2025 Texas Longhorns softball team

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2025 Texas Longhorns softball
Texas Longhorns logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
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 

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. [1] They are led by head coach Mike White in his 7th season at Texas.

Contents

Previous season

Texas finished the 2024 season 55–10, 23–4 in Big 12 Conference play. [2] In the postseason, Texas made the Women's College World Series and were defeated by Oklahoma in the championship game. [3]

Personnel

Roster

2025 Texas Longhorns Roster [4]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 – Teagan Kavan – sophomore Flag of Iowa.svg
  • 25 – Cambria Salmon – freshman Flag of California.svg
  • 55 – Mac Morgan – senior Flag of Missouri.svg
  • 77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – junior Flag of Texas.svg
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – senior Flag of Texas.svg
 

Catchers

Infielders

  • 5 – Kaydee Bennett – junior Flag of Texas.svg
  • 9 – Joley Mitchell – senior Flag of Arkansas.svg
  • 11 – Shylien Brister – freshman Flag of Texas.svg
  • 12 – Victoria Hunter – sophomore Flag of Texas.svg
  • 14 – Reese Atwood [lower-alpha 1] junior Flag of Texas.svg
  • 20 – Katie Stewart [lower-alpha 1] sophomore Flag of Illinois.svg
  • 23 – Viviana Martinez – junior Flag of Arizona.svg
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz – senior Flag of Texas.svg
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Adayah Wallace – sophomore Flag of Texas.svg
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney - Redshirt.svg junior Flag of Missouri.svg
  • 21 – Kayden Henry – sophomore Flag of Texas.svg

Utility Players

  • 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – senior Flag of Texas.svg
  • 10 – Mia Scott – senior Flag of Texas.svg
  • 43 – Leighann Goode – junior Flag of Texas.svg


 

Roster Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Plays two different positions

Coaches

2025 Texas Longhorns coaching staff [4]
  • 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 [4]
  • 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
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Alyssa Washington11IF5'5"Senior Abilene, TX Graduated
Baylea Brandon27UTL5'6"Junior Leander, TX Graduated
Bella Dayton6OF5'6"Senior Wylie, TX Graduated
Estelle Czech22P5'8"Senior Downers Grove, IL Graduated
Jordyn Whitaker5DP5'9"Senior Jacksonville, TX Graduated

Outgoing transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearNew schoolSource
Ryan BrownR/RIF5’8” Thompson's Station, TN Freshman Tennessee [5]

Incoming players

2024 Texas Signing Class
NameB/TNumberPos.HometownHigh SchoolSource
Shylien Brister-11UTL Houston, TX Clear Brook High School [6]
Cambria Salmon-25P Beaumont, CA Beaumont High School

Incoming transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource
Kaydee BennettL/RIF5'6” Caddo Mills, TX Junior Abilene Christian [7]



Schedule and results

2025 Texas Longhorns softball game log (0–0)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (0–0)
Postseason (0–0)
SEC Softball Tournament (0–0)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentSeedStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTournament recordBox ScoreRecap
TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDJack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

Schedule Notes


    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Week
    PollPre123456789101112131415Final
    NFCA / USA Today
    Softball America
    ESPN.com/USA Softball
    D1Softball

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