2017 NCAA Division I softball season

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

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 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Tulsa ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 3   .833 37 – 15   .712
Houston  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 28 – 24   .538
UCF  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 29 – 22   .569
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 32 – 23   .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 28 – 26   .519
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 25 – 29   .463
UConn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 17 – 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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 1   .944 61 – 9   .871
No. 7 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13 – 5   .722 48 – 15   .762
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 38 – 25   .603
Texas ‍‍‍y 7 – 10   .412 33 – 26   .559
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 23 – 35   .397
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 19 – 36   .345
Kansas ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 24 – 28   .462
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [2]
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
+= to NICS
As of May 22, 2017[4]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2017 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Florida  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 3   .870 58 – 10   .853
No. 13 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 49 – 12   .803
No. 11 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7   .696 48 – 12   .800
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7   .696 47 – 13   .783
No. 12 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 46 – 18   .719
No. 6 LSU ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 48 – 22   .686
No. 17 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 39 – 19   .672
No. 16 Ole Miss  ‍‍‡‍y 10 – 14   .417 43 – 20   .683
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 14   .417 36 – 22   .621
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 31, 2017[5]
Rankings from NFCA
2017 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
McNeese State **  ‍‍‡‍y 24 – 3 – 0   .889 43 – 18 – 0   .705
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 20 – 7 – 0   .741 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8 – 0   .704 37 – 20 – 0   .649
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10 – 0   .630 34 – 31 – 0   .523
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 24 – 27 – 0   .471
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 25 – 34 – 0   .424
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 26 – 29 – 0   .473
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 23 – 33 – 1   .412
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 17 – 33 – 0   .340
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19 – 0   .296 17 – 26 – 0   .395
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 13 – 40 – 0   .245
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20 – 0   .167 10 – 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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y 23 – 1   .958 47 – 8   .855
RV Texas State ‍‍‍y 18 – 8   .692 42 – 17   .712
Georgia State ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 36 – 25   .590
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 35 – 20   .636
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 32 – 28   .533
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 24 – 29   .453
Louisiana-Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 33 – 30   .524
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 32 – 23   .582
Troy  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 20 – 34   .370
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 22   .083 14 – 34   .292
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 4, 2019[7]
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

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

Position Player Class School
P Kelly Barnhill SO. Florida Gators
Sara Groenewegen SR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Danielle O'Toole SR. Arizona Wildcats
C Kendyl Lindaman FR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
1B Jessie Harper FR. Arizona Wildcats
2B Hannah Flippen SR. Utah Utes
3B Jessica Warren JR. FSU Seminoles
SS DJ Sanders JR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
OF Bailey Landry SR. LSU Tigers
Aleah Craighton JR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Amanda Lorenz SO. Florida Gators
UT Megan Good JR. James Madison Dukes
Sahvanna Jaquish SR. LSU Tigers
AT-L Meghan Gregg JR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Alexis Osorio JR. Alabama Crimson Tide
Jessica Burroughs SR. FSU Seminoles
Delanie Gourley SR. Florida Gators
Nikki Udria SR. Oregon Ducks

Second Team

Position Player Class School
P Megan Kleist SO. Oregon Ducks
Megan Betsa SR. Michigan Wolverines
Randi Rupp JR. Texas State Bobcats
C Jenavee Peres JR. San Diego State Aztecs
1B Shay Knighten SO. Oklahoma Sooners
2B Caleigh Clifton SO. Oklahoma Sooners
3B Katiyana Mauga SR. Arizona Wildcats
SS Morgan Zerkle SR. Marshall Thundering Herd
OF Lea Foerster JR. Michigan State Spartans
Morgan Klaevemann JR. FSU Seminoles
Kelly Christner SR. Michigan Wolverines
UT Sierra Hyland SR. Cal Poly Mustangs
Kendra Lynch SR. North Carolina Tar Heels
AT-L Rachel Garcia FR. UCLA Bruins
Paige Parker JR. Oklahoma Sooners
Mo Mercado SR. Arizona Wildcats
Lindsey Cargill SR. Baylor Bears
Emily Watson JR. Tulsa Hurricanes

Third Team

Position Player Class School
P Allie Walljasper JR. LSU Tigers
Kaylee Carlson JR. Auburn Tigers
McKenna Bull SR. BYU Cougars
Jordan Dixon SR. Marshall Thundering Herd
C Chloe Miller SR. Wisconsin Badgers
1B Alex Powers SR. FSU Seminoles
2B Faith Canfield SO. Michigan Wolverines
3B Riley Sartain SO. Texas A&M Aggies
SS Lili Piper SO. Ohio State Buckeyes
OF Cortni Emanuel JR. Georgia Bulldogs
Nicole Evans SR. Illinois Fighting Illini
Danica Mercado SR. Oregon Ducks
UT Sydney O'Hara SR. Syracuse Orange
Vanessa Shippy JR. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
AT-L Emily Lochten JR. FAU Owls
Kayli Kvistad JR. Florida Gators
Katie Reed SO. Kentucky Wildcats
Jessica Twaddle SR. Murray State Racers
Ali Aguilar SR. Washington Huskies

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  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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  5. ^ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  6. ^ "2017 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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  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.
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