Thomas (2011, 2012, 2013), have earned multiple All-American honors. Thomas won conference pitcher of the year honors three times (twice in the Big 12, once in the SEC) and was a Top 3 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year honors in 2011. Earleywine was fired from Missouri on January 26, 2018, less than two weeks before the 2018 regular season was set to begin. Gina Fogue replaced Earleywine as head coach on an interim basis; she led the Tigers to a 30-29 record during the 2018 season, but was not retained following the year. The Anderson tenure (2018–present) Larissa Anderson was hired as the Tigers' head softball coach on May 26, 2018. Anderson signed a five-year contract with Missouri after spending four years as the head coach at Hofstra. Head coaches Year-by-year results Missouri in the NCAA Tournament Individual awards Missouri has had numerous players earn national or conference honors. All Americans 1980 Lisa Burke 1983 Karen Sweet Teresa Wilson 1986 Kris Schmidt 1990 Karen Snelgrove 1995 Karen Persinger 1997 Mary Babb Barb Wright 1998 Wendy Harrison 1999 Kim Slover 2000 Stacy Gerneinhardt 2001 Erin Erickson Melanie Fisher Karen Williams 2003 Rachel McGinnis 2008 Rhea Taylor 2009 Marla Schweisberger Rhea Taylor Lindsey Ubrun 2011 Ashley Fleming Rhea Taylor Chelsea Thomas 2012 Ashley Fleming Chelsea Thomas 2013 Chelsea Thomas 2014 Taylor Gadbois 2016 Emily Crane 2016 Sami Fagan All Women's College World Series 2010 Rhea Taylor 2011 Chelsea Thomas National awards NFCA Golden Shoe Award''' Taylor Gadbois – 2014 Conference awards Big 12 Player of the Year Barb Wright – 1997 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Chelsea Thomas – 2011, 2012 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Rhea Taylor – 2008 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Megan Christopher – 2011 Corrin Genovese – 2012 Big 12 Coach of the Year Jay Miller – 1997 Ty Singleton – 2003 Ehren Earleywine – 2007, 2011 SEC Pitcher of the Year Chelsea Thomas – 2013 SEC Freshman of the Year Tori Finucane – 2014 See also List of NCAA Division I softball programs References External links