1997 NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series

The 1997 NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series was held May 24-31 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. Cowley County Community College defeated Seminole State College in the championship game. Travis Hafner of Cowley County was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Allegany College	40-7	Steve Bazarnic
Central Florida Community College	39-20	Marty Smith
Columbia State Community College	39-16	Jim Painter
Cowley County Community College	48-10	Dave Burroughs
Hill College	47-13	Gary Benton
Indian Hills Community College	41-13	Cam Walker
San Jacinto College-North	39-24	Chris Rupp
Scottsdale Community College	42-17	Larry Smith
Seminole State College	55-3	Lloyd Simmons
Wallace State Community College	43-12	Randy Putman

Results

College World Series Bracket

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Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	San Jacinto Junior College	8-7	Hill College
Game 2	Seminole State College	5-1	Columbia State Community College
Game 3	Indian Hills Community College	5-3	Allegany College	Postponed due to weather, finished May 25
May 25
Game 4	Cowley County Community College	10-7	Central Florida Community College	Postponed due to weather, finished May 26
May 26
Game 5	Scottsdale Community College	2-1	Wallace State Community College
Game 6	Columbia State Community College	11-10	Hill College	Hill eliminated
Game 7	College of Central Florida	12-5	Allegany College	Allegany eliminated
May 27
Game 9	Columbia State Community College	9-2	Central Florida Community College	Central Florida eliminated
Game 8	Indian Hills Community College	11-6	Cowley County Community College
Game 10	Cowley County Community College	12-8	Wallace State Community College	Wallace St. eliminated
Game 11	Scottsdale Community College	11-6	Indian Hills Community College
Game 13	San Jacinto Junior College	9-6	Columbia State Community College	Columbia St. eliminated
Game 12	Seminole State College	6-3	San Jacinto Junior College
Game 14	Cowley County Community College	15-7	Indian Hills Community College	Indian Hills eliminated
Game 15	Seminole State College	6-3	Scottsdale Community College
May 29
Game 16	Cowley County Community College	9-6	Scottsdale Community College	Scottsdale eliminated
Game 17	San Jacinto Junior College	7-5	Seminole State College
May 30
Game 18	Seminole State College	17-4	San Jacinto Junior College	San Jacinto eliminated
May 31
Game 19	Cowley County Community College	4-2	Seminole State College	Cowley County wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• IF: Josh Dalton, Seminole State College
• IF: Sam Scott, Cowley County
• IF: Justin Welch, Seminole State
• IF: Matt Mize, San Jacinto College North
• IF: Kelly Bratton, Columbia State
• OF: Marc Fournier, Seminole State
• OF: Chris Hendrickson, Columbia State
• OF: Jason LoVell, Columbia State
• OF: Melvin Rosario, Indian Hills
• C: Brian Blauser, San Jacinto College North
• C: Matt Matejcek, Scottsdale CC
• P: Mike Gonzalez, San Jacinto College North
• P: Aaron Akin, Cowley County
• P: Rusty Rushing, Seminole State
• DH: Danny Prata, Seminole State

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