| 2024 NCAA Division I softball season | |
| Duration: | February 8 – June 6, 2024 |
| No Of Teams: | 286 |
| Defendingchampions: | Oklahoma |
| Tv: | ESPN & ESPN+ |
| Tournament Link: | 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament |
| Tournament: | NCAA Tournament |
| Tourneyduration: | May 17 – June 6 |
| Conferencebids: | SEC, 13 bids |
| Wcwsduration: | May 30 – June 6 |
| Wcws Link: | 2024 Women's College World Series |
| Wcws: | Women's College World Series |
| Wcwschamp: | Oklahoma |
| Wcwstitlecount: | 8th |
| Wcwsrunnerup: | Texas |
| Wcwscount: | 7th |
| Wcwscoach: | Patty Gasso |
| Wcwscoachcount: | 8th |
| Wcwsmop: | Kelly Maxwell |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025 |
The 2024 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 2024. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2024 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City at Devon Park, ended in June 2024.
One school began a transition from NCAA Division II to Division I on July 1, 2023.[1]
A total of 15 softball-sponsoring schools changed conferences after the 2023 season.[2]
The 2024 season is the last for 16 Division I softball schools in their current conferences.
Two softball-sponsoring schools will start transitions from D-II after the 2024 season:
In addition to these changes, the Indiana University and Purdue University systems will split IUPUI into separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions at the end of the 2023–24 academic year, a move similar to the two systems' dissolution of their joint Fort Wayne campus in 2018. The IUPUI athletic program will be transferred to the new IU Indianapolis, maintaining IUPUI's memberships in Division I and the Horizon League.[21]
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Source:[27] Of the 32 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor softball, 30 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and West Coast Conference, do not hold a conference tournament. Conference tournament winners plus the Big West and West Coast Conference regular-season champions receive automatic invitations to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year[28] | Conference Pitcher of the Year | Conference Coach of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue • City | Tournament Winner | |
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| Allison L’Amoreaux | Wendi Hammond | Jess Bump / Bianka Bell | ||||||
| CC Wong | Georgeanna Barefoot | Jordan Clark | ||||||
| Sydney Barnett | Peyton Pepkowski | Cara Clark | ||||||
| Claire Davidson | Jala Wright | Marissa Young | ||||||
| Jeanay Riley Eastern Kentucky | Maddi Rutan Eastern Kentucky | Jane Worthington Eastern Kentucky | Florida Gulf Coast | |||||
| Reese Atwood Texas | Lexi Kilfoyl Oklahoma State | Mike White Texas | Oklahoma | |||||
| Lexi Hastings UConn | Natalia Puchino Creighton | Bridget Orchard Villanova &<br> Krista Wood Creighton | ||||||
| Amailee Morales Northern Colorado &<br>Lewa Day Sacramento State | Erin Caviness Northern Colorado | Dedeann Pendleton-Helm Northern Colorado | ||||||
| Lexie Roberts Radford | Nealy Lamb Charleston Southern | Chris Hawkins USC Upstate | USC Upstate | |||||
| Jess Oakland Minnesota | Ashley Miller Northwestern | Kate Drohan Northwestern | Michigan | |||||
| No Tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid | ||||||||
| Alyssa Henault Campbell | Isabella Smith Campbell | Trena Prater Campbell | ||||||
| Desirae Spearman New Mexico State | Katie Gardner Western Kentucky | Josh Taylor Louisiana Tech | ||||||
| Elyssa Imler Youngstown State | Sydney Campbell Oakland | Brian Campbell Youngstown State | ||||||
| Sophie Sun Harvard | Jensin Hall Dartmouth | Lisa Van Ackeren Princeton | Site of Number 1 seed. | |||||
| Miah McDonald Marist | Kiley Myers Marist &<br> Maddie Hickingbottom Niagara | Joe Ausanio Marist | Regular season champion home stadium | |||||
| Karli Spaid Miami (OH) | Rissa Bajusz Western Michigan | Kirin Kumar Miami (OH) | ||||||
| Victoria Fletcher Morgan State | Vanessa Carrizosa Chicago State | Mercedes Hargett Chicago State &<br>Larry Hineline Morgan State | ||||||
| Jackie Lis Southern Illinois | Maddia Groff Southern Illinois | Jen Sewell, Mary Jo Firnbach, Katie Griffith Southern Illinois | ||||||
| Gabby Herrera Nevada &<br>Mac Barbara San Diego State | Taylor Gilmore Fresno State | Stacey Nuveman Deniz San Diego State | ||||||
| Paige Stringer CCSU | Grace Vesco Saint Francis | Beth Krysiak, Mel Savala, Ry Godde Saint Francis (PA) | ||||||
| Kendall Grover Eastern Illinois &<br> Paige Rocha SIUE | Josie Newman Southern Indiana | Tara Archibald Eastern Illinois | ||||||
| Maya Brady UCLA | NiJaree Canady Stanford | Kelly Inouye-Perez UCLA | ||||||
| Lauren Keleher Boston University | Kasey Ricard Boston University | Ashley Waters Boston University | Campus sites | Boston University | ||||
| Jocelyn Erickson Florida | Karlyn Pickens Tennessee | Karen Weekly Tennessee | Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL | |||||
| Brooklynn Maxwell UNCG | Peja Goold Chattanooga | Chelsea Butler Wofford | Chattanooga | |||||
| James Landreneau McNeese | Southeastern Louisiana | |||||||
| Jackson State | ||||||||
| Mia Jarecki South Dakota State | Mike Heard Omaha | Omaha | ||||||
| Mihyia Davis Louisiana | ||||||||
| No Tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid | ||||||||
| Grand Canyon | ||||||||