* Postseason Notes courtesy of Jeff Munn, special contributor to TheSunDevils.com *
ARIZONA STATE SOFTBALL POSTSEASON FACTS
- NCAA National Championships: 2 (2008, 2011)
- All-Time National Championships (including pre-NCAA era): 4 (1972, 1973, 2008, 2011)
- Women’s College World Series Appearances (NCAA era): 11; pre-NCAA era: 18
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 28
- All-Time Postseason Appearances (including pre-NCAA era): 38
- All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 89-55
- Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 (2005-2016)
- Number of Road Regional Bids: 11
- Number of Road Regional Tournament Wins: 5 (last in 2010 at Amherst Regional)
- Number of Super Regional Appearances (Super Regional play began in 2005): 8
- All-Time Super Regional Record: 14-3
- Number of WCWS All-Tournament Selections: 6 (last – Amber Freeman, 2012)
ARIZONA STATE HEAD COACH TRISHA FORD NCAA TOURNAMENT FACTS
- NCAA Tournament Appearances as an assistant coach: 9 (Stanford, 2004-2012, including six Super Regionals and one WCWS)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances as a head coach: 2 (Fresno State, 2015-2016)
- With ASU's selection to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Trisha Ford joins an impressive list of current Pac-12 Head Coaches who made the NCAA Tournament in their first year with their current team:
Diane Ninemire (California)
Mike White (Oregon)
Laura Berg (Oregon State)
Kelly Inouye-Perez (UCLA)
Heather Tarr (Washington)
- With ASU's selection to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, it continues an impressive string of first-year success for ASU softball Head Coaches. Since the inception of the NCAA Tournament, Arizona State’s five softball Head Coaches have participated in the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligibility:
Mary Littlewood (1982)
Linda Wells (1990)
Clint Myers (2006)
Craig Nicholson (2014)
ARIZONA STATE SOFTBALL POSTSEASON FACTS
- NCAA National Championships: 2 (2008, 2011)
- All-Time National Championships (including pre-NCAA era): 4 (1972, 1973, 2008, 2011)
- Women’s College World Series Appearances (NCAA era): 11; pre-NCAA era: 18
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 28
- All-Time Postseason Appearances (including pre-NCAA era): 38
- All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 89-55
- Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 (2005-2016)
- Number of Road Regional Bids: 11
- Number of Road Regional Tournament Wins: 5 (last in 2010 at Amherst Regional)
- Number of Super Regional Appearances (Super Regional play began in 2005): 8
- All-Time Super Regional Record: 14-3
- Number of WCWS All-Tournament Selections: 6 (last – Amber Freeman, 2012)
ARIZONA STATE HEAD COACH TRISHA FORD NCAA TOURNAMENT FACTS
- NCAA Tournament Appearances as an assistant coach: 9 (Stanford, 2004-2012, including six Super Regionals and one WCWS)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances as a head coach: 2 (Fresno State, 2015-2016)
- With ASU's selection to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Trisha Ford joins an impressive list of current Pac-12 Head Coaches who made the NCAA Tournament in their first year with their current team:
Diane Ninemire (California)
Mike White (Oregon)
Laura Berg (Oregon State)
Kelly Inouye-Perez (UCLA)
Heather Tarr (Washington)
- With ASU's selection to the 2017 NCAA Tournament, it continues an impressive string of first-year success for ASU softball Head Coaches. Since the inception of the NCAA Tournament, Arizona State’s five softball Head Coaches have participated in the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligibility:
Mary Littlewood (1982)
Linda Wells (1990)
Clint Myers (2006)
Craig Nicholson (2014)