2022 Texas Longhorns softball team explained

Year:2022
Team:Texas Longhorns
Sport:softball
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Coachrank:2
Record:47–22–1
Conf Record:12–6
Head Coach:Mike White
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Steve Singleton
Ac2 Year:3rd
Asst Coach3:Megan Bartlett
Ac3 Year:2nd
Asst Coach4:Nicole Parnell
Ac4 Year:1st
Stadium:Red and Charline McCombs Field
Champion:Seattle Regional Champion
Fayetteville Super Regional Champion
Tourney:Women’s College World Series
Tourney Result:runner-up

The 2022 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Mike White, in his fourth season at Texas.

Personnel

Roster

2022 Texas Longhorns Roster[1]
 Pitchers
  • 22 – Estelle Czech – sophomore
  • 27 – Hailey Dolcini – senior
  • 29 – Shealyn O’Leary – junior
  • 45 – Logan Hulon – junior
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – freshman
 Catchers
  • 18 – JJ Smith – sophomore
  • 33 – Mary Iakopo – senior
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz – freshman

Infielders/Utility Players

  • 00 – Lauren Burke – senior
  • 2 – Janae Jeffersonsenior
  • 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – freshman
  • 4 – Brianna Cantu – sophomore
  • 9 – McKenzie Parker – junior
  • 10 – Mia Scott – freshman
  • 11 – Alyssa Washington – sophomore
  • 15 – Courtney Day – sophomore
  • 18 – JJ Smith – sophomore
  • 20 – Carlee Ratcliff – sophomore
  • 28 – Camille Corona – sophomore
 Outfielders
  • 1 – Mya Holmes – freshman
  • 5 – Jordyn Whitaker – sophomore
  • 6 – Bella Dayton – sophomore
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney – freshman
  • 12 – Lou Gilbert – junior
  • 16 – Alyssa Popelka – sophomore
 

Coaches

2022 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[2]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 4th year
  • Steve Singleton – Assistant coach – 3rd year
  • Megan Bartlett – Assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Nicole Parnell – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st year

Support staff

2022 Texas Longhorns support staff[3]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 2nd year
  • Kassi Hardee – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 5th year
  • Nick Williams – Video coordinator

Offseason

Player departures

+ class="nowrap"2022 Texas offseason departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Molly Jacobsen 7 P 5’8” Senior Graduated
Shannon Rhodes 13 OF 5’6” Senior Graduated
Taylor Ellsworth 17 C 5’5” Senior Transferred to Arkansas[4]
Ryleigh White 14 P 6’1” Freshman Transferred to Tennessee[5]
Colleen Sullivan 19 C 5’6” Sophomore Departed from Team
Ariana Adams 21 P 5’7” Junior Transferred to Syracuse[6]
MK Tedder 22 IF/OF 5’8” Junior Transferred to Samford[7]

Incoming players

+ class="nowrap"2022 Texas Recruits[9]
Name Number B/TPos. Hometown High School
Katie Cimusz 44 R/R C/UTL
Mya Holmes 1 R/R OF
Ashton Maloney 7 L/R OF
Vanessa Quiroga 3 L/R UTL
Mia Scott 10 L/R IF
Sophia Simpson 99 R/R P

Incoming transfers[10] [11] [12] [13]

Name B/TPos. Height Hometown Year Previous school
Estelle Czech L/L P 5’8” Sophomore NC State
Logan Hulon R/R P 5’6” Junior Houston
Hailey Dolcini R/R P 6’0” Senior Fresno State
Bella Dayton L/L OF 5’6” Sophomore Arizona
Lou Gilbert L/R OF 5’7” Junior Baylor

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year[14] Janae JeffersonIFSenior
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year[15] Hailey DolciniPSenior

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll[16]
1 Oklahoma 36 (6)
2 Oklahoma State 31 (1)
3 Texas 26
4 Baylor 19
5 Iowa State 18
6 Texas Tech 10
7 Kansas 7

Preseason All-Big 12 team

+ class="nowrap"Preseason All-Big 12 Team[17]
Name Number PositionClass
Janae Jefferson^2 IF Senior
Shea O’Leary 29 P Junior
Mary Iakopo 33 C Senior
^Janae Jefferson was a unanimous selection.

