1997 NAIA World Series

1997 NAIA
baseball tournament
	1997 NAIA World Series
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination; Page playoff
Finals site	Lewis and Clark Park; Sioux City, Iowa;
Champions	Brewton–Parker (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Robins
MVP	Andy Kalcounos (3B) (Brewton–Parker)
	← 1996; NAIA baseball tournament; 1998 →;

The 1997 NAIA World Series was the 41st 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]

Teams8

Finals site

ChampionsBrewton–Parker (1st title)

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The tournament was played, for the last time, at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa.

Brewton–Parker (64–7) defeated Bellevue (NE) (43–16) in a single-game championship series, 8–4, to win the Barons' first NAIA World Series.

Brewton–Parker third baseman Andy Kalcounos was named tournament MVP.

First round Losers to Championship Bracket, Second Round		Second round Losers to Championship Bracket, Third Round		Third round Both teams to Championship Bracket, Semifinals

Cumberland (TN)	8

Mount Vernon Nazarene	4
		Cumberland	2

		Brewton–Parker	3
Brewton–Parker	11

Dominican (NY)	1
				Brewton–Parker	9⁽¹⁰⁾

				California Baptist	7
California Baptist	8

Dallas Baptist	2
		California Baptist	9

		SE Oklahoma State	4
Bellevue (NE)	8

SE Oklahoma State	10

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