2026 Texas Longhorns softball team

2026 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record26–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ehren Earleywine (1st season)
  • Kristen Zaleski (4th season)
  • Patti Ruth Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍ 6 – 0   1.000 29 – 1   .967
No. 2 Texas  ‍‍‍ 6 – 0   1.000 26 – 1   .963
No. 6 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 3 – 0   1.000 28 – 2   .933
No. 1 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1   .833 27 – 0   1.000
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1   .833 26 – 1   .963
No. 16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 19 – 9   .679
No. 10 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3   .500 23 – 4   .852
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4   .333 19 – 10   .655
No. 11 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 27 – 4   .871
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 20 – 7   .741
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5   .167 19 – 9   .679
No. 22 LSU  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5   .167 19 – 9   .679
No. 21 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 – 3   .000 19 – 10   .655
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 3   .000 12 – 16   .429
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6   .000 19 – 11   .633
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 16, 2026[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]


The 2026 Texas Longhorns softball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns play their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a second-year member of the Southeastern Conference.[3] They are led by head coach Mike White in his eighth season at Texas. The Longhorns enter the 2026 season as defending National Champions, after winning the 2025 Women's College World Series for their first national championship in program history.

Previous Season

Texas finished the 2025 season 56–12, and 16–8 in SEC conference play.[4] After sweeping the regional round at home, Texas won the Super Regional in three games over Clemson, clinching their eighth trip to the Women's College World Series. The Longhorns went undefeated in their first three games to reach their third trip the WCWS Finals. Texas split the first two games of the series against Texas Tech, and won the winner-take-all game 3 over the Red Raiders 10–4 to win the first National Championship in program history.[5]

Personnel

Roster

2026 Texas Longhorns Roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 – Hannah Wells[a] – freshman
  • 17 – Teagan Kavan – junior
  • 22 – Brenlee Gonzales – sophomore
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – sophomore
  • 26 – Sophia Bordi – freshman
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – senior
 

Catchers

  • 14 – Reese Atwood – senior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – junior
  • 42 – Anne Wallace[a] – freshman

Infielders

  • 0 – Caigan Crabtree – freshman
  • 3 – MaTaia Lawson – freshman
  • 11 – Shylien Brister – sophomore
  • 12 – Victoria Hunter – junior
  • 20 – Katie Stewart[a] – junior
  • 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior
  • 24 – Jaycie Nichols – freshman
  • 43 – Leighann Goode – senior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Adayah Wallace – junior
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney - senior
  • 9 – Alisa Sneed – freshman
  • 21 – Kayden Henry – junior
  • 44 – Kaiah Altmeyer – senior

Utility Players

  • 5 – Kaydee Bennett – senior
  • 13 – Hannah Wells[a] – freshman
  • 27 – Taylor Anderson – sophomore
  • 42 – Anne Wallace[a] – freshman
  • 99 – Drea Wilson – freshman
 

Roster Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Plays two different positions

Coaches

2026 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[6]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 8th year
  • Ehren Earleywine – Associate head coach – 1st year
  • Kristen Zaleski – Associate head coach – 4th year
  • Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 3rd year

Support staff

2026 Texas Longhorns support staff[6]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations (Softball) – 6th year
  • Melissa Schmitz – Assistant director/Associate head coach for athletic performance – 10th year
  • Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball)
  • Nick Williams – Director of development and video analytics

Offseason

Player departures

2026 Texas offseason departures
Name Number Pos. Year Hometown Notes
Katie Cimusz 44 C/IF Senior Humble, TX Graduated
Joley Mitchell 9 IF Graduate Student Rose Bud, AR Graduated
Mac Morgan 55 P Senior Creighton, MO Graduated
Mia Scott 10 UT Senior Angleton, TX Graduated
Sophia Simpson 99 P Senior Mont Belvieu, TX Graduated
Vanessa Quiroga 3 UT Senior Corpus Christi, TX Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name B/T Pos. Hometown Year New school Source
Rachel Wells R/R UT Melissa, TX Senior Undecided [7]

Incoming players

2025 Texas Signing Class
Name B/T Number Pos. Hometown High School Source
Caigan Crabtree R/R 0 IF Melissa, TX Melissa High School [8]
MaTaia Lawson L/R 3 IF Tinley Park, IL Victor J. Andrew High School
Jaycie Nichols R/R 24 IF Durant, OK Caddo High School
Alisa Sneed R/R 9 OF Conroe, TX Conroe High School
Anne Wallace R/R 42 C/UT Logan, UT Ridgeline High School
Hannah Wells R/R 13 P/UT Coahoma, TX Coahoma High School
Drea Wilson R/R 99 UT Forney, TX North Forney High School

Incoming transfers

Name B/T Number Pos. Hometown Year Previous school Source
Taylor Anderson L/R 27 UT Dripping Springs, TX Sophomore Oklahoma State [8]
Kaiah Altmeyer L/R 44 OF San Diego, CA Senior Arizona
Brenlee Gonzales L/L 22 P Aledo, TX Sophomore Texas Tech
Sophia Bordi R/R 26 P Merchantville, NJ Freshman Oklahoma [9]

