Mark Redburn

GO TIME‼️🥎 Southeast Missouri starts its 50th season of softball with five games at the Southern Mississippi Black & Gold Challenge Feb. 6-8. UAB, Lipscomb, Louisiana Tech, SEMO and Southern Miss are in the opening weekend event. Preview: shorturl.at/9rDNK

1⃣ DAY until the 50th season of Southeast Missouri softball officially begins. The Redhawks open the 2026 campaign with five games at the Southern Mississippi Black & Gold Challenge Feb. 6-8. #FeelinRowdy

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Arguably the greatest player in Southeast Missouri softball history, Rachel Anderson was a four-time First-Team All-OVC pick. Anderson broke 8⃣ different single-season and 1⃣1⃣ career program records that still stand today.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Ashley Ellis broke Southeast Missouri's all-time career home run record vs. Murray State on May 2, 2021. Ellis ended her career with 53 home runs as the only player in SEMO softball history with over 5⃣0⃣ homers.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Since moving to NCAA Division I in 1992, SEMO softball has won 904 games, 443 OVC games, eight OVC regular-season titles, seven OVC Tournament crowns and made three NCAA Tournament appearances.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Outfielder Jodi Smith claimed First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference accolades in 1994 and 1996. Smith was named to the OVC's 75th Anniversary Team following her college career.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Outfielder Kelsey White was the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player leading Southeast Missouri to its first NCAA Division I Tournament berth in 1999.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Lana Richmond coached the Southeast Missouri softball program for 32 years compiling an 884-710-4 record. Richmond's teams won five OVC regular-season titles, five OVC Tournaments and made five NCAA Tournament appearances.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Mykaela Arellanes won the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament MVP award when Southeast Missouri claimed its first NCAA Tournament berth in two decades. Arellanes made the league's 75th Anniversary Team.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Second-seeded Southeast Missouri went 3-0 to win the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. SEMO defeated #3 Tennessee State and upended #1 Eastern Illinois twice to hoist the trophy. It was the program's seventh OVC Tournament title all-time.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Pitcher Christine Engelhardt got it done on the field and in the classroom during her Southeast Missouri career. She earned All-OVC honors on three occasions and was an Academic All-American a program record three times.

Congrats Brooklyn! #SEMOSB26s

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Southeast Missouri has never won 50 games in a season, but the 2019 team came close to that mark when it recorded a program record 46 victories under Head Coach Mark Redburn.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Utility player Jenny Doehring became the fourth player in Southeast Missouri softball history to win the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the year honor. Doehring claimed the award in 2001 and was First-Team All-OVC in both of her SEMO seasons.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Pitcher Alice Marler was a Second-Team All-American in 1991, Southeast Missouri's final NCAA Division II season. To this day, Marler ranks among the program's top 10 career leaders in 11 different statistical categories.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days On May 3, 2019, Rachel Rook threw a perfect game with 12 strikeouts against Morehead State. Rook's masterpiece clinched share of the OVC regular-season title that year.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50DaysMegan Outfielder Kim Palmer earned First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in each of her final three seasons at Southeast Missouri. Palmer was named the OVC Player of the Year in 1997.

Southeast Missouri won a program record five-straight Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles from 1995-99. SEMO won 179 games and boasted a .864 winning percentage (96-15) in OVC play during that unprecedented run.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Megan McDonald was a three-time First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference pick. McDonald earned the league's Freshman of the Year honor in 2005. She was inducted into the SEMO Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.

Celebrating #50Momentsin50Days Southeast Missouri recorded its 4⃣0⃣0⃣th Ohio Valley Conference win in program history with a 1-0 shutout over Morehead State on Apr. 8, 2023.