A year of firsts represented the 2017 BYU baseball season, highlighted by its first NCAA postseason tournament since 2002.
That tournament was made possible by the Cougars earning an automatic berth when they won the West Coast Conference Tournament in Stockton, California, for the first time. BYU finished the season with a 38-21 overall record and a 20-7 record in WCC action, which led to a second-straight tri-championship title for the regular season, tying with Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount.
"I'm really proud of every single guy on this team," BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. "The guys who played a lot and got a lot of time were obviously very important to this team, but the attitude and work ethic of the guys who didn't play a lot was what pushed us over the top and allowed us to have a breakthrough year.