Florida State Seminoles softball


The Florida State Seminoles women's softball team represents Florida State University in the sport of softball. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The team has compiled an all-time win percentage of. The Seminoles have won nineteen ACC championships, two AIAW slow-pitch national championships, and one NCAA championship. Florida State has made thirty-seven appearances in the NCAA Tournament, appearing twenty-five consecutive times, advancing to the Super Regional round on twelve occasions, and reaching Women's College World Series on twelve occasions, going on to the semifinals on five occasions and the championship series on three occasions. Jessica van der Linden and Lacey Waldrop have won the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award while thirty-eight Seminole players have been honored as All-Americans while seven have been drafted into the National Pro Fastpitch League, three have been drafted into the Women Professional Fastpitch League, and one has been drafted into the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Florida State coaches JoAnne Graf and Lonni Alameda have been inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame.
The Seminoles play their home games at JoAnne Graf Field on the university's Tallahassee campus, and are currently led by head coach Lonni Alameda.
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Program history

Florida State has been one of the most successful softball programs in the history of collegiate softball. As of the end of the 2024 season, only nine teams in the history of the NCAA have made more WCWS appearances than FSU, and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA Tournaments than the Seminoles. Florida State has made a regional appearance every year since 2000. Florida State has never endured a losing season and the Seminoles have achieved 41 forty-win seasons; under current head coach Lonni Alameda, the Seminoles have achieved 15 forty-win seasons, including eight straight from 2012 to 2019, which also included six consecutive ACC titles from 2014 to 2019.
;2018 season
The 2018 season saw the Seminoles win the ACC regular season title for the sixth consecutive year and the ACC tournament title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating Pittsburgh in the ACC championship game with a walk-off homerun. securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament as the sixth overall seed.
The Seminoles defeated Auburn and Jacksonville State twice to win the Tallahassee Regional and advance to the Tallahassee Super Regional, where they defeated LSU in a double header after dropping the first game of the series, clinching a spot in the Women's College World Series.
In the World Series, the Seminoles dropped their opener to UCLA after blowing a late lead; they went on to win their next four games: defeating Georgia, top-seed Oregon, and UCLA twice in the semifinals to advance to the national championship for the first time to face Washington. Florida State went on to sweep the Huskies to win the national title, becoming the first team to lose their first game in the World Series and go on to win the title during the championship series era. The Seminoles also tied the record for most elimination game wins, going 6-0 over the course of the postseason.

Venue

The softball team plays at the Seminole Softball Complex; the field is named for JoAnne Graf, the winningest coach in school history and the second-winningest coach in college softball history.

Head coaches

  • Records are through the 2024 season
TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1979–2008JoAnne Graf301,483–487–6
2009–presentLonni Alameda17811–226–2

Records and results

Year-by-year results

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, C = Conference

All-time record vs. ACC teams

Florida State maintains a winning percentage against all current ACC softball teams.
OpponentWonLostTiePercentageStreakFirst Meeting
Boston College4940Won 42001
California310Won 32015
Clemson710Lost 12022
Duke1550Won 42019
Georgia Tech73260Won 271990
Louisville2391Lost 12002
North Carolina78270Won 41984
North Carolina State50130Won 112004
Notre Dame3070Won 131991
Pittsburgh2830Won 62002
Stanford210Won 22013
Syracuse2940Lost 12001
Virginia93200Won 21986
Virginia Tech38210Lost 12005
Totals5201411

College World Series

Florida State has made 12 trips to the Women's College World Series, winning the title in 2018 and finishing as runner-up in 2021 and 2023; the Seminoles have advanced to the semifinals on five occasions, in 2002, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023.
YearWLPercent
198702
199012
199102
199202
199322
200222
200412
201402
201622
201861
202153
202332
Total:2224

NCAA Tournament seeding history

Florida State has been a national seed in the tournament twelve times since national seeding began in 2005.
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Championships

Conference tournament championships

Florida State has made twenty-seven appearances in the ACC Championship, with a 19–8 record.

Individual honors and awards

National awards

;USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
;NFCA National Freshman of the Year
;Softball America Freshman of the Year
;Broderick Award
;Gold Glove Award
;Honda Sports Award

Conference awards

;ACC Player of the Year
  • Toni Gutierrez
  • Cindy Lawton
  • Shamalene Wilson
  • Jessica van der Linden
  • Maddie O'Brien
  • Alex Powers
  • Jessica Warren
;ACC Pitcher of the Year
;ACC Freshman of the Year
  • Shamalene Wilson
  • Kristy Hull
  • Jessica van der Linden
  • Veronica Wootson
  • Tiffany McDonald
  • Monica Montez
  • Jessica Warren
  • Sydney Sherrill
  • Jaysoni Beachum
;ACC Defensive Player of the Year
  • Jessica Warren
  • Sydney Sherrill
;ACC Coach of the Year
  • JoAnne Graf
  • Lonni Alameda

All-Americans