The 1957 NAIA World Series was the inaugural edition of the 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.[1]
 1957 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single elimination, with consolation bracket |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Sul Ross State (1st title) |
| MVP | Frank Willis (Rollins) |
The tournament was played at Kokernot Field in Alpine, Texas, near the campus of Sul Ross State College.
Sul Ross State defeated Rollins in the championship game, 8–7, to win the inaugural NAIA World Series. Rollins player Frank Willis, however, was named tournament MVP.
The tournament featured eight teams in a single-elimination style tournament, with all first-round losers shifted into a secondary consolation bracket.
Bracket
edit| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Sul Ross State | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Jewell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Jewell | 8 | Sul Ross State | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Lincoln Memorial | 11 | Buena Vista | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Buena Vista | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln Memorial | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln Memorial | 5 | Sul Ross State | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Southwestern State | 9 | Rollins | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois State | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern State (OK) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern State | 3 | Western Illinois State | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||
| Ozarks | 0 | Rollins | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 9 | Buena Vista | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Ozarks | 7 | Western Illinois State | 14 | |||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2022.