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Mike White will talk to the media at 6:45 p.m. CT.

After winning the SEC Tournament on Saturday evening, Texas softball (42-10, 16-8 SEC) has earned a No. 1 seed (No. 2 overall) in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns will host the Austin Regional from May 15-17, which will feature Wagner, Baylor, and Wisconsin coming to Red & Charline McCombs Field. Texas is the defending national champion and looks to be hitting its stride heading into postseason play after an impressive run in Lexington, Ky. "Obviously, I'd like to thank Kentucky for putting on a first-class tournament," UT head coach Mike White said on Saturday night. "The weather turned out great. The temperatures felt awesome after being in Austin where it could be a lot hotter. Of course,e congratulations to Alabama. The season they are having right now. They were picked ninth in the SEC and they've really showed everybody what kind of team they are. They are a great force, and they are going to have probably a great postseason as well. To my team, the resilience and the fight that they showed coming back against some teams that we've played before, never easy. And played some really good softball throughout the week. We had some hiccups here and there, but we bounced back and made the plays when he had to and of course had great pitching from Teagan Kavan." The Longhorns leaned on their ace pitcher last postseason, and will do so once again in the coming weeks. "I won't lie. For little girls that might be watching this out there. I think last night I kind of told myself, 'I'm kind of tired, I've kind of thrown a lot', and then I thought that's the fear of failure that's talking in my head," Kavan said after Saturday night's win. "I have to not listen to that. If I fear failure and I can't reach success, so just telling that voice to be quiet. I trust myself, no matter what it was going to be I was just going to compete. I just wanted to compete today for my team no matter if it was pretty or it was ugly." This story will be updated.

Happy Birthday Gerry!

Definitely not shutting things down. He's having fun with the process. Everything he does, he tells Texas he's doing. So that's a positive. It's still a long way to signing day but he and his mom absolutely love Texas, love Chris Jackson, and everything he's done so far is everything he said he's going to do. Gerry reported this week he thinks Florida is actually more of a threat right now than LSU, but you know the Tigers are going to go full-court press through December.

I think it's a must-win personally.

He was a stud.

For sure!

Seems good

🙃 As I said, looking over some obvious ones.

Ramonce Taylor as well.

I'm probably overlooking some obvious ones. Should be a fun discussion!

With Easton Royal breaking track records on Saturday night, it got me thinking about the fastest players to ever come through Texas. These were some of the first guys that came to mind. Please post anybody else you're thinking about below! Xavier Worthy Adonai Mitchell Matthew Golden Marquis Goodwin Jamaal Charles John Burt Brennen Thompson Daje Johnson Quan Cosby Lam Jones

Royal is faster but I think about Jaylen Waddle in terms of comp.

I don't think Texas would pay either Royal or Sales Cam Coleman money out of the gate. Coleman was/is proven at the SEC level. They'll both command good money but it would be recruiting malpractice to shell out that much for HS recruits. That's not to say they can't get to that level in college though.

Let's go!

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/22685791/68d89752555cc2ed00eb9908 Thrower is a stud

As expected, Argyle WR Julian Caldwell has committed to Texas Tech. He called the Longhorns staff earlier this week to thank them for recruiting him. We don't expect him to OV Austin at this point. North Forney WR Briceson Thrower remains the top in-state WR target.

May have to make the drive up.

A real beaut

Bigger D-end, comp him to Lance Jackson. Super athletic. Runs a 4.7. He's lost about 35 pounds since the end of his junior season.

2027 DL from Sierra Canyon Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame and Georgia in his top group. Said Texas was in his top three after his April 18th visit.