Basketball has its madness in March. But college softball can lay claim to some mayhem of its own that begins in mid-May and runs into June.

The big rematch had a replay ending.

The stage is set.

Well, well, well. Thursday proved for certain that nothing is for certain in BIG EAST Championship softball.

The 2022 BIG EAST Softball all-conference teams and major awards were released on Wednesday ahead of the BIG EAST Softball Championships Presented by Jeep, which begins Thursday. Creighton’s Kailey Wilson became the first Bluejay to be named BIG EAST Player of the Year, while Alyssa Graves unanimously became the first Butler hurler to win BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year. DePaul’s Maranda Gutierrez took home BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. After winning the conference regular season title, the UConn coaches were honored as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.

The BIG EAST softball season is reaching its thrilling conclusion, though only one of four teams can represent the league at the highest stage in college softball—the NCAA Tournament.

BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week

A team wants to play its best ball of the season in May. That’s especially true for Connecticut, which takes its BIG EAST Conference lead into the final regular-season weekend for the biggest series of the Huskies’ breakout campaign.

BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week

BIG EAST Softball Player and Freshman of the Week

With the impact she made immediately for DePaul, catcher Anna Wohlers has looked like there were no adjustments needed going from high school to BIG EAST softball.

It took awhile for Butler and Karli Ricketts to get to the point they are now.

If you’ve followed the BIG EAST softball standings over the past few weeks, you may have noticed an unexpected name at the top.

Reese Guevarra, UConn, Gr., OF (New City, N.Y.)

Alyssa Chavez’s college softball career was supposed to begin and end in the Midwest. Multiple times.