2017 NCAA Division I softball season

2017 American Athletic Conference softball standings v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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

Liberty Flames defeated the Lamar Cardinals in the inaugural championship; Tori Zavodny was named MVP for the 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

Batting

• Batting average: .487 – Kacie Burnett, Idaho State Bengals
• RBIs: 82 – DJ Sanders, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
• Home runs: 29 – DJ Sanders, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

Pitching

• Wins: 38-3 – Megan Good, James Madison Dukes
• ERA: 0.50 (14 ER/193.2 IP) – Kelly Barnhill, Florida Gators
• Strikeouts: 412 – Megan Betsa, Michigan Wolverines

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

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

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]

• Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

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

• NFCA National Player of the Year:

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

• NFCA National Freshman of the Year:

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

• NFCA Catcher of the Year:

Kendyl Lindaman, Minnesota^[16]

• NFCA Golden Shoe Award:

Elicia D'Orazio, Marshall^[17]