Annual Awards: 1997 College Baseball Championships
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
CWS Seeds: 1. Alabama (52-12); 2. LSU (53-13); 3. Stanford (43-18); 4. UCLA (45-19); 5. Miami (49-16); 6. Auburn (49-15); 7. Rice (47-14); 8. Mississippi St. (46-19).
Bracket One
| May 30—Stanford 8 | Auburn 3 |
| May 30—LSU 5 | Rice 4 |
| June 1—LSU 10 | Stanford 5 |
| June 1—Auburn 10 | Rice 1 (out) |
| June 3—Stanford 11 | Auburn 4 (out) |
| June 4—LSU 13 | Stanford 7 (out) |
Bracket Two
| May 31—Miami 7 | UCLA 3 (12 inn.) |
| May 31—Alabama 3 | Mississippi St. 2 |
| June 2—Miami 6 | Alabama 1 |
| June 2—Mississippi St. 7 | UCLA 5 (out) |
| June 3—Alabama 9 | Mississippi St. 5 (out) |
| June 5—Alabama 8 | Miami 6 |
| June 6—Alabama 8 | Miami 2 (out) |
CWS Championship Game
Saturday, June 7, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | —6 | 11 | 3 | |||
| LSU | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | x | —13 | 15 | 1 |
Win: LSU– Doug Thompson (12-3). Loss: Alabama– Michael Daniel (5-1). Starters: Alabama– Daniel; LSU– Patrick Coogan. Strikeouts: Alabama– Jarrod Kingrey 4, Heath Henderson 4, Doug Hurst 2; LSU– Coogan 8, Thompson 7. WP: LSU– Coogan 3, Thompson.
2B: Alabama– Joe Caruso, Andy Phillips, Robbie Tucker, Mark Peer; LSU– Tom Bernhardt, Wes Davis. HR: Alabama– Caruso (15); LSU– Danny Higgins (11), Bernhardt (17). RBI: Alabama– Caruso 4, Tucker 2; LSU– Higgins 3, Brandon Larson 3, Bernhardt 3, Davis 3, Mike Koerner. SB: Alabama– Caruso (13). HBP: Alabama– G.W. Keller (by Coogan); LSU– Trey McClure (by Henderson).
Attendance: 24,401. Time 3:15.
Most Outstanding Player
Brandon Larson, LSU, SS
| Avg | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .389 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
All-Tournament Team
C– Matt Frick, Alabama. 1B– Eddy Furniss, LSU. 2B– Joe Caruso, Alabama. 3B– Andy Phillips, Alabama. SS– Brandon Larson, LSU. OF– Mike Koerner and Tom Bernhardt, LSU; G.W. Keller, Alabama. DH– Mark Peer, Alabama. P– Jeff Austin, Stanford; Jarrod Kingrey, Alabama.
Annual Awards
Chosen by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Players of the Year
| J.D. Drew, Florida St. | ABCA, BA, CB |
| Lance Berkman, Rice | NCBWA |
Coaches of the Year
| Skip Bertman, LSU | ABCA, CB |
| Jim Wells, Alabama | BA |
| Final Baseball America Top 25 | College Baseball | Consensus All-America Team |
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