2026 Texas Longhorns softball team

2026 Texas Longhorns softball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
Record	28–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Mike White (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Ehren Earleywine (1st season) Kristen Zaleski (4th season) Patti Ruth Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadium	Red and Charline McCombs Field
Seasons ←  2025 2027 →

2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	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			29	–	2		.935
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	1		.833			27	–	1		.964
No. 1 Tennessee  ‍‍‍	5	–	1		.833			27	–	1		.964
No. 16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			19	–	9		.679
No. 10 Arkansas  ‍‍‍	3	–	3		.500			24	–	4		.857
Auburn  ‍‍‍	2	–	4		.333			21	–	10		.677
No. 11 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			28	–	4		.875
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			21	–	7		.750
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	1	–	5		.167			20	–	9		.690
No. 22 LSU  ‍‍‍	1	–	5		.167			19	–	9		.679
No. 21 South Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	3		.000			20	–	10		.667
Missouri  ‍‍‍	0	–	3		.000			14	–	16		.467
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	0	–	6		.000			20	–	11		.645
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 20, 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. 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 (28–1)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (28–1)
February (18–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record UTSA Invitational February 6 6:05 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #9 Nebraska #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 15–10 Gutierrez (1–0) Frahm (0–1) Wells (1) N/A 1–0 — February 7 1:05 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #25 Washington #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 11–6 Kavan (1–0) Maddox (0–1) — 1,023 2–0 — February 7 3:35 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #9 Nebraska #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 5–8 Jensen (2–0) Wells (0–1) Frahm (2) 1,023 2–1 — February 8 12:35 p.m. ESPN+ vs. #25 Washington #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 5–0 (6) Kavan (2–0) Rodriguez (0–1) — 1,023 3–1 — February 8 3:05 p.m. ESPN+ at UTSA #1 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX 10–0 (5) Wells (1–1) Schmitt (0–1) — 1,023 4–1 — Bevo Classic February 12 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Abilene Christian #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 11–0 (5) Wells (2–1) Meyer (0–3) — 2,256 5–1 — February 13 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Ohio State #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 14–6 (5) Gutierrez (2–0) Kay (1–2) — 2,262 6–1 — February 13 7:30 p.m. SECN+ Syracuse #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 14–0 (5) Salmon (1–0) Pengel (1–1) — 2,262 7–1 — February 14 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Syracuse #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX Cancelled due to inclement weather [a] February 15 [b] 11:00 a.m. SECN+ Ohio State #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–4 Salmon (2–0) Molk (2–2) — 2,285 8–1 — February 15 1:30 p.m. SECN+ Northern Illinois #2 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (6) Kavan (3–0) Stewart (0–1) — 2,285 9–1 — DeMarini Invitational February 20 2:00 p.m. N/A vs. #16 Arizona #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 12–2 Kavan (4–0) Adams (6–3) — 1,000 10–1 — February 20 4:30 p.m. ACCNX at #10 Stanford #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 4–3 Kavan (5–0) Krause (2–1) — 2,000 11–1 — February 21 2:00 p.m. N/A vs. Boise State #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 10–0 (5) Gutierrez (3–0) Bauer (0–1) — N/A 12–1 — February 21 6:30 p.m. N/A at Santa Clara #3 Santa Clara Softball Stadium • Santa Clara, CA 10–2 Gonzales (1–0) Ferguson (3–4) — N/A 13–1 — February 22 11:30 a.m. N/A vs. #16 Arizona #3 Stanford Softball Stadium • Palo Alto, CA 12–2 (5) Kavan (6–0) Holder (3–1) — 500 14–1 — February 25 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Southeastern Louisiana #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 7–2 Kavan (7–0) Burns (4–1) — 2,255 15–1 — Longhorn Invitational February 27 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Houston #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 9–1 (5) Gutierrez (4–0) Bodeux (2–2) — 2,258 16–1 — February 28 2:30 p.m. SECN+ St. Bonaventure #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 12–2 (5) Gonzales (2–0) Frani (0–8) — N/A 17–1 — February 28 5:00 p.m. SECN+ Prairie View A&M #3 Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX 8–0 (5) Salmon (3–0) Adams (4–4) — N/A 18–1 — March (10–0) 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 10–2 (5) Wells (4–1) Creager (7–4) — 2,054 27–1 — March 21 6:30 p.m. ESPN+ at Baylor #2 Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX 11–0 (5) Kavan (12–0) Tanner (6–3) — 1,388 28–1 — March 25 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ 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 — — April (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record April 2 6:00 p.m. SECN+ at Alabama Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL — — April 3 7:30 p.m. SECN at Alabama Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL — — April 4 5:00 p.m. ESPN at Alabama Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL — — April 10 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — April 11 7:00 p.m. ESPN Oklahoma Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — April 12 1:00 p.m. ESPN Oklahoma Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — April 18 3:00 p.m. SECN at Georgia Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA — — April 19 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 at Georgia Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA — — April 20 6:00 p.m. SECN at Georgia Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA — — April 22 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma State Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — April 24 5:00 p.m. SECN at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY — — April 25 1:00 p.m. SECN+ at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY — — April 26 12:00 p.m. SECN+ at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY — — April 30 7:00 p.m. SECN Arkansas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — May (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record May 1 2:00 p.m. SECN+ Arkansas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX — — May 2 12:00 p.m. SECN+ Arkansas 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
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	1	2	3	3	3	3	2
Softball America	2	3	3	3	3	2	2
ESPN.com/USA Softball	1т	2	3	3	3	3	2
D1Softball	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

References

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2. "2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Week 6)". NFCA. March 16, 2026. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
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10. "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.