2017 NCAA Division I 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.

2017 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsOklahoma
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsOklahoma (4th title)
Runners-upFlorida (8th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachPatty Gasso (4th title)
WCWS MOPShay Knighten (Oklahoma)
Seasons

Conference standings
2017 American Athletic Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 22 Tulsa ‍†‍‡‍y 15–3 .83337–15 .712
Houston  ‍‍‍ 12–6 .66728–24 .538
UCF  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61129–22 .569
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 9–8 .52932–23 .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 7–11 .38928–26 .519
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 5–13 .27825–29 .463
UConn  ‍‍‍ 3–14 .17617–30 .362
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 23, 2017[1]
Rankings from Today/NFCA Coaches
2017 Big 12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 17–1 .94461–9 .871
No. 7 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13–5 .72248–15 .762
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12–6 .66738–25 .603
Texas ‍‍‍y 7–10 .41233–26 .559
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33323–35 .397
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22219–36 .345
Kansas ‍‍‍ 3–14 .17624–28 .462
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [2]
2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍ 22–1–0 .95751–3–0 .944
No. 17 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20–3–0 .87041–10–1 .798
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15–8–0 .65233–15–0 .688
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14–8–0 .63636–17–0 .679
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 13–10–0 .56524–29–0 .453
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11–11–0 .50033–14–0 .702
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .47830–21–0 .588
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–13–0 .43525–28–0 .472
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .39123–31–0 .426
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .39119–32–0 .373
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .39120–36–0 .357
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .34823–32–0 .418
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 5–18–0 .21714–37–0 .275
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4–19–0 .17411–39–1 .225
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2017[3]
Rankings from NFCA
2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍ 15–1 .93840–10 .800
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13–5 .72241–13 .759
UT Martin +  ‍‍‍ 13–5 .72240–22 .645
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10–5 .66728–21 .571
Murray State +  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61136–20 .643
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11–9 .55027–31 .466
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .50016–30 .348
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 10–12 .45535–22 .614
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 8–14 .36423–27 .460
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33326–22 .542
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 5–15 .25017–31 .354
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 2–19 .09512–37 .245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion
2017 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Florida  ‍†‍‍y 20–3 .87053–7 .883
No. 7 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 17–7 .70849–10 .831
No. 9 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 16–7 .69647–10 .825
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–7 .69645–10 .818
No. 15 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12–11 .52245–16 .738
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50045–19 .703
No. 18 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50039–17 .696
No. 19 Ole Miss  ‍‍‡‍y 10–14 .41743–18 .705
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10–14 .41736–22 .621
No. 24 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8–15 .34834–25 .576
Missouri  ‍‍‍y 7–16 .30429–28 .509
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 7–17 .29231–24 .564
No. 25 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 6–18 .25035–23 .603
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 22, 2017[5]
Rankings from NFCA
2017 Southland Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State **  ‍‍‡‍y 24–3–0 .88943–18–0 .705
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 20–7–0 .74133–22–0 .600
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 19–8–0 .70437–20–0 .649
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .63034–31–0 .523
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51924–27–0 .471
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51925–34–0 .424
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44426–29–0 .473
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44423–33–1 .412
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37517–33–0 .340
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .29617–26–0 .395
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .22213–40–0 .245
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 4–20–0 .16710–36–0 .217
† – Conference champion
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**Southland Tournament #1 seed and regular season champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 30, 2017[6]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2017 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y 23–1 .95847–8 .855
RV Texas State ‍‍‍y 18–8 .69242–17 .712
Georgia State ‍‍‍y 18–9 .66736–25 .590
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55635–20 .636
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51932–28 .533
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .44424–29 .453
Louisiana-Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11–16 .40733–30 .524
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .38532–23 .582
Troy  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .29620–34 .370
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 2–22 .08314–34 .292
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 4, 2019[7]
Rankings from NFCA
2017 West Coast Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 20 BYU  ‍†‍‍y 14–1–0 .93345–11–0 .804
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 10–5–0 .66727–24–0 .529
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 8–7–0 .53322–22–0 .500
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 6–9–0 .40020–31–0 .392
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 4–11–0 .26712–37–0 .245
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 3–12–0 .20017–31–0 .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
Main article: 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship

Liberty Flames defeated the Lamar Cardinals in the inaugural championship; Tori Zavodny was named MVP for the series.

