The 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson in DeLand, Florida. This was the nineteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. won their fourth tournament championship in five years, and third in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The top six finishers by overall winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round. Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville State did not qualify as they completed their transition from NCAA Division II. Team W L T Pct. Seed 34 22 1 2 40 17 0 4 32 24 0 — 36 22 0 6 Team W L T Pct. Seed 36 21 0 1 23 30 0 — 17 40 0 — 25 29 1 — Team W L T Pct. Seed 39 13 0 — 34 22 0 3 30 27 0 5 11 39 0 —
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Player School P Jeff Newman Samford Eric Knott Stetson C Eric Johnson UCF IF Pat Williamson UCF Clint Chrysler Stetson Eric Riggs UCF Bryan Bruce UCF OF Sean Mahoney FIU C.J. Fagan Stetson Todd Bellhorn UCF Gregg Pacitti UCF
Most Valuable Player Greg Pacitti was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pacitti was an outfielder for UCF.
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