Preseason

Preseason All-SEC team

Preseason All-SEC Team
Name Number Position Class Source
Reese Atwood 14 C Senior [10]
Kayden Henry 21 OF Junior
Teagan Kavan 17 P Junior
Katie Stewart 20 IF/C Junior

SEC coaches poll

2026 SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Texas 189 (9)
2 Oklahoma 186 (6)
3 Tennessee 166
4 Florida 144
5 Arkansas 137
6 Texas A&M 125
7 LSU 119
8 Georgia 105
9 Alabama 94
10 South Carolina 90
11 Mississippi State 65
12 Auburn 55
13 Ole Miss 51
14 Missouri 32
15 Kentucky 17

Source:[10]

Schedule and results

2026 Texas Longhorns softball game log (26–1)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (26–1)
March (8–0)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record
March 1 2:30 p.m. SECN+ Incarnate Word #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–0 (6) Kavan
(8–0)		 Mitchell
(3–3)		 — 2,357 19–1 —
March 6 5:00 p.m. SECN+ at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 4–2 Kavan
(9–0)		 Lamb
(2–3)		 — 1,125 20–1 1–0
March 7 2:00 p.m. SECN+ at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 3–0 Gutierrez
(4–1)		 Heard
(3–2)		 Kavan
(1)		 1,564 21–1 2–0
March 8 11:00 a.m. SECN at #23 South Carolina #3 Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC 5–2 Wells
(3–1)		 Friedel
(5–3)		 Salmon
(1)		 1,269 22–1 3–0
March 11 6:00 p.m. SECN+ East Texas A&M #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 10–1 (5) Salmon
(4–0)		 Muller
(1–8)		 — 2,085 23–1 —
March 13 5:30 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 3–1 Kavan
(10–0)		 Aycock
(8–3)		 — 2,032 24–1 4–0
March 14 12:00 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 11–2 (6) Salmon
(5–0)		 Boyer
(5–6)		 — 2,341 25–1 5–0
March 15 12:00 p.m. SECN+ Ole Miss #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 15–3 (5) Kavan
(11–0)		 Aycock
(8–4)		 — 2,305 26–1 6–0
March 20 6:30 p.m. SECN+ Baylor #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — —
March 21 6:30 p.m. ESPN+ at Baylor #2 Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX — —
March 25 6:00 p.m. at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX — —
March 27 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Texas A&M Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — —
March 28 1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Texas A&M Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — —
March 29 1:00 p.m. ESPN Texas A&M Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — —

Schedule Notes:

  1. ^ February 14th game against Syracuse cancelled due to inclement weather.[11]
  2. ^ Game rescheduled from February 14th due to inclement weather.[12]

Awards and honors

National awards and honors

National Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
D1Softball National Player of the Week Reese Atwood C February 10, 2026 [13]
D1Softball National Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P February 24, 2026 [14]

SEC awards and honors

SEC Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SEC Player of the Week Reese Atwood C February 9, 2026 [15]
SEC Pitcher of the Week Teagan Kavan P March 10, 2026 [16]


Rankings

See also: 2026 NCAA Division I softball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today1233332
Softball America2333322
ESPN.com/USA Softball1т233332
D1Softball1222222

References

  1. ^ "Softball Standings". SEC. March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  2. ^ "2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  3. ^ "Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma". AP. June 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "2025 Softball Schedule". Texas Longhorns.
  5. ^ "Light It Up: No. 3/4 Softball wins first ever National Championship". Texas Longhorns.
  6. ^ a b c "2026 Softball Roster". Texas Longhorns.
  7. ^ "Texas Tech softball loads up on portal transfers as national champion Texas holds onto returning starters". 247sports.
  8. ^ a b "2025 Texas Longhorns Softball Commits". On3.
  9. ^ "Softball signs Sophia Bordi". Texas Longhorns.
  10. ^ a b "No. 1/1 Softball lands four on Preseason All-SEC Team, predicted to win 2026 SEC Championship". Texas Longhorns.
  11. ^ "Saturday's schedule altered due to forecasted inclement weather, No. 2 Softball set to play one game vs. Ohio State". Texas Longhorns.
  12. ^ "Saturday's game vs. Ohio State postponed; No. 2 Softball to play doubleheader Sunday". Texas Longhorns.
  13. ^ "No. 2 Softball's Atwood tabbed D1Softball's National Player of the Week". Texas Longhorns.
  14. ^ "No. 3 Softball's Kavan named D1Softball's National Pitcher of the Week". Texas Longhorns.
  15. ^ "No. 1 Softball's Atwood named SEC Player of the Week". Texas Longhorns.
  16. ^ "No. 3 Softball's Kavan garners SEC Pitcher of the Week". Texas Longhorns.
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