2017 NCAA Division I softball season

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2017 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions Oklahoma
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions Oklahoma (4th title)
Runners-up Florida (8th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach Patty Gasso (4th title)
WCWS MOP Shay Knighten (Oklahoma)
Seasons
←  2016
2018  →

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.

Contents

Conference standings

2017 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 22 Tulsa  ‍†‍‡‍y15–3 .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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y17–1 .94461–9 .871
No. 7 Baylor  ‍‍‍y13–5 .72248–15 .762
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y12–6 .66738–25 .603
Texas  ‍‍‍y7–10 .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
Conf.Overall
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
Conf.Overall
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
+= to NICS
As of May 22, 2017 [4]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2017 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Florida  ‍†‍‍y20–3 .87058–10 .853
No. 13 Auburn  ‍‍‍y17–7 .70849–12 .803
No. 11 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y16–7 .69648–12 .800
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y16–7 .69647–13 .783
No. 12 Alabama  ‍‍‍y12–11 .52246–18 .719
No. 6 LSU  ‍‍‍y12–12 .50048–22 .686
No. 17 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y12–12 .50039–19 .672
No. 16 Ole Miss  ‍‍‡‍y10–14 .41743–20 .683
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y10–14 .41736–22 .621
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y8–15 .34834–25 .576
Missouri  ‍‍‍y7–16 .30429–28 .509
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y7–17 .29231–24 .564
No. 25 Georgia  ‍‍‍y6–18 .25035–23 .603
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 2017 [5]
Rankings from NFCA
2017 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State **  ‍‍‡‍y24–3–0 .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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y23–1 .95847–8 .855
RV Texas State  ‍‍‍y18–8 .69242–17 .712
Georgia State  ‍‍‍y18–9 .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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 20 BYU  ‍†‍‍y14–1–0 .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

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 Florida7
13 LSU 0
13 LSU 2
5 UCLA 1
1 Florida5—
6 Washington 2 —
9 Texas A&M 2
5 UCLA8
6 Washington1
5 UCLA 0
1 Florida 5 4 —
10 Oklahoma7(17)5—
3 Oregon 1
6 Washington 3
6 Washington 1
10 Oklahoma3
15 Baylor 3
10 Oklahoma 6
10 Oklahoma4—
3 Oregon 2 —
3 Oregon7
15 Baylor 4
13 LSU 1
3 Oregon4

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]

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
2017264373017133193.2792214393590.500.61

Megan Good, James Madison Dukes [14]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2017383443922141244.21253322352710.630.65
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2017601803469.3835812011116.644%281200

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins [15]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2017601691755.32529801291.538%21140
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
201723945251453202.21526954522121.871.01

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
P Kelly Barnhill SO. Florida Gators
Sara Groenewegen SR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Danielle O'Toole SR. Arizona Wildcats
C Kendyl LindamanFR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
1B Jessie Harper FR. Arizona Wildcats
2B Hannah Flippen SR. Utah Utes
3B Jessica Warren JR. FSU Seminoles
SS DJ SandersJR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
OF Bailey Landry SR. LSU Tigers
Aleah CraightonJR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Amanda Lorenz SO. Florida Gators
UT Megan Good JR. James Madison Dukes
Sahvanna JaquishSR. LSU Tigers
AT-LMeghan GreggJR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Alexis OsorioJR. Alabama Crimson Tide
Jessica Burroughs SR. FSU Seminoles
Delanie Gourley SR. Florida Gators
Nikki UdriaSR. Oregon Ducks

Second Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
P Megan KleistSO. Oregon Ducks
Megan Betsa SR. Michigan Wolverines
Randi RuppJR. Texas State Bobcats
C Jenavee PeresJR. San Diego State Aztecs
1B Shay Knighten SO. Oklahoma Sooners
2B Caleigh CliftonSO. Oklahoma Sooners
3B Katiyana MaugaSR. Arizona Wildcats
SS Morgan ZerkleSR. Marshall Thundering Herd
OF Lea FoersterJR. Michigan State Spartans
Morgan KlaevemannJR. FSU Seminoles
Kelly ChristnerSR. Michigan Wolverines
UT Sierra Hyland SR. Cal Poly Mustangs
Kendra LynchSR. North Carolina Tar Heels
AT-L Rachel Garcia FR. UCLA Bruins
Paige Parker JR. Oklahoma Sooners
Mo MercadoSR. Arizona Wildcats
Lindsey CargillSR. Baylor Bears
Emily WatsonJR. Tulsa Hurricanes

Third Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
P Allie WalljasperJR. LSU Tigers
Kaylee CarlsonJR. Auburn Tigers
McKenna BullSR. BYU Cougars
Jordan DixonSR. Marshall Thundering Herd
C Chloe MillerSR. Wisconsin Badgers
1B Alex PowersSR. FSU Seminoles
2B Faith CanfieldSO. Michigan Wolverines
3B Riley SartainSO. Texas A&M Aggies
SS Lili PiperSO. Ohio State Buckeyes
OF Cortni EmanuelJR. Georgia Bulldogs
Nicole EvansSR. Illinois Fighting Illini
Danica MercadoSR. Oregon Ducks
UT Sydney 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 Aguilar SR. Washington Huskies

References

  1. ↑ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 Softball Standings". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2017 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Softball". West Coast Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "2017 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Barnhill Garners espnW Player of The Year". Floridagators.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  14. ↑ "2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Player of the Year Megan Good to Miss 2018 Softball Season". nfca.org. January 25, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  15. ↑ "UCLA's Garcia named 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  16. ↑ "NFCA's 2017 Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 21, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  17. ↑ "2017 New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe Award collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 19, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  18. ↑ "2017 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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