American college softball season
The 2017 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2017. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2017 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 4, 2017.
Conference standings
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| 2017 Southeastern Conference softball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | No. 1 Florida †y | 20 | – | 3 | | .870 | | | 53 | – | 7 | | .883 | No. 7 Auburn y | 17 | – | 7 | | .708 | | | 49 | – | 10 | | .831 | No. 9 Tennessee y | 16 | – | 7 | | .696 | | | 47 | – | 10 | | .825 | No. 11 Texas A&M y | 16 | – | 7 | | .696 | | | 45 | – | 10 | | .818 | No. 15 Alabama y | 12 | – | 11 | | .522 | | | 45 | – | 16 | | .738 | No. 21 LSU y | 12 | – | 12 | | .500 | | | 45 | – | 19 | | .703 | No. 18 Kentucky y | 12 | – | 12 | | .500 | | | 39 | – | 17 | | .696 | No. 19 Ole Miss ‡y | 10 | – | 14 | | .417 | | | 43 | – | 18 | | .705 | Mississippi State y | 10 | – | 14 | | .417 | | | 36 | – | 22 | | .621 | No. 24 South Carolina y | 8 | – | 15 | | .348 | | | 34 | – | 25 | | .576 | Missouri y | 7 | – | 16 | | .304 | | | 29 | – | 28 | | .509 | Arkansas y | 7 | – | 17 | | .292 | | | 31 | – | 24 | | .564 | No. 25 Georgia y | 6 | – | 18 | | .250 | | | 35 | – | 23 | | .603 | | † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 22, 2017[5] Rankings from NFCA | | |
| 2017 West Coast Conference softball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | T | | PCT | | | W | | L | | T | | PCT | No. 20 BYU †y | 14 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | .933 | | | 45 | – | 11 | – | 0 | | .804 | Pacific | 10 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | .667 | | | 27 | – | 24 | – | 0 | | .529 | San Diego | 8 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | .533 | | | 22 | – | 22 | – | 0 | | .500 | Loyola Marymount | 6 | – | 9 | – | 0 | | .400 | | | 20 | – | 31 | – | 0 | | .392 | Santa Clara | 4 | – | 11 | – | 0 | | .267 | | | 12 | – | 37 | – | 0 | | .245 | Saint Mary's | 3 | – | 12 | – | 0 | | .200 | | | 17 | – | 31 | – | 0 | | .354 | | † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 18, 2017[8] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches | |
National Invitational Softball Championship
[edit] Liberty Flames defeated the Lamar Cardinals in the inaugural championship; Tori Zavodny was named MVP for the series.
Women's College World Series
[edit] The 2017 Women's College World Series began on June 1–4 in Oklahoma City.[9]
| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals | |
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| 1 | Florida | 8(5) | | | | |
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| 9 | Texas A&M | 0 | |
| | 1 | Florida | 7 | |
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| | | 13 | LSU | 0 | |
| 13 | LSU | 2 | |
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| 5 | UCLA | 1 | |
| | 1 | Florida | 5 | — | |
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| | | 6 | Washington | 2 | — | |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 2 | | |
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| 5 | UCLA | 8 | |
| | 6 | Washington | 1 | |
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| | | 5 | UCLA | 0 | |
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| | 1 | Florida | 5 | 4 | — | |
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| | | 10 | Oklahoma | 7(17) | 5 | — | |
| 3 | Oregon | 1 | | | |
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| 6 | Washington | 3 | |
| | 6 | Washington | 1 | |
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| | | 10 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| 15 | Baylor | 3 | |
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| 10 | Oklahoma | 6 | |
| | 10 | Oklahoma | 4 | — | |
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| | | 3 | Oregon | 2 | — | |
| 3 | Oregon | 7 | | |
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| 15 | Baylor | 4 | |
| | 13 | LSU | 1 | |
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| | | 3 | Oregon | 4 | |
Batting
Pitching
NCAA Division I consecutive plate appearances reaching base: 26 – Amber Schisler, Campbell Fighting Camels; May 5–17, 2017[10]
Freshman class single game RBIs: 10 – Braxton Burnside, Missouri Tigers; March 18, 2017
Kelly Barnhill, Florida Gators[11]
Kelly Barnhill, Florida Gators[12]
- espnW National Player of The Year:
Kelly Barnhill, Florida Gators[13]
Kelly Barnhill, Florida Gators
Megan Good, James Madison Dukes[14]
Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[15]
Kendyl Lindaman, Minnesota[16]
Elicia D'Orazio, Marshall[17]
The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[18]
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
- ^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Softball Standings". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Softball". West Coast Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Barnhill Garners espnW Player of The Year". Floridagators.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Player of the Year Megan Good to Miss 2018 Softball Season". nfca.org. January 25, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ "UCLA's Garcia named 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "NFCA's 2017 Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 21, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "2017 New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe Award collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 19, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "2017 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.