2019 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team explained

Year:	2019
Firstyear:	1997
Team:	Alabama Crimson Tide
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	West
Shortconference:	SEC
Record:	60–10
Confrecord:	18–6
Headcoach:	Patrick Murphy
Assistantcoach:	Alyson Habetz
Pitchcoach:	Stephanie VanBrakle
Stadiumarena:	Rhoads Stadium
Confchamp:	SEC Regular Season Champions Tuscaloosa Regional Champions Tuscaloosa Super Regional Champions Women's College World Series Appearance
Espncomrank:	3
Nfcarank:	4

The 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team was an American softball team that represented the University of Alabama during the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Rhoads Stadium. After losing in the 2018 NCAA Super Regionals, the 2019 team looked to make the postseason for the 21st straight year, and the Women's College World Series for twelfth time. This season represents the 23rd season of softball in the school's history.

Personnel

Roster

2019 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
	Pitchers 14 Montana Fouts – Freshman 20 Sarah Cornell – Junior 21 Courtney Gettins – Senior 24 Madison Preston – Sophomore 42 Krystal Goodman – Junior Outfielders 1 Elissa Brown – Junior 6 Kloyee Anderson – Freshman 7 Merris Schroder – Senior 8 KB Sides – Sophomore 10 Kayla Davis – Freshman 12 Kaylee Tow – Sophomore		Catchers 54 Reagan Dykes – Senior Infielders 00 Maddie Morgan – Sophomore 2 Skylar Wallace – Freshman 5 Kyra Lockhart – Sophomore 9 Taylor Clark – Junior 33 Claire Jenkins – Junior Utility 16 Bailey Hemphill – Junior 34 Caroline Hardy – Senior

2019 Alabama Crimson Tide Softball Roster

Coaching staff

2019 Alabama Crimson Tide softball coaching staff
Patrick Murphy – Head coach – 21st year Alyson Habetz – Associate head coach, hitting coach – 21st year Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro – Assistant coach, pitching coach – 8th year Brynne Dordel – Volunteer assistant coach – 2nd year Kate Harris – Director of operations- 9th year

Schedule

|-!colspan=9| Trojan Classic|-!colspan=9| Hillenbrand Invitational|-!colspan=9| Easton Bama Bash|-!colspan=9| |-!colspan=9| Easton Crimson Classic|-!colspan=9| |-!colspan=9| Rainbow Wahine Classic|-!colspan=9| |-!colspan=9|SEC softball tournament|-!colspan=9|NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional|-!colspan=9|NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional|-!colspan=9|Women's College World Series

Honors and awards

• Bailey Hemphill and Kaylee Tow were selected to the Preseason All-SEC Team.^[1]
• Kaylee Tow was named the SEC Player of the Week, February 11.^[2]
• Montana Fouts was named the SEC Freshman of the Week, February 18.^[3]
• Montana Fouts was named the SEC Freshman of the Week, February 25.^[4]
• Montana Fouts was named the SEC Freshman of the Week, March 12.^[5]
• Sarah Cornell was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week, April 16.^[6]
• Montana Fouts was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week, April 23.^[7]
• Sarah Cornell, Montana Fouts, and Bailey Hemphill were named First Team All-SEC.^[8]
• Maddie Morgan, and Elissa Brown were named Second Team All-SEC.
• Montana Fouts, and Skyler Wallace were named Freshman All-SEC.
• Sarah Cornell, and Elissa Brown were named SEC All-Defense.
• Sarah Cornell was named SEC Pitcher of the Year.
• Montana Fouts was named SEC Freshman of the Year.
• Patrick Murphy was named SEC Coach of the Year.

Ranking movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
NFCA^[9]	9	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	5
USA Softball^[10]	11	8	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	7	7	3	5

See also

• 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

Notes and References

1. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/1/24/softball-bailey-hemphill-and-kaylee-tow-named-preseason-all-sec.aspx?path=softball Bailey Hemphill and Kaylee Tow Named Preseason All-SEC
2. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/2/11/softball-alabamas-kaylee-tow-named-sec-player-of-the-week.aspx?path=softball Kaylee Tow Named SEC Player of the Week
3. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/2/18/softball-alabamas-montana-fouts-named-sec-freshman-of-the-week.aspx?path=softball Alabama’s Montana Fouts Named SEC Freshman of the Week
4. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/2/25/softball-alabamas-montana-fouts-earns-second-straight-sec-weekly-award.aspx Alabama Softball's Montana Fouts Earns Second-Straight SEC Weekly Award
5. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/3/12/alabama-softballs-montana-fouts-named-sec-freshman-of-the-week.aspx?path=softball Alabama Softball’s Montana Fouts Named SEC Freshman of the Week
6. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/4/16/alabama-softballs-sarah-cornell-named-sec-pitcher-of-the-week.aspx?path=softball Alabama Softball’s Sarah Cornell Named SEC Pitcher of the Week
7. https://rolltide.com/news/2019/4/23/softball-montana-fouts-takes-home-sec-pitcher-of-the-week-honors.aspx?path=softball Montana Fouts Takes Home SEC Pitcher of the Week Honors
8. https://www.secsports.com/article/26691765/2019-sec-softball-awards-announced 2019 SEC Softabll Awards announced
9. https://nfca.org/index.php?option=com_nfca&top25=1&list=1&year=2019&pdiv=div1 NFCA Poll
10. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/rankings/_/pollId/2/sportId/15530000 USA Softball Poll