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1957 NAIA
baseball tournament
	1957 NAIA World Series
Teams	8
Format	Single elimination,; with consolation bracket
Finals site	Kokernot Field; Alpine, Texas;
Champions	Sul Ross State (1st title)
MVP	Frank Willis (Rollins)
	; NAIA baseball tournament; 1958 →;

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]

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


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