The 2015 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the

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(NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2015. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the

2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament The 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 14 through June 3, 2015 as the final part of the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May ...

and 2015 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in

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ASA Hall of Fame Stadium OGE Energy Field at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium is a softball-specific ballpark located inside the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It seats 13,000 and is the site of the annual Women's Colleg ...

, ended in June 2015.

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

won their second title in a row, defeating

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in the championship series 2 games to one.

Conference standings

Women's College World Series

The 2015 Women's College World Series began on May 28 in

Season leaders

Batting Batting may refer to: * Batting (baseball), the act of attempting to hit a ball thrown by the pitcher with a baseball bat, in order to score runs * Batting (cricket), the act of defending one's wicket with the cricket bat while attempting to score ...

Batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ...

: ''.566 – Torrian Wright, Savannah State Lady Tigers'' *

RBIs A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ...

: ''86 – Chelsea Goodacre, Arizona Wildcats'' *

Home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

s: ''32 – Lexie Elkins,

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The college has been competing athletically since 1901. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams. Nickname The univ ...

'' Pitching * Wins: ''36-17 – Erica Romero,

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'' *

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: ''0.87 (26 ER/208.1 IP) – Shelby Turnier,

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'' * Strikeouts: ''439 – Miranda Kramer, Western Kentucky Lady Toppers''

Records

Freshman class consecutive wins streak: ''27 –

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; February 14-May 6, 2015'' Freshman class

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: ''4 – Paige Parker,

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'' Junior class

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

s: ''32 – Lexie Elkins,

'' Junior class slugging percentage: ''1.229% – Torrian Wright, Savannah State Lady Tigers''

Awards

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Lauren Haeger Lauren Elizabeth Anna Haeger (born September 3, 1992) is a professional softball pitcher and first baseman with the Dallas Charge of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). After being named a member of the 2011 MaxPreps Softball All-American Team and ear ...

, Florida Gators * Honda Sports Award Softball:

, Florida Gators *espnW National Player of The Year:

Sierra Romero Sierra Joy Romero (born March 19, 1994) is a Mexican American professional softball player. She formerly was a volunteer assistant softball coach for the Oregon Ducks softball team. She played college softball for Michigan from 2013 to 2016, wh ...

, Michigan Wolverines * NFCA National Freshman of the Year: Paige Parker,

* NFCA Catcher of the Year: Lexie Elkins,

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

NFCA Golden Shoe Award The NFCA Golden Shoe Award is an award given by New Balance to the best college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softba ...

: Morgan Zerkle,

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All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. First Team Second Team Third Team

References

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