Virginia Tech Hokies softball

Virginia Tech Hokies
Founded 1996
University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Head coach Pete D'Amour (5th season)
Conference ACC
Coastal Division
Location Blacksburg, VA
Home stadium Tech Softball Park (Capacity: 1,100)
Nickname Hokies
Colors Chicago maroon and burnt orange
   
NCAA WCWS appearances
2008
NCAA Super Regional appearances
2008, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
2007, 2008
Regular Season Conference championships
2007, 2019, 2022
ACC Coastal
2019

The Virginia Tech Hokies softball team is a college softball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Tech Softball Park. The team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in four successive seasons (2005–2008), were conference champions in 2007 and 2008, and advanced to the Women's College World Series in 2008. A big part of this success was the pitching of Angela Tincher, who had a historic career at Virginia Tech, becoming only the third person in NCAA Softball to record 2,000 career strikeouts. The Hokies also did what no other college has ever done, beating the U.S. Olympic Softball Team in a victory that ended Team USA's 12-year, 185-game winning streak. The Hokies won this game by a score of 1–0 and Tincher pitched a no hitter, and also allowing no balls to reach the outfield.

Championships

Conference Championships

Season Conference Record Head coach
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference 15–5 Scot Thomas
2019 Atlantic Coast Conference 20–4 Pete D'Amour
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference 21-2 Pete D'Amour

Conference Tournament Championships

Year Conference Tournament Location Head coach
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tallahassee, FL Scot Thomas
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference College Park, MD Scot Thomas

Awards and honors

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National Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

Conference Awards and Honors

Atlantic 10 Player of the Year

  • Michelle Meadows, 2000

Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Year

  • Ali Verbage, 1998
  • Ashlee Dobbe, 1999

ACC Player of the Year

ACC Pitcher of the Year

  • Angela Tincher, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Carrie Eberle, 2019
  • Keely Rochard, 2021
  • Keely Rochard, 2022

ACC Freshman of the Year

  • Lauren Duff, 2016
  • Kelsey Bennett, 2019
  • Emma Lemley, 2022

Big East All Conference

  • Amy Voorhees, 2001
  • Shanel Garafalo, 2001
  • Catherine Gilliam, 2001
  • Clarisa Crowell, 2002
  • Amy Voorhees, 2002
  • Rachel Pacheco, 2003
  • Kelly Brown, 2003
  • Megan Evans, 2004
  • Sarah Prosise, 2004
  • Caitlin Murphy, 2004

See also