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 [ ]
2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 2 Minnesota ‡
22
–
1
–
0
.957
51
–
3
–
0
.944
No. 17 Michigan
20
–
3
–
0
.870
41
–
10
–
1
.798
Ohio State
15
–
8
–
0
.652
33
–
15
–
0
.688
Illinois
14
–
8
–
0
.636
36
–
17
–
0
.679
Nebraska
13
–
10
–
0
.565
24
–
29
–
0
.453
Wisconsin
11
–
11
–
0
.500
33
–
14
–
0
.702
Michigan State
11
–
12
–
0
.478
30
–
21
–
0
.588
Northwestern
10
–
13
–
0
.435
25
–
28
–
0
.472
Indiana
9
–
14
–
0
.391
23
–
31
–
0
.426
Iowa
9
–
14
–
0
.391
19
–
32
–
0
.373
Purdue
9
–
14
–
0
.391
20
–
36
–
0
.357
Penn State
8
–
15
–
0
.348
23
–
32
–
0
.418
Rutgers
5
–
18
–
0
.217
14
–
37
–
0
.275
Maryland
4
–
19
–
0
.174
11
–
39
–
1
.225
‡ – Tournament champion As of May 9, 2017[3] ; Rankings from NFCA
2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Jacksonville State ‡
15
–
1
.938
40
–
10
.800
SIU Edwardsville
13
–
5
.722
41
–
13
.759
UT Martin +
13
–
5
.722
40
–
22
.645
Eastern Illinois
10
–
5
.667
28
–
21
.571
Murray State +
11
–
7
.611
36
–
20
.643
Eastern Kentucky
11
–
9
.550
27
–
31
.466
Tennessee Tech
8
–
8
.500
16
–
30
.348
Belmont
10
–
12
.455
35
–
22
.614
Southeast Missouri State
8
–
14
.364
23
–
27
.460
Morehead State
6
–
12
.333
26
–
22
.542
Austin Peay
5
–
15
.250
17
–
31
.354
Tennessee State
2
–
19
.095
12
–
37
.245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion
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 [ ]
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]
Honda Sports Award Softball:
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
Rachel Garcia , UCLA Bruins [15]
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
Second Team
Third Team
References [ ]
^ "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 2020-08-06 .
^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF) . Ncaa.org . Retrieved 2020-08-06 .
^ "Player of The Year" . Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-06 .
^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL" . Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06 .
^ "Barnhill Garners espnW Player of The Year" . Floridagators.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06 .
^ "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 2020-08-06 .
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