2018 American Athletic Conference softball tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the USF Softball Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixth seeded won the Tournament for the third year in a row and claimed the American's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format and seeding
The conference's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament.| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| 14 | 7 | .667 | — | 1 | |
| 13 | 8 | .619 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 9 | .571 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | 9 | .571 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | 11 | 4 | .476 | 5 | |
| 10 | 11 | 4 | .476 | 6 | |
| 8 | 13 | 6 | .381 | 7 | |
| 5 | 16 | .238 | 9 | 8 |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.| Name | Pos. | School |
| Jill Stockley | P | UConn |
| Arielle James | 2B | Houston |
| Tierrah Williams | DP | Houston |
| Kyler Trosclair Klatt | SS | Memphis |
| Brooke Lee | 2B | Memphis |
| Macy Cook | C | South Florida |
| Lindsey Devitt | 2B | South Florida |
| Lauren Evans | 1B | South Florida |
| Julia Hollingsworth | OF | Tulsa |
| Haley Meinen | LF | Tulsa |
| Morgan Neal | 2B | Tulsa |
| Emily Watson | P | Tulsa |