2025 Texas Longhorns softball team

2025 Texas Longhorns softball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
Record	19–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Mike White (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Singleton (6th season) Kristen Zaleski (3rd season) Patti Ruth Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadium	Red and Charline McCombs Field
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Alabama  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	6		.714
No. 11 Arkansas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	1		.950
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	1		.950
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			22	–	1		.957
No. 10 Georgia  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	2		.900
No. 24 Kentucky  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	6		.700
No. 5 LSU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	1		.947
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	3		.857
Missouri  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	10		.524
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	0		1.000
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	3		.857
No. 19 South Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	0		1.000
No. 7 Tennessee  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	3		.857
No. 2 Texas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			20	–	1		.952
No. 6 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			20	–	2		.909
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 2, 2025 [1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 Texas Longhorns softball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns play their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a first-year member of the Southeastern Conference. ^[2] They are led by head coach Mike White in his 7th season at Texas.

Previous season

Texas finished the 2024 season 55–10, 23–4 in Big 12 Conference play. ^[3] In the postseason, Texas made the Women's College World Series and were defeated by Oklahoma in the championship game. ^[4]

Personnel

Roster

2025 Texas Longhorns Roster [5]
	Pitchers 17 – Teagan Kavan – sophomore 25 – Cambria Salmon – freshman 55 – Mac Morgan – senior 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – junior 99 – Sophia Simpson – senior		Catchers 14 – Reese Atwood [a] – junior 20 – Katie Stewart [a] – sophomore 44 – Katie Cimusz [a] – senior Infielders 5 – Kaydee Bennett – junior 9 – Joley Mitchell – senior 11 – Shylien Brister – freshman 12 – Victoria Hunter – sophomore 14 – Reese Atwood [a] – junior 20 – Katie Stewart [a] – sophomore 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior 44 – Katie Cimusz [a] – senior		Outfielders 4 – Adayah Wallace – sophomore 7 – Ashton Maloney - junior 21 – Kayden Henry – sophomore Utility Players 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – senior 10 – Mia Scott – senior 30 – Rachel Wells – junior 43 – Leighann Goode – junior

Roster Notes

1. Plays two different positions

Coaches

2025 Texas Longhorns coaching staff [5]

Mike White – Head coach – 7th year Steve Singleton – Associate head coach – 6th year Kristen Zaleski – Assistant coach – 3rd year Patti Ruth Taylor – Assistant coach – 2nd year

Support staff

2025 Texas Longhorns support staff [5]

Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 5th year Melissa Schmitz – Assistant coach for athletic performance – 9th year Nick Williams – Video coordinator Raiza Aguilar – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 2nd year

Offseason

Player departures

2025 Texas offseason departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Alyssa Washington	11	IF	5'5"	Senior	Abilene, TX	Graduated
Baylea Brandon	27	UTL	5'6"	Junior	Leander, TX	Graduated
Bella Dayton	6	OF	5'6"	Senior	Wylie, TX	Graduated
Estelle Czech	22	P	5'8"	Senior	Downers Grove, IL	Graduated
Jordyn Whitaker	5	DP	5'9"	Senior	Jacksonville, TX	Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Hometown	Year	New school	Source
Ryan Brown	R/R	IF	5’8”	Thompson's Station, TN	Freshman	Tennessee	[6]

Incoming players

2024 Texas Signing Class

Name	B/T	Number	Pos.	Hometown	High School	Source
Shylien Brister	R/R	11	UTL	Houston, TX	Clear Brook High School	[7]
Cambria Salmon	R/R	25	P	Beaumont, CA	Beaumont High School

Incoming transfers

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Source
Kaydee Bennett	L/R	IF	5'6”	Caddo Mills, TX	Junior	Abilene Christian	[8]

Preseason

Preseason All-SEC team

Preseason All-SEC Team

Name	Number	Position	Class	Source
Citlaly Gutierrez	77	P	Junior	[9]
Katie Stewart	20	IF/C	Sophomore
Mia Scott	10	UTL	Senior
Reese Atwood	14	IF/C	Junior
Teagan Kavan	17	P	Sophomore

