Florida State Seminoles softball

Florida State Seminoles softball
Florida State Seminoles softball
University	Florida State University
Head coach	Lonni Alameda (16th season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Tallahassee, FL
Home stadium	JoAnne Graf Field (Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname	Florida State Seminoles
Colors	Garnet and gold;
NCAA Tournament champions
	2018
AIAW Slow-pitch Tournament champions
	1981, 1982
NCAA WCWS runner-up
	2021, 2023
NCAA WCWS appearances
	1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
AIAW Slow-pitch WCWS appearances
	1981, 1982
NCAA Super Regional appearances
	2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
	1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Regular Season Conference championships
	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Conference Division champions
	2018, 2019

The Florida State Seminoles women's softball team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the sport of softball. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

In the forty-seven year history of the Seminoles softball program, the team has won nineteen ACC championships (winning both the regular season and tournament titles on fourteen of those occasions), two AIAW slow-pitch national championships, and one NCAA championship. Florida State has made thirty-six appearances in the NCAA Tournament, appearing twenty-four consecutive times, and advancing to the Women's College World Series on twelve occasions, reaching 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-nine Seminole players have been honored as All-Americans^[2] while seven have been drafted into the National Pro Fastpitch League and three have been drafted into the Women Professional Fastpitch League. Florida State coaches JoAnne Graf and Lonni Alameda have been inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame.^[3]

The Seminoles play their home games at JoAnne Graf Field on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Lonni Alameda.

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 40 forty-win seasons; under head coach Lonni Alameda, the Seminoles have achieved 14 forty-win seasons, including eight straight from 2012 to 2019, and won six consecutive ACC titles from 2014 to 2019.^[4]

2018 season

The 2018 season saw the Seminoles win the ACC regular season title for the sixth consecutive year^[5] and the ACC tournament title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating Pittsburgh in the ACC championship game with a walk-off homerun.^[6] securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament as the sixth overall seed.

The Seminoles defeated Auburn^[7] and Jacksonville State twice^[8]^[9] to win the Tallahassee Regional and advance to the Tallahassee Super Regional, where they defeated LSU in a double header^[10] after dropping the first game of the series,^[11] clinching a spot in the Women's College World Series.

In the World Series, the Seminoles dropped their opener to UCLA^[12] after blowing a late lead; they went on to win their next four games: defeating Georgia,^[13] top-seed Oregon,^[14] and UCLA^[15]^[16] 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,^[17]^[18] 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.^[19]

Head coaches

Records are through the 2024 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1979–2008	JoAnne Graf	30	1,483–487–6	.752
2009–present	Lonni Alameda	16	762–214–2	.780

Current Coaching Staff

Name	Position coachedf	Consecutive season at Florida State in current position
Lonni Alameda	Head coach	16th
Travis Wilson	Assistant coach	13th
Troy Cameron	Assistant coach	5th
Kaleigh Rafter	Assistant coach	3rd
Kristin Tubeck	Director of Softball Operations	4th
Reference:^[20]

Records and results

Year-by-year results

National Champions	Conference Champions

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

Season	Coach	Conference	W	L	T	CW	CL	CT	Post Season
1978		Independent	46	9	0
1979	JoAnne Graf	Independent	26	15	0
1980	JoAnne Graf	Independent	37	10	0
1981	JoAnne Graf	Independent	54	7	0				AIAW Slow-pitch National Champions
1982	JoAnne Graf	Independent	56	10	0				AIAW Slow-pitch National Champions
1983	JoAnne Graf	Independent	46	11	0				ASA National Runner-up
1984	JoAnne Graf	Independent	41	5	2
1985	JoAnne Graf	Independent	50	12	2
1986	JoAnne Graf	Independent	42	7	0				NCAA Regional
1987	JoAnne Graf	Independent	50	14	0				Women's College World Series
1988	JoAnne Graf	Independent	44	14	0				NCAA Regional
1989	JoAnne Graf	Independent	39	14	0				NCAA Regional
1990	JoAnne Graf	Independent	47	16	0				Women's College World Series
1991	JoAnne Graf	Independent	62	12	0				Women's College World Series
1992	JoAnne Graf	ACC	63	9	0	4	2	0	Women's College World Series
1993	JoAnne Graf	ACC	52	9	0	4	0	0	Women's College World Series
1994	JoAnne Graf	ACC	50	19	0	9	2	0	NCAA Regional
1995	JoAnne Graf	ACC	58	15	0	6	0	0	NCAA Regional
1996	JoAnne Graf	ACC	51	21	0	5	3	0	NCAA Regional
1997	JoAnne Graf	ACC	45	19	1	7	1	0
1998	JoAnne Graf	ACC	51	21	0	5	3	0	NCAA Regional
1999	JoAnne Graf	ACC	40	25	1	6	2	0
2000	JoAnne Graf	ACC	51	27	0	6	2	0	NCAA Regional
2001	JoAnne Graf	ACC	58	12	0	7	1	0	NCAA Regional
2002	JoAnne Graf	ACC	55	20	0	6	0	0	Women's College World Series
2003	JoAnne Graf	ACC	46	11	0	8	0	0	NCAA Regional
2004	JoAnne Graf	ACC	62	12	0	9	1	0	Women's College World Series
2005	JoAnne Graf	ACC	35	28	0	11	6	0	NCAA Regional
2006	JoAnne Graf	ACC	44	30	0	10	10	0	NCAA Super Regional
2007	JoAnne Graf	ACC	44	25	0	13	7	0	NCAA Regional
2008	JoAnne Graf	ACC	38	28	0	12	9	0	NCAA Regional
2009	Lonni Alameda	ACC	44	16	0	17	4	0	NCAA Regional
2010	Lonni Alameda	ACC	44	18	0	12	9	0	NCAA Regional
2011	Lonni Alameda	ACC	32	28	0	9	11	0	NCAA Regional
2012	Lonni Alameda	ACC	47	16	0	16	5	0	NCAA Regional
2013	Lonni Alameda	ACC	44	19	0	18	2	0	NCAA Super Regional
2014	Lonni Alameda	ACC	55	9	0	24	3	0	Women's College World Series
2015	Lonni Alameda	ACC	49	14	0	20	3	0	NCAA Super Regional
2016	Lonni Alameda	ACC	55	10	0	21	2	0	Women's College World Series
2017	Lonni Alameda	ACC	55	8	1	24	0	0	NCAA Super Regional
2018	Lonni Alameda	ACC	58	12	0	21	3	0	NCAA National Champions
2019	Lonni Alameda	ACC	55	10	0	19	5	0	NCAA Super Regional
2020	Lonni Alameda	ACC	17	7	0	1	0	0	season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Lonni Alameda	ACC	49	13	1	26	5	1	NCAA National Runner-up
2022	Lonni Alameda	ACC	54	7	0	19	5	0	NCAA Regional
2023	Lonni Alameda	ACC	58	11	0	22	2	0	NCAA National Runner-up
2024	Lonni Alameda	ACC	46	16	0	19	5	0	NCAA Super Regional
Total:	2,245	701	8	416	113	1
Win Percentage:	.761	.786

