2017 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 baseball tournament and 2017 College World Series. The College World Series, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended June 27, 2017.
Realignment
- Coastal Carolina left the Big South Conference for the Sun Belt Conference. The move officially took effect hours after Coastal won the College World Series. In doing so, the Sun Belt Conference split into East and West divisions for this season.
- North Dakota, a member of the Western Athletic Conference in baseball, dropped baseball.
- Buffalo dropped baseball at the end of the season.
- NYIT, which had been left independent after the 2013 collapse of the Great West Conference, dropped its baseball program to Division II, joining the school's full-time home of the East Coast Conference.
- Valparaiso left its home of the previous 10 seasons, the Horizon League, for the Missouri Valley Conference.
- Wichita State left the MVC, its conference home since 1945, to become a full but non-football member of the American Athletic Conference.
Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments
Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac-12, do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac-12 regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.College World Series
The 2017 College World Series began on June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.Award winners
Major player of the year awards
- Dick Howser Trophy: Brendan McKay, 1B/P, [2017 2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball team|Louisville Cardinals baseball team|Louisville]
- Baseball America: Brendan McKay, 1B/P, Louisville
- Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger: Brendan McKay, 1B/P, Louisville & Brent Rooker, 1B, Mississippi State
- American Baseball Coaches Association: Brendan McKay, 1B/P, Louisville
- Golden Spikes Award: Brendan McKay, 1B/P, Louisville
Major freshman of the year awards
- Baseball America Freshman Of The Year: Matt Wallner, OF/P, Southern Miss
- Collegiate Baseball Freshman Players of the Year: Kevin Milam, DH/P, Saint Mary's; Sean Mooney, P, St. John's; Braden Shewmake, 2B, Texas A&M; Kenyon Yovan, P, Oregon
Major coach of the year awards
- American Baseball Coaches Association: Kevin O'Sullivan, [2017 2017 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]
- Baseball America: Dan McDonnell, Louisville
- Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year: Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida
- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Coach of the Year: Pat Casey, Oregon State
- '''ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year:'''
Other major awards
- Senior CLASS Award (baseball) : Anthony Critelli, Holy Cross
- Johnny Bench Award :
- Brooks Wallace Award : Logan Warmoth, North Carolina
- John Olerud Award : Brendan McKay, Louisville
- '''American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove:'''