Preseason All-Americans

First Team All-Americans
Player No.PositionClassSelector(s)
2 IF Senior D1Softball
Softball America
Second Team All-Americans
Player No.PositionClassSelector(s)
Shea O’Leary 29 P Junior Softball America
Third Team All-Americans
Player No.PositionClassSelector(s)
Hailey Dolcini 27 P Senior Softball America
Sources:[18] [19]

Schedule and results

2022 Texas Longhorns softball game log (47–22–1)[20]
Legend:      = Win      = Loss = Tie      = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (37–16–1)
Postseason (10–6)
(4–3)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCWS RecordBox ScoreRecap
June 2 11:00 a.m. ESPN No. 16 7–2 Dolcini (23–10) Faraimo (22–5) 44–19–1 1–0 Box Score Recap
June 4 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Oklahoma No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 2–7 Trautwein (20–1) Dolcini (23–11) 44–20–1 1–1 Box Score Recap
June 5 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–2 Czech (12–1) Bowen (14–12) 12,403 45–20–1 2–1 Box Score Recap
June 6 6:00 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–0 Czech (13–1) Day (13–5) 46–20–1 3–1Box Score Recap
June 6 8:45 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 6–5Dolcini (24–11) Maxwell (21–5) 12,135 47–20–1 4–1 Box Score Recap
June 8 7:30 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Champhionship Series
No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 1–16 Trautwein (22–1) Dolcini (24–12) 12,234 47–21–1 4–2 Box Score Recap
June 9 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Champhionship Series
No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–10 Bahl (22–1) Czech (13–2) 12,257 47–22–1 4–3 Box Score Recap

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

Schedule Notes

Postseason

Women's College World Series

Awards, accomplishments, and honors

All-Americans

Second Team All-Americans
Player No.PositionClassSelector(s)
2 IF Junior NFCA
Third Team All-Americans
Player No.PositionClassSelector(s)
Hailey Dolcini 27 P Senior NFCA

Source:[24]

National honors

National honors!style=
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Women’s College World Series All-Tournament TeamEstelle CzechP[25]
Courtney Day1B/DP
Bella DaytonOF

Conference honors

Conference honors!style=
Honorsstyle= Playerstyle= Positionstyle= Ref.
All-Big 12 First TeamHailey DolciniP[26]
Janae JeffersonIF
Mary IakopoC/1B
All-Big 12 Second TeamAlyssa WashingtonIF
Mia ScottIF
All-Big 12 Freshman TeamKatie CimuszC/1B
Mia ScottIF
Sophia ScottP
Big 12 All-Tournament TeamJanae JeffersonIF[27]
Mia ScottIF

Weekly honors

Weekly honors!style=
Honorsstyle= Playerstyle= Positionstyle= Date Awardedstyle= Ref.
Big 12 Player of the WeekKatie CimuszCMarch 8, 2022[28]
McKenzie ParkerIFMarch 22, 2022[29]
Mary IakopoCApril 5, 2022[30]
Big 12 Pitcher of the WeekHailey DolciniPMarch 29, 2022[31]
Hailey DolciniPApril 19, 2022[32]
Hailey DolciniPMay 10, 2022[33]

Records

Records!style=
Recordstyle= Playerstyle= Positionstyle= Statstyle= Ref.
Big 12 Career HitsJanae JeffersonIF333[34]

No-hitters

February 27, 2022Sophia SimpsonUTSA6124008-0[35]

Statistics

Team batting

TeamABAvg.H2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB
Texas 1,850 .303 560 116 13 68 355 224 297 97
Opponents 1,771 .237 419 77 5 62 237 166 449 34

Team pitching

TeamIPHRERBBSOSVERA
Texas 460.1 419 267 215 166 449 2 3.27
Opponents 445.1 560 397 313 224 297 4 4.92

Individual batting

PlayerGPABAvg.H2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB
70 226 .407 92 24 2 7 34 31 12 16
Mia Scott 64 204 .377 77 14 5 4 38 25 29 26
Mary Iakopo 67 191 .335 64 15 1 11 58 27 18 2
Courtney Day 58 130 .300 39 10 0 12 34 15 24 1
Alyssa Washington 65 172 .279 48 10 0 5 35 22 29 3
Bella Dayton 68 156 .276 43 9 1 5 23 24 26 14
McKenzie Parker 55 155 .265 41 10 0 8 42 20 32 3
Katie Cimusz 60 156 .244 38 8 0 9 32 15 36 5
Camille Corona 34 10 .500 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alyssa Popelka 64 92 .348 32 0 2 0 7 12 18 16
JJ Smith 42 78 .282 22 6 1 2 13 9 11 1
Lauren Burke 47 106 .255 27 7 0 1 14 8 17 0
Brianna Cantu 27 30 .233 7 0 0 1 8 5 5 2
Lou Gilbert 56 60 .217 13 0 1 1 9 4 8 5
Jordyn Whitaker 43 62 .177 11 3 0 2 6 6 24 0
Vanessa Quiroga 9 10 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mya Holmes 13 12 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

