Arizona State Sun Devils softball
| Arizona State Sun Devils | |
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| Founded | 1967 |
| University | Arizona State University |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Location | Tempe, AZ |
| Head coach | Craig Nicholson |
| Home stadium | Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium (Capacity: 1,535) |
| Nickname | Sun Devils |
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
| NCAA championships | |
| 2008, 2011 | |
| AIAW championships | |
| 1972, 1973 | |
| NCAA WCWS appearances | |
| 1982, 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 | |
| AIAW WCWS appearances | |
| 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 2008, 2011 | |
The Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represents Arizona State University in NCAA Division I College softball. The team competes in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays its home games at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Clint Myers, former head coach of the Sun Devils, guided the team to the Women's College World Series in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The 2008 Sun Devils team won the National Championship for the third time in school history and first in 25 years.
The Sun Devil softball team began in 1967. By the 1970s, the team had been established under head coach Mary Littlewood as a power. Some of the best players in the country became Sun Devils in the early 1970s. Among them were: Paula Miller; Marilyn Rau; Ginger Kurtz and Judy Hoke. All of these women at one time during their playing careers were selected as Amateur Softball Association All-Americans. The 1972 and 1973 teams won the Women's College World Series, which at the time was not organized by the NCAA but by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) and the Division for Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS). The softball team continued to grow throughout the 1970s. They joined the Intermountain Conference in 1975. From 1976 to 1979, the Sun Devils made the AIAW Women's College World Series every year including a fourth-place finish in 1976 and 1977 and two ninth-place finishes in 1978 and 1979. The Sun Devils also finished first in the Intermountain Conference in 1977 and 1978 for the school's first conference championships.
Mary Littlwood continued to guide the Arizona State softball team throughout the 1980s. Arizona State joined the Western Collegiate Athletic Association in 1980 and won the conference in 1980. In 1982, the NCAA officially began to sponsor softball. The 1982 Sun Devil softball team went to the NCAA Women's College World Series in its first year organized by the NCAA. They finished fourth that year. From 1984 to 1987, ASU made four straight trip to NCAA Regionals and returned to the Women's College World Series in 1987 where they finished 7th. In 1986, the Pac-10 Conference began softball play with Arizona State one of its members. They finished second in the conference in their first two seasons with the new conference. Mary Littlewood retired in 1989 after a successful run of coaching. She finished with 493 wins and won three conference championships, 9 Women's College World Series appearances and 13 trips to the postseason.
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