1997 Big 12 Conference softball tournament
The 1997 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 2 through May 4, 1997. Missouri won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
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Standings
Source:| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | W | L | T | % | W | L | T | % |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 |
Schedule
Source:All-Tournament Team
Source:| Position | Player | School |
| MOP | Barb Wright | |
| 1B/OF | Jaime Foutch | |
| 2B | Jennifer Lizama | |
| 3B | Sara McCann | |
| SS | Mary Babb | |
| SS | Julie Soderlund | |
| OF | Julie True | |
| OF | Stacy Gemeinhardt | |
| OF | Nicky Smith | |
| OF | Mindy Johnson | |
| P | Barb Wright | |
| P | Sarah Workman | |
| P/DH | Trina Solesbee |