Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament

Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
SportSoftball
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumGulfport Sportsplex
Current locationGulfport, Mississippi
Played1997–present
Last contest2021
Current championAlabama State
Most championshipsMississippi Valley State (8)

The Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.[1]

Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the double-elimination tournament, with the top seed from one division facing the fourth seed from the opposite in the first round and so on.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year School Venue MVP
1997 Alcorn State/Grambling State
1998 Prairie View A&M
1999 Southern
2000 Texas Southern
2001 Grambling State
2002 Alabama A&M
2003 Southern
2004 Mississippi Valley State
2005 Mississippi Valley State
2006 Mississippi Valley State
2007 Mississippi Valley State
2008 Mississippi Valley State
2009 Mississippi Valley State Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2010 Alcorn State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2011 Jackson State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2012 Mississippi Valley State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2013 Mississippi Valley State Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2014 Texas Southern Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2015 Texas Southern Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2016 Alabama State Shea Brothers Softball Complex • Irondale, Alabama
2017 Texas Southern Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2018 Prairie View A&M Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2019 Alabama State Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Alabama State Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi Skyler Sullivan, Alabama State
2022 Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi

By school

School Championships Years
Mississippi Valley State 8 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Texas Southern 4 2000, 2014, 2015, 2017
Alabama State 3 2016, 2019, 2021
Alcorn State 2 1997, 2010
Grambling State 2 1997, 2001
Prairie View A&M 2 1998, 2018
Southern 2 1999, 2003
Alabama A&M 1 2002
Jackson State 1 2011

References

  1. ^ "Past Softball Champions". Southwestern Athletic Conference. July 28, 2021.