Individual pitching

PlayerGPGSWLIPHRERBBSOSVERA
Hailey Dolcini 43 32 24 12 216.0 145 99 78 66 217 1 2.53
Estelle Czech 30 16 13 2 103.2 120 58 48 25 83 0 3.24
Sophia Simpson 29 16 8 4 86.1 82 53 44 50 105 1 3.57
Courtney Day 3 0 0 0 6.1 8 6 2 4 2 0 2.21
Shea O’Leary 19 5 1 4 26.2 40 28 23 12 27 0 6.04
Logan Hulon 13 1 1 0 21.1 24 23 20 9 15 0 6.56
Legend
  GP Games played  GS Games started AB At-bats
  H Hits Avg. Batting average  2B Doubles
 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted In
  IP Innings pitched  WWins L Losses
 ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts BB Base on balls
 SV Saves SB Stolen bases High Team high

Source:[36]
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played (Hitting)
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G (Pitching)

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I softball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Softball Roster. Texas Sports.
  2. Web site: 2022 Softball Roster. Texas Sports.
  3. Web site: 2022 Softball Roster. Texas Sports.
  4. Web site: All-Region Performer Taylor Ellsworth Joins Arkansas Softball. Jacob. Pavilack. Arkansas Razorbacks.
  5. Web site: Tennessee softball announces addition of Texas pitcher Ryleigh White. Will. Backus. Knox News.
  6. Web site: Former Texas pitcher Ariana Adams transfers to Syracuse. Anthony. Alandt. The Daily Orange.
  7. Web site: Homecoming: Tedder Transfers to Samford to Finish College Softball Career. Rubin. Grant. Over the Mountain Journal.
  8. Web site: Fico Adds Courtney Gettins to Staff. Kraig. Doremus. Mercer Bears.
  9. Web site: Softball inks six players to its 2021 signing class. Texas Sports.
  10. Web site: College News: Pitcher Estelle Czech Transfers to Texas After Trip This Week to Austin "Hit Everything on My Checklist". Extra Inning Softball.
  11. Web site: Softball adds transfers Estelle Czech & Logan Hulon to the program. Texas Sports.
  12. Web site: Sports briefs Fortuna’s Hailey Dolcini off to Texas to play softball. Mario. Cortez. Times Standard.
  13. Web site: Texas adds veteran outfielders Lou Gilbert and Isabella Dayton to softball team's roster . Danny. Davis. Hookem.
  14. Web site: 2022 Softball Preseason Honors. Big 12 Sports.
  15. Web site: USA Softball Reveals Watch List For Collegiate Player Of The Year. FloSoftball.
  16. Web site: OU Voted as Softball Preseason Favorite for 10th Consecutive Year. big12sports.com.
  17. Web site: No. 9 Softball places three on 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Team. Texas Sports.
  18. Web site: No. 10 Softball’s Jefferson, O’Leary & Dolcini named Softball America Preseason All-Americans. Texas Sports.
  19. Web site: 2022 D1Softball Preseason All-Americans. D1Softball.
  20. Web site: 2022 Softball Schedule. Texas Longhorns. Dec 8, 2021.
  21. Web site: No. 23/24 Softball’s game vs. North Texas cancelled due to weather. Texas Sports.
  22. Web site: Softball’s Bevo Classic schedule altered. Texas Sports.
  23. Web site: Softball’s Bevo Classic schedule altered. Texas Sports.
  24. Web site: No. 16/18 Softball’s Jefferson & Dolcini named NFCA All-Americans. Texas Sports. June 5, 2022.
  25. Web site: The 2022 WCWS All-Tournament Team. Twitter.
  26. Web site: 2022 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Announced. Big 12 Sports.
  27. Web site: Oklahoma State Wins Program’s First Big 12 Softball Championship. Big 12 Sports.
  28. Web site: Softball’s Katie Cimusz named Big 12 Conference Player of the Week. Texas Sports.
  29. Web site: OU, OSU & UT Obtain Weekly Softball Accolades. Big 12 Sports.
  30. Web site: Iakopo and Maxwell Acquire Big 12 Accolades. Big 12 Sports.
  31. Web site: Oklahoma State & Texas Garner Weekly Softball Awards. Big 12 Sports.
  32. Web site: OSU, UT and TTU Collect Big 12 Softball Weekly Awards. Big 12 Sports.
  33. Web site: Alo & Dolcini Take Home Season’s Final Big 12 Weekly Softball Awards. Big 12 Sports.
  34. Web site: Texas softball fails to overcome pitching dominance of Oklahoma State. Emma. Hutchinson. The Daily Texan.
  35. Web site: No. 23/24 Softball sweeps UTSA & Tulsa at the Texas Classic . Texas Sports. Feb 28, 2022.
  36. Web site: 2022 Softball Cumulative Statistics. Texas Sports. Dec 8, 2021.