# 1997 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

The 1997 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 2 through May 4, 1997. Missouri won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma State received bids to the NCAA tournament.

## Standings

Source:
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | W | L | T | % | W | L | T | % |
| 1 | 1 | Missouri | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 47 | 16 | 0 | .746 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 55 | 19 | 0 | .743 |
| 3 | 3 | Kansas | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 38 | 23 | 0 | .623 |
| 4 | 4 | Nebraska | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 28 | 22 | 0 | .560 |
| 5 | 5 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 40 | 22 | 0 | .645 |
| 6 | 6 | Texas A&M | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 37 | 29 | 0 | .561 |
| 7 | 7 | Texas | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 30 | 24 | 0 | .556 |
| 8 | 8 | Baylor | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 38 | 22 | 0 | .633 |
| 9 | 9 | Texas Tech | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 34 | 29 | 1 | .539 |
| 9 | 10 | Iowa State | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 17 | 24 | 0 | .415 |

## Schedule

Source:
| Game | Time | Matchup | Location | Attendance |
| Day 1 – Friday, May 2 |||||
| 1 | 10:10 a.m. | #8 Baylor 1, #9 Texas Tech 0 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 178 |
| 2 | 12:00 a.m. | #7 Texas 1, #10 Iowa State 0 | | |
| 3 | 12:04 p.m. | #1 Missouri 10, #8 Baylor 2 (5) | Hall of Fame Stadium | 197 |
| 4 | 2:19 p.m. | #5 Oklahoma State 11, #4 Nebraska 7 (18) | Hall of Fame Stadium | 300 |
| 5 | 12:00 a.m. | #2 Oklahoma 6, #7 Texas 5 | | |
| 6 | 5:15 p.m. | #3 Kansas 8, #6 Texas A&M 0 (5) | Hall of Fame Stadium | 164 |
| 9 | 8:45 p.m. | #1 Missouri 6, #5 Oklahoma State 2 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 137 |
| Day 2 – Saturday, May 3 |||||
| 7 | 12:00 a.m. | #4 Nebraska 6, #8 Baylor 2 | | |
| 8 | 10:08 a.m. | #6 Texas A&M 6, #7 Texas 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 125 |
| 10 | 10:05 a.m. | #3 Kansas 4, #2 Oklahoma 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 278 |
| 11 | 12:30 p.m. | #5 Oklahoma State 4, #6 Texas A&M 2 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 351 |
| 12 | 12:00 a.m. | #2 Oklahoma 1, #4 Nebraska 0 | | |
| 13 | 5:05 p.m. | #5 Oklahoma State 3, #3 Kansas 2 (8) | Hall of Fame Stadium | 773 |
| 14 | 7:45 p.m. | #2 Oklahoma 2, #1 Missouri 0 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 2,007 |
| Day 3 – Sunday, May 4 |||||
| 15 | 9:05 a.m. | #5 Oklahoma State 3, #3 Kansas 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 250 |
| 16 | 12:00 a.m. | #1 Missouri 6, #2 Oklahoma 1 | | |
| 17 | 2:05 p.m. | #1 Missouri 3, #5 Oklahoma State 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 1,681 |
| Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||

## All-Tournament Team

Source:
| Position | Player | School |
| MOP | Barb Wright | Missouri |
| 1B/OF | Jaime Foutch | Oklahoma State |
| 2B | Jennifer Lizama | Nebraska |
| 3B | Sara McCann | Kansas |
| SS | Mary Babb | Missouri |
| SS | Julie Soderlund | Oklahoma State |
| OF | Julie True | Kansas |
| OF | Stacy Gemeinhardt | Missouri |
| OF | Nicky Smith | Missouri |
| OF | Mindy Johnson | Oklahoma |
| P | Barb Wright | Missouri |
| P | Sarah Workman | Kansas |
| P/DH | Trina Solesbee | Texas A&M |