All-time record vs. ACC teams

Florida State softball maintains a winning percentage against all current ACC teams.

Opponent	Won	Lost	Tie	Percentage	Streak	First Meeting
Boston College	49	4	0	.925	Won 4	2001
California	0	1	0	.000	Lost 1	2015
Clemson	7	0	0	1.000	Won 7	2022
Duke	11	5	0	.688	Lost 2	2019
Georgia Tech	72	26	0	.735	Won 26	1990
Louisville	21	8	1	.717	Won 2	2002
North Carolina	78	27	0	.743	Won 4	1984
North Carolina State	47	13	0	.783	Won 8	2004
Notre Dame	30	7	0	.811	Won 13	1991
Pittsburgh	25	3	0	.893	Won 3	2002
Stanford	2	1	0	.667	Won 2	2013
Syracuse	29	4	0	.879	Lost 1	2001
Virginia	91	19	0	.827	Won 1	1986
Virginia Tech	36	20	0	.643	Won 4	2005
Totals	500	137	1	.784

Rivalries

Opponent	Won	Lost	Tie	Percentage	Streak	First Meeting
Florida	23	29	0	.442	Lost 1	1997
Totals	23	29	0	.442

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.

Year	W	L	Percent
1987	0	2	.000
1990	1	2	.333
1991	0	2	.000
1992	0	2	.000
1993	2	2	.500
2002	2	2	.500
2004	1	2	.333
2014	0	2	.000
2016	2	2	.500
2018	6	1	.857
2021	5	3	.625
2023	3	2	.600
Total:	22	24	.478

Championships

National championships

Season	Type	Coach
1981	AIAW slow-pitch	JoAnne Graf
1982	AIAW slow-pitch	JoAnne Graf
2018	NCAA fast-pitch	Lonni Alameda
Total National Championships	3

Conference regular season championships

Season	Record	Coach
1992	4–2	JoAnne Graf
1993	4–0	JoAnne Graf
1994	9–2	JoAnne Graf
1995	6–0	JoAnne Graf
1997	7–1	JoAnne Graf
1999	6–2	JoAnne Graf
2000	6–2	JoAnne Graf
2001	7–1	JoAnne Graf
2002	6–0	JoAnne Graf
2003	8–0	JoAnne Graf
2004	9–1	JoAnne Graf
2013	18–2	Lonni Alameda
2014	24–3	Lonni Alameda
2015	20–3	Lonni Alameda
2016	21–2	Lonni Alameda
2017	24–0	Lonni Alameda
2018	21–3	Lonni Alameda
2023	22–2	Lonni Alameda
Total Conference Titles	18

Division championships

Season	Division	Coach
2018	Atlantic	Lonni Alameda
2019	Atlantic	Lonni Alameda
Total Division Titles	2

Conference tournament championships

Florida State has made twenty-six appearances in the ACC Championship, with a 19–7 record.

Season	Coach
1992	JoAnne Graf
1993	JoAnne Graf
1995	JoAnne Graf
1996	JoAnne Graf
1997	JoAnne Graf
1998	JoAnne Graf
1999	JoAnne Graf
2000	JoAnne Graf
2003	JoAnne Graf
2004	JoAnne Graf
2011	Lonni Alameda
2014	Lonni Alameda
2015	Lonni Alameda
2016	Lonni Alameda
2017	Lonni Alameda
2018	Lonni Alameda
2019	Lonni Alameda
2022	Lonni Alameda
2023	Lonni Alameda
Total Conference Championships	19