–4 Kavan
(28–5)
Canady
(34–7)
12,269 56–12 5–1 Box Score Recap

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

Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM Tm SR SW
ALA 12–12 . . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 . . 1–2 ALA 3–5 1–0
ARK 14–10 . . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 . . 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 ARK 6–2 1–1
AUB 6–18 . . 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . . 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 AUB 3–5 0–5
FLA 14–10 2–1 1–2 3–0 . . 1–2 . . 2–1 2–1 . . 1–2 2–1 FLA 5–3 1–0
UGA 7–16 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 0–2 UGA 0–8 0–0
KEN 7–17 . 0–3 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 0–3 . 0–3 . KEN 2–6 1–4
LSU 12–12 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 . . . . 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 LSU 4–4 1–1
MSU 13–11 2–1 . 3–0 . . 2–1 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . MSU 5–3 1–1
MIZ 6–18 0–3 . . . 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 MIZ 1–7 0–3
OKL 17–7 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 . . . 3–0 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 3–0 . OKL 5–3 4–0
OMS 11–13 . 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . . OMS 3–5 0–0
SCA 13–11 2–1 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 . . . SCA 5–3 1–1
TEN 15–9 . 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 . . 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 TEN 6–2 1–0
16–8 . . 3–0 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 . . 1–2 . TEX 6–2 3–1
TAM 16–7 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 . 3–0 . 2–1 . . . 2–1 . TAM 6–2 2–0
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM Team SR SW

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

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  5. ^ "Oklahoma wins the 2024 Women's College World Series title". NCAA.
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  8. ^ "Softball adds two to 2024 signing class". Texas Sports. November 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Softball signs Kaydee Bennett". Texas Sports. June 29, 2024.
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