1957 NAIA World Series

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1957 NAIA
baseball tournament
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
1957 NAIA World Series
Teams8
Format Single elimination,
with consolation bracket
Finals site
Champions Sul Ross State  (1st title)
MVP Frank Willis (Rollins)
  • NAIA Baseball Tournament
  • 1958

The 1957 NAIA World Series was the inaugural edition of the annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. [1]

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The tournament was played at Kokernot Field in Alpine, Texas, near the campus of Sul Ross State College.

Sul Ross State defeated Rollins in the championship game, 8–7, to win the inaugural NAIA World Series. Rollins player Frank Willis, however, was named tournament MVP.

The tournament featured eight teams in a single-elimination style tournament, with all first-round losers shifted into a secondary consolation bracket.

Bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsFirst roundSemifinalsFinal
Sul Ross State 9
William Jewell 2
William Jewell8Sul Ross State8
Lincoln Memorial11Buena Vista6
Buena Vista 9
Lincoln Memorial 8
Lincoln Memorial5Sul Ross State8
Southwestern State9Rollins7
Western Illinois State 13
Southwestern State (OK) 12
Southwestern State3Western Illinois State4Third place
Ozarks0Rollins7
Rollins 9Buena Vista6
Ozarks 7Western Illinois State14

See also

Reference

  1. "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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