Longhorns Daily News: Texas softball hires Amber Freeman as assistant coach
Texas Athletics announced today that Longhorns softball has hired Amber Freeman as an assistant coach. Freeman comes from Arizona, where she held the same position and worked with hitters and catchers since 2025. Per Arizona Athletics: “… in 2025, Freeman guided the best offense
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA - JUNE 4: Devon Park is seen during the national anthem during the Division I Softball Championship series between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas Tech Red Raiders held at Devon Park on June 4, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Chris Swann/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) | NCAA Photos via Getty Images Texas Athletics announced today that Longhorns softball has hired Amber Freeman as an assistant coach. Freeman comes from Arizona, where she held the same position and worked with hitters and catchers since 2025.
Per Arizona Athletics:“… in 2025, Freeman guided the best offense in the Big 12 with a .348 batting average and 557 hits.
Additionally, the Wildcats led the conference in home runs (82), on-base percentage (.437), RBI (388), scoring (7.10), slugging percentage (.
571), total runs (433), and triples (19). Freeman helped three sluggers – Sydney Stewart (20), Devyn Netz (19), and Miranda Stoddard (15) – hit double-digit home runs and guided three Wildcats to record batting averages of above .400 for the first time since 2004.
Freeman improved Arizona’s slugging percentage to .571 (up from .527 in 2024) which ranks ninth in program history.
She also helped the Wildcats hit 19 triples, the most for an Arizona team since 1992 and the sixth-best mark in program history. Freeman coached right fielder Kaiah Altmeyer to a Big 12-leading 19 doubles and helped center fielder Regan Shockey record 88 hits to rank second … [in 2026], Freeman coached the Wildcats to a .
340 batting average which ranked third in the Big 12 and 10th in single season program history. Arizona ranked in the top three in the Big 12 in batting average, RBI per game (2nd – 6.64), scoring (2nd – 7.
29), RBI (3rd – 365), and total runs (3rd – 401). With Freeman’s guidance, Regan Shockey led the Wildcats and the Big 12 with a .451 batting average, which also ranks 10th in program history, and Sereniti Trice recorded a .
409 batting average to rank seventh in the Big 12. Free
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