SEC coaches poll

SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Texas	186 (7)
2	Florida	181 (6)
3	Oklahoma	170 (2)
4	Tennessee	158
5	Texas A&M	153
6	LSU	115
7	Arkansas	104
8	Georgia	103
9	Missouri	100
10	Alabama	97
11	Kentucky	55
12	Mississippi State	54
13	Auburn	37
14	Ole Miss	34
15	South Carolina	28

Source: ^[10]

Schedule and results

2025 Texas Longhorns softball game log (19–1)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (19–1)
February (17–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record Box Score Recap Louisiana Classic February 7 3:30 p.m. N/A vs. Longwood #1 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA 8–0 (5) Morgan (1–0) Kirkland (1–1) — 506 1–0 — Box Score Recap February 7 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Louisiana #1 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA 8–0 (5) Kavan (1–0) Noble (0–1) — 2,511 2–0 — Box Score Recap UH/LU Classic February 8 12:00 p.m. N/A vs. St. Johns #1 Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX 5–0 Salmon (1–0) Serafinko (0–1) — 491 3–0 — Box Score Recap February 8 6:00 p.m. N/A at Lamar #1 Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX 13–7 Gutierrez (1–0) Guidry (0–1) — 1,273 4–0 — Box Score Recap Bearkat Classic February 9 11:30 a.m. N/A vs. Tulsa #1 Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX 4–2 Salmon (2–0) Maples (1–1) Gutierrez (1) 633 5–0 — Box Score Recap February 9 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Sam Houston #1 Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX 8–3 Kavan (2–0) Daniel (1–1) — 752 6–0 — Box Score Recap Bevo Classic February 14 4:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. Maryland #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 13–4 (5) Salmon (3–0) Shearer (1–2) — 536 7–0 — Box Score Recap February 14 6:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. #11 Texas Tech #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 2–1 (9) Kavan (3–0) Canady (3–2) — 892 8–0 — Box Score Recap February 15 4:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. UMass #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 6–0 Gutierrez (2–0) Horton (1–4) Salmon (1) 1,094 9–0 — Box Score Recap February 15 6:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. Maryland #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–3 Morgan (2–0) Wurst (2–2) Gutierrez (2) 1,213 10–0 — Box Score Recap February 16 12:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. #11 Texas Tech #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 11–0 (5) Kavan (4–0) Lincoln (2–1) — 1,238 11–0 — Box Score Recap February 19 6:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. Akron #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX Cancelled due to inclement weather. Hillenbrand Invitational February 21 1:00 p.m. FloSoftball vs. #18 Stanford #1 Hillenbrand Stadium • Tucson, AZ 5–9 Houston (3–0) Kavan (4–1) — N/A 11–1 — Box Score Recap February 21 3:30 p.m. FloSoftball vs. Colorado State #1 Hillenbrand Stadium • Tucson, AZ 18–2 (5) Morgan (3–0) Bentley (1–5) — N/A 12–1 — Box Score Recap February 22 11:00 a.m. FloSoftball vs. UC Davis #1 Hillenbrand Stadium • Tucson, AZ 12–0 (5) Salmon (4–0) Grimes (2–5) — N/A 13–1 — Box Score Recap February 22 4:00 p.m. ESPN+ at #13 Arizona #1 Hillenbrand Stadium • Tucson, AZ 8–4 (8) Gutierrez (3–0) Swain (2–1) — 2,976 14–1 — Box Score Recap February 23 10:00 a.m. FloSoftball vs. Colorado State #1 Hillenbrand Stadium • Tucson, AZ 10–2 (5) Gutierrez (4–0) Cooledge (0–2) — N/A 15–1 — Box Score Recap Longhorn Invitational February 28 4:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. South Florida #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–5 Gutierrez (5–0) Dixon (6–2) — 1,257 16–1 — Box Score Recap February 28 6:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. Abilene Christian #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (6) Salmon (5–0) Russo (1–7) — 1,347 17–1 — Box Score Recap March (2–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record Box Score Recap March 1 1:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. New Mexico State #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 5–2 Kavan (5–1) Mancha (1–1) — 1,353 18–1 — Box Score Recap March 2 12:30 p.m. SECN+ vs. South Florida #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (5) Kavan (6–1) Dixon (7–3) — 