Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament

The Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Southwestern Athletic Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
Sport	Softball
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Gulfport Sportsplex
Current location	Gulfport, Mississippi
Played	1997–present
Last contest	2021
Current champion	Alabama State
Most championships	Mississippi Valley State (8)

Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the double-elimination tournament, with the top seed from one division facing the fourth seed from the opposite in the first round and so on.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year	School	Venue	MVP
1997	Alcorn State/Grambling State
1998	Prairie View A&M
1999	Southern
2000	Texas Southern
2001	Grambling State
2002	Alabama A&M
2003	Southern
2004	Mississippi Valley State
2005	Mississippi Valley State
2006	Mississippi Valley State
2007	Mississippi Valley State
2008	Mississippi Valley State
2009	Mississippi Valley State	Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2010	Alcorn State	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2011	Jackson State	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2012	Mississippi Valley State	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2013	Mississippi Valley State	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2014	Texas Southern	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2015	Texas Southern	Wilson Morgan Park • Decatur, Alabama
2016	Alabama State	Shea Brothers Softball Complex • Irondale, Alabama
2017	Texas Southern	Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2018	Prairie View A&M	Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2019	Alabama State	Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, Alabama
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Alabama State	Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi	Skyler Sullivan, Alabama State
2022		Gulfport Sportsplex • Gulfport, Mississippi

By school

School	Championships	Years
Mississippi Valley State	8	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Texas Southern	4	2000, 2014, 2015, 2017
Alabama State	3	2016, 2019, 2021
Alcorn State	2	1997, 2010
Grambling State	2	1997, 2001
Prairie View A&M	2	1998, 2018
Southern	2	1999, 2003
Alabama A&M	1	2002
Jackson State	1	2011