The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1997, near the close of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top four finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Second seeded won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through four based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top seed plays the fourth seed while the second seed plays the third seed in the opening round. Northern Illinois claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Cleveland State. Team W L PCT GB Seed 16 8 — 1 15 9 1 2 13 11 3 3 12 12 4 4 12 12 4 — 8 16 8 — 8 16 8 —
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Casey Sanford Wright State Chris Andrzejak Detroit C Ryan Tyree Wright State 1B Dean Rovinelli Detroit 2B Brett Gautcher Northern Illinois 3B Ed Gundry Detroit SS Dusty Beam Wright State OF T.D. Hicks Wright State Dave Knight Detroit Michael Pesci Detroit DH Joe Rodriguez Northern Illinois
Most Valuable Player Dusty Beam of Wright State was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
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