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)

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.

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.

Bracket

Preliminary

	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

Championship

	Second round Losers eliminated				Third round Losers eliminated				Semifinals Losers eliminated				Championship
									Brewton–Parker	8
					SE Oklahoma State	6(10)			SE Oklahoma State	1
	Mount Vernon Nazarene	10			Mount Vernon Nazarene	5							Brewton–Parker	8	–
	Dominican	0											Bellevue	4	–
									California Baptist	1
					Cumberland	3			Bellevue	3			Third place
	Dallas Baptist	2			Bellevue	7
	Bellevue	5

See also

• 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
• 1997 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1997 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 1997 NAIA Softball World Series