The 2017 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the East Carolina Softball Complex on the campus of the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, from May 10 through May 13, 2017. The event determined the champion for the American Athletic Conference for the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded won the Tournament for the second year in a row and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Entering the Tournament, Tulsa was defending champion, while UCF had won in 2015. Former member Louisville won the first Tournament in 2014.
Format and seeding The American's seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single-elimination tournament with the top seed receiving a single bye. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 15 3 .833 — 1 12 6 .667 3 2 11 7 .611 4 3 9 8 .529 5.5 4 7 11 .389 8 5 5 13 .278 10 6 3 14 .176 11.5 7
Results
Tournament
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser May 11 Game 1 (6) 4–2 (3) Game 2 (2) 7–0 (7) May 12 Game 3 (5) 7–0 (4) Game 4 (2) 6–0 (6) May 12 Game 5 (1) 6–0 (5) May 13 Game 6 (1) 1–0 (2)
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Kacie Oshiro East Carolina Meredith Burroughs East Carolina Lindsey Stickrod Memphis Molly Smith Memphis Savannah Heebner Houston Sarah Barker Houston Maya Thomas Houston Kaylin Crumpton Houston Maggie Withee Tulsa Tori Stafford Tulsa Morgan Neal Tulsa Emily Watson Tulsa
Most Outstanding Player Emily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa.
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