1,458 19–1 — Box Score March 2 3:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. Alabama A&M #1 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — March 5 6:00 p.m. SECN+ vs. Baylor Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — Ohio State Tournament March 8 9:00 a.m. vs. Saint Francis Buckeye Field • Columbus, OH — March 8 11:30 a.m. vs. Oakland Buckeye Field • Columbus, OH — March 9 5:30 p.m. vs. Merrimack Buckeye Field • Columbus, OH — March 10 12:00 p.m. vs. Dayton Buckeye Field • Columbus, OH — March 10 3:00 p.m. at Ohio State Buckeye Field • Columbus, OH — March 15 1:00 p.m. SECN at Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL — March 16 12:00 p.m. SECN+ at Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL — March 17 6:00 p.m. SECN at Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL — March 21 TBD SECN+ vs. Auburn Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — March 22 TBD SECN+ vs. Auburn Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — March 23 TBD SECN+ vs. Auburn Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — March 25 TBD SECN+ vs. Stephen F. Austin Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — March 28 6:00 p.m. SECN+ at Mississippi State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS — March 29 2:00 p.m. SECN+ at Mississippi State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS — March 30 1:00 p.m. SECN+ at Mississippi State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS — April (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record Box Score Recap April 4 6:00 p.m. at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO — April 5 5:00 p.m. SECN at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO — April 6 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium • Columbia, MO — April 9 6:00 p.m. SECN vs. Texas State Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 11 8:00 p.m. ESPNU vs. Tennessee Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 12 5:00 p.m. ESPN vs. Tennessee Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 13 TBD SECN+ vs. Tennessee Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 17 TBD SECN+ vs. LSU Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 18 TBD SECN+ vs. LSU Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 19 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 vs. LSU Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — April 23 7:00 p.m. ESPNU at Oklahoma State TBD Cowgirl Stadium • Stillwater, OK — April 25 5:00 p.m. ESPNU at Oklahoma Love's Field • Norman, OK — April 26 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 at Oklahoma Love's Field • Norman, OK — April 27 1:00 p.m. ESPN2 at Oklahoma Love's Field • Norman, OK — May (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Box Score Recap May 1 TBD SECN+ vs. Kentucky Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — May 2 TBD SECN+ vs. Kentucky Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — May 3 1:00 p.m. SECN vs. Kentucky Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX —
Postseason (0–0)
SEC Softball Tournament (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record Box Score Recap TBD TBD Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA — –

Schedule Notes

Awards and honors

SEC awards and honors

SEC Weekly honors

Honors	Player	Position	Date Awarded	Ref.
SEC Pitcher of the Week	Teagan Kavan	P	February 17, 2025	[11]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	1	1	1	1
Softball America	2	2	1	1
ESPN.com/USA Softball	1	1	1	2
D1Softball	2	2	1	2

References

1. "SEC Softball Standings". February 16, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
2. "Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma". AP. June 30, 2024.
3. "2024 Softball Schedule". Texas Sports.
4. "Oklahoma wins the 2024 Women's College World Series title". NCAA.
5. "2025 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.
6. "Washington Softball Signs Alyssa Popelka". Gohuskies.
7. "Softball adds two to 2024 signing class". Texas Sports. November 8, 2023.
8. "Softball signs Kaydee Bennett". Texas Sports. June 29, 2024.
9. "Texas named preseason favorite for 2025 SEC softball season". SEC Sports. January 30, 2025.
10. "No. 1 Softball tabbed first in preseason SEC coaches' poll". Texas Longhorns. January 30, 2025.
11. "Kavan earns No. 1/1 Softball's first SEC weekly honor". Texas Longhorns.