I was wondering if Coach Ford would treat this like a three game series and start Leavitt or Lessentine and see how they do. Coach has talked alot about the loss in regional last year to tu and using that as motivation.

Personally I play to win.

All-SEC Aggies: Texas A&M represented by five all-conference selections

https://texags.com/s/67220/all-sec-aggies-texas-am-represented-by-five-all-conference-selections

Note this quote from Kay:

"Trisha Ford was not named SEC Coach of the Year after leading the Aggies to a 43-9 regular-season record and a 16-7 finish in the SEC. "

"Oklahoma's Patty Gasso was awarded the honor."

"Ford not receiving even a co-Coach honor is a major snub by the league office."

I agree, it would have been fitting to have both of them win. They do it for players of the week all the time. But the SEC has never been best buddies with the Ags so we are used to it.

I don't mind it. Ford deserved the award, but this will only fuel her this offseason in recruiting. She's going to win a championship here if she keeps the drive she has and it's only growing.

I mean, you can make an argument for or against Ford, but if it isn't Ford I don't see how you don't give it to the South Carolina coach.

Snub or not, this a great nugget from Kay here. I'm also thinking Coach wants trophies rather than media titles.

Since the creation of the ESPN/USA Softball Poll in 2005, Trisha Ford became the second fastest head coach to bring a new program to No. 1, doing so in just 159 games in Aggieland.

But not SEC co-Coach of the Year...

— Kay Naegeli (@KayNaegeli) May 9, 2025

I can honestly see where this might be one of those weird deals where a Coach / Player receives a national award despite not getting the same at the conference level... Like an All American that isn't All Conference. Weird but it does happen from time to time.

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Snub or not, this a great nugget from Kay here. I'm also thinking Coach wants trophies rather than media titles.

Since the creation of the ESPN/USA Softball Poll in 2005, Trisha Ford became the second fastest head coach to bring a new program to No. 1, doing so in just 159 games in Aggieland.

But not SEC co-Coach of the Year...

— Kay Naegeli (@KayNaegeli) May 9, 2025

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Kay did a great job on that nugget.

In regards to SEC Coach of the year I'm convinced whoever voted on it looked at the standings and picked based off of that. Gasso has done a lot with how much talent she lost last year but what Ford has done in her 3rd year with the program is insane

I did think about the SC and sooner coaches when I posted Kay's article and commented on it. Of course I AM looking at this through maroon-tinted shades but ...

SC coach did a great job. We have been told a few times they were picked to finish last in the SEC but they finished tied for 7th, very impressive. She brought a ton of her top players from her previous school and used them as a nucleus for this year's team and it worked out well. If next year's team makes it to the top 3 or 4 in the SEC and in the top 10 in the rankings would definitely be in the running for coach of the year by herself.

I have been impressed with the sooner staff for years. Each year they get 2-3 or more of the top 10 players in the country and several more in the top 20 because they have had an elite program for years that really attracts the best players in the country, they pay great NIL salaries, etc. She did have to replace a lot of starters but with a bench full of super-talented top 10 backups, basically a bench full of all stars, who had many innings of playing time under their belts it was quite a bit easier. She did a good job. Note that they have 6 of the top 11 in the PG softball class of 2025 so their great years will continue!

sooners lost 3 SEC series, Ags lost 2. Ford took a team not in the top 25 to the #1 team in three years. Finished a very close 2nd in the toughest conference. To do this she had to take the players who were here, I do not think any of them were top 20 recruits, bring in players she could get to believe in her and get them onboard with her style of play. And not spending big bucks doing it !!! She basically turned a bunch of really good but not top 10 players and turned them into a very good team. Note that wIth her success the Ags will start getting a few of those really highly rated players each year, too.

Sooo, I think Ford should have come out on top OR her and Gasso should have shared the award but with the SC coach in a very, very close 2nd place.

[Also posted this in the A&M-tu game thread]

By Grace Wesoly, SEC Network

ATHENS, Ga. -- The 2-seed Aggies started fast and never slowed down en route to a 14-2 run-rule of the 3-seed Longhorns on Friday evening at Jack Turner Stadium. Texas A&M made numerous additions to the SEC Tournament record books with the semifinal rout and clinched its first champ game appearance since joining the conference in 2013.

Texas A&M's 14 runs were the most scored by a team in an SEC Tournament game all-time, breaking its own program record. The double-digit game also totals 26 runs for the Aggies in this SEC tourament, the second-most by a team in a single SEC tourney. [I think the record is 27 by Florida so we need to score at least 2 runs tomorrow!]

The Aggies' six-run first frame marked the most runs scored in a first inning by any team in an SEC Tournament game all-time. It was also their second-most runs in the first inning this season and the tied for the most Texas has allowed in any inning this season.

Additionally, Texas A&M's second-stright run-rule win marked just the second time in SEC tourney history that a team had multiple run-rule wins in the same tournament. The last to accomplish such a feat was LSU in 1999 en route to its first SEC Tournament title.

We are a women's sports school, so this needs to be bumped to the top of the board.

Way to go ladies. Outperforming expectations is not something we are used to.

A very strong case can be made for Trisha being not only the best coach on campus (and yes some very stiff competition amongst the ladies coaches) but maybe the best damn hire we've made since Jackie Sherrill. And no I don't think that's hyperbole. Tell me who's been better.

At the moment you are correct! Historically it's Pat Henry and all he's done for women's track! His women's team is ranked 2nd in the country right now. Jamie Morrison made a sweet sixteen in volleyball in his 2nd year like Trisha Ford, and year 3 is expected to be so much better! I love how quickly and the trajectory they have their programs on! Both at every similar in their successful roster management and passion for the game! (Shout out to the new volleyball board on TexAgs, go check it out wink wink)! Golf has had recent success as well!

Now if only we were to fire our losing women's basketball and soccer coach and we'd honestly have one of the best women's sports programs in the nation!

Have to add historically the equestrian team. Early part of this century they won a ton of national championships. Recently, the women's tennis team won the national championship last year and just advanced to the Elite 8 in the tournament yesterday. They were hosting a super regional. It was a very tense match. A nail-biter. A quote from the press release after the match, "The Maroon & White became the lone team to advance to the last four Elite Eights in the NCAA Tournament." And this about their #1 player, "With her win today, Stoiana finished 47-0 in dual action at Mitchell Tennis Center, concluding her legendary career at home." Undefeated at home. Right there in College Station.

And I am sure there are more!

Interesting related thread that I could not resist opening this morning to read comments:

"Can we just hire Trisha Ford as our baseball coach and be done with it?"

https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/3542067

I did not make any comments on the thread but, of course, there were those who respect Coach Ford and the team along with other comments on the sport. And, of course, the apples and oranges argument. Note that I've known a lot of guys in the past who said it is not a sport, the players are not athletes, etc. yet when being asked not one of them had ever seen much less attended a softball game. I played football, baseball (C and 3B) and ran track in my youth but have grown to love softball over the years. Awesome sport. A truly awesome sport.

Without going a really long way back my favorite football coach was RC Slocum. Had a lot of great teams. Just was never able to go all the way and grab the big trophy at the end. Was not flashy but just a down to earth guy.

So, they would be solo champs twice because of rainouts. There are lots of indians in Oklahoma, who knew they were doing rain dances to help out the Sooners!