Women's College World Series

The 2017 Women's College World Series began on June 1–4 in Oklahoma City.[9]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Florida 8(5)
9 Texas A&M 0
1 Florida 7
13 LSU 0
13 LSU 2
5 UCLA 1
1 Florida 5 —
6 Washington 2 —
9 Texas A&M 2
5 UCLA 8
6 Washington 1
5 UCLA 0
1 Florida 5 4 —
10 Oklahoma 7(17) 5 —
3 Oregon 1
6 Washington 3
6 Washington 1
10 Oklahoma 3
15 Baylor 3
10 Oklahoma 6
10 Oklahoma 4 —
3 Oregon 2 —
3 Oregon 7
15 Baylor 4
13 LSU 1
3 Oregon 4

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

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

Awards

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

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2017 26 4 37 30 17 13 3 193.2 79 22 14 39 359 0.50 0.61

Megan Good, James Madison Dukes[14]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2017 38 3 44 39 22 14 1 244.2 125 33 22 35 271 0.63 0.65
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2017 60 180 34 69 .383 58 12 0 11 116 .644% 28 12 0 0

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[15]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2017 60 169 17 55 .325 29 8 0 12 91 .538% 21 14 0
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2017 23 9 45 25 14 5 3 202.2 152 69 54 52 212 1.87 1.01

Kendyl Lindaman, Minnesota[16]

Elicia D'Orazio, Marshall[17]

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[18]

First Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PKelly BarnhillSO.Florida Gators
Sara GroenewegenSR.Minnesota Golden Gophers
Danielle O'TooleSR.Arizona Wildcats
CKendyl LindamanFR.Minnesota Golden Gophers
1BJessie HarperFR.Arizona Wildcats
2BHannah FlippenSR.Utah Utes
3BJessica WarrenJR.FSU Seminoles
SSDJ SandersJR.ULL Ragin' Cajuns
OFBailey LandrySR.LSU Tigers
Aleah CraightonJR.ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Amanda LorenzSO.Florida Gators
UTMegan GoodJR.James Madison Dukes
Sahvanna JaquishSR.LSU Tigers
AT-LMeghan GreggJR.Tennessee Lady Vols
Alexis OsorioJR.Alabama Crimson Tide
Jessica BurroughsSR.FSU Seminoles
Delanie GourleySR.Florida Gators
Nikki UdriaSR.Oregon Ducks

Second Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PMegan KleistSO.Oregon Ducks
Megan BetsaSR.Michigan Wolverines
Randi RuppJR.Texas State Bobcats
CJenavee PeresJR.San Diego State Aztecs
1BShay KnightenSO.Oklahoma Sooners
2BCaleigh CliftonSO.Oklahoma Sooners
3BKatiyana MaugaSR.Arizona Wildcats
SSMorgan ZerkleSR.Marshall Thundering Herd
OFLea FoersterJR.Michigan State Spartans
Morgan KlaevemannJR.FSU Seminoles
Kelly ChristnerSR.Michigan Wolverines
UTSierra HylandSR.Cal Poly Mustangs
Kendra LynchSR.North Carolina Tar Heels
AT-LRachel GarciaFR.UCLA Bruins
Paige ParkerJR.Oklahoma Sooners
Mo MercadoSR.Arizona Wildcats
Lindsey CargillSR.Baylor Bears
Emily WatsonJR.Tulsa Hurricanes

Third Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PAllie WalljasperJR.LSU Tigers
Kaylee CarlsonJR.Auburn Tigers
McKenna BullSR.BYU Cougars
Jordan DixonSR.Marshall Thundering Herd
CChloe MillerSR.Wisconsin Badgers
1BAlex PowersSR.FSU Seminoles
2BFaith CanfieldSO.Michigan Wolverines
3BRiley SartainSO.Texas A&M Aggies
SSLili PiperSO.Ohio State Buckeyes
OFCortni EmanuelJR.Georgia Bulldogs
Nicole EvansSR.Illinois Fighting Illini
Danica MercadoSR.Oregon Ducks
UTSydney O'HaraSR.Syracuse Orange
Vanessa ShippyJR.Oklahoma State Cowgirls
AT-LEmily LochtenJR.FAU Owls
Kayli KvistadJR.Florida Gators
Katie ReedSO.Kentucky Wildcats
Jessica TwaddleSR.Murray State Racers
Ali AguilarSR.Washington Huskies

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