Minnesota Golden Gophers softball
The Minnesota Golden Gophers softball team represents the University of Minnesota in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. College softball became a varsity sport at the University of Minnesota in 1974.
Notable players
National awards
;NFCA Catcher of the Year- Kendyl Lindaman
Conference awards
;Big Ten Player of the Year;Big Ten Pitcher of the Year
- Sara Groenewegen, 2014, 2017
- Amber Fiser, 2019
- Autumn Pease, 2023
- Brenda Bixby, 1988
- Sara Moulton, 2011
- Sara Groenewegen, 2014
- Maddie Houlihan, 2016
- Kendyl Lindaman, 2017
- Linda Wells, 1988
- Teresa Wilson, 1991
- Jessica Allister, 2017