2022 Softballl Conference/CAC Group Tournaments

American Midwest Conference

May 3-7 | Hosted by Columbia, Mo. | Antimi Softball Complex
Conference Website

Regular Season/Tournament Champion: Columbia (Mo.)

Tournament Runner-Up: William Woods (Mo.)

Two teams (regular season & tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Appalachian Athletic Conference

April 25-29 | Brickyard Ball Fields - Kingsport, Tenn.
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Bryan (Tenn.)

Tournament Champion: Tennessee Wesleyan

Two teams (regular season champion and tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


California Pacific Conference

May 4-6 | Hosted by La Sierra (Calif.) | Riverside, Calif.
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Embry Riddle (Ariz.)

One team (tournament champion) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Cascade Collegiate Conference

May 6-8 | Hosted by TBD
Conference Website

Regular Season/Tournament Champion: Oregon Tech

Tournament Runner-Up: College of Idaho 

Two teams (regular season and tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

May 5-9 | Crown Point Sportsplex, Crown Point, Ind.
Conference Website

Regular Season/Tournament Champion: Saint Xavier (Ill.)

Tournament Runner-Up: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

Two teams (regular-season champion; tournament champion or tournament runner-up if same ) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)

May 5-7 | Hosted by Georgia Gwinnett
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Georgia Gwinnett

Tournament Runner-up: Cottey (Mo.)

Two teams (tournament champion and tournament runner-up) earn an automatic bids to the National Championship Opening Round


Crossroads League

May 4-9 | Hosted by Marian (Ind.)
Conference Website

Regular Season/Tournament Champion: Indiana Wesleyan

Tournament Runner-Up: Taylor (Ind.)

Two teams (regular-season champion; tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Golden State Athletic Conference

May 3-5 | OC Great Park, Irvine, Calif.
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: William Jessup (Calif.)

One team (tournament champion) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Great Plains Athletic Conference

May 4-7 | Higher Seed Hosts
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Midland (Neb.)

Tournament Champion: Mount Marty (S.D.)

Two teams (regular-season champion; tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Heart of America Athletic Conference

May 5-8 | Hosted by Mount Mercy | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Conference Website

Regular Season/Tournament Champion: Central Methodist (Mo.)

Regular Season Runner-Up: Grand View (Iowa)

Two teams (regular season and tournament, or regular season runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

May 4-8 | Great Bend, Kan. | Great Bend Sports Complex
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Ottawa (Kan.)

Tournament Champion: Friends (Kan.)

Two teams (regular-season and tournament champion or tournament No. 2-seed if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Mid-South Conference

April 29 - May 8 | Bowling Green, Ky. | South Warren High School
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)

Tournament Runner-Up: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Two teams (tournament champion and tournament runner-up) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


North Star Athletic Association

May 5-7 | Watertown, S.D. | Premiere Softball Complex
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Valley City State (N.D.)

One team (tournament champion) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Red River Athletic Conference

May 5-9 | Hosted by Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | San Antonio, Texas
Conference Website

Top Overall Record: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)

Tournament Champion: Texas A&M Texarkana

Two teams (tournament champion and top overall record or tournament runner-up if the same) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


River States Conference

May 5-7 | Hosted by IU Kokomo (Ind.) | Kokomo Champions Field, Kokomo, Ind. 
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Rio Grande (Ohio)

Tournament Champion: St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.)

Two teams (regular-season and tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Sooner Athletic Conference

May 5-8 | Hosted by Oklahoma City University & Science & Arts (Okla.)
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Oklahoma City

One team (tournament champion) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Southern States Athletic Conference

April 28-30 | Decatur, Ala. | Wilson Morgan Softball Complex
Conference Website

Tournament Champion: Mobile (Ala.)

One team (tournament champion) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


The Sun Conference

May 5-7 | Clearwater, Fla. | Eddie C. Moore Complex
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Southeastern (Fla.)

Tournament Champion: Webber International (Fla.)

Two teams (regular season and tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earns an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference

May 4-6 (May 9 rain date) | Sylvania, Ohio | Pacesetter Park
Conference Website

Regular Season Champion: Madonna (Mich.)

Tournament Champion: Michigan-Dearborn

Two teams (regular-season and tournament champion or tournament runner-up if the same) earn an automatic bid to the National Championship Opening Round


2021 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here
2020 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments - Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here
2018 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here
2017 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here 
2016 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here 
2015 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here 
2014 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here 
2013 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here 
2012 Softball Conference/A.I.I./Unaffiliated Group Tournaments, click here

Championship Information

NAIA Softball Championship

43rd ANNUAL
NAIA SOFTBALL 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP


WORLD SERIES
May 23-29, 2024
South Commons Complex
Columbus, Ga.

May 13 - 16, 2024
 Opening Round
Campus Sites