1997 NAIA Player of the Year: Tom Hardy (Seattle).
First Team
| Pos. | Name | Year | School |
| GK | Jason Palmer | Senior | Seattle |
| GK | Igor Ranitovic | Sophomore | Birmingham-Southern |
| D | Martin Bodkin | Senior | Lindsey Wilson |
| D | P.J. Brown | Senior | Azusa Pacific |
| D | Tom Hardy | Senior | Seattle |
| D | Junior Noel | Senior | Mobile |
| MF | Ben Hook | Senior | Westmont |
| MF | Arne Klubberud | Senior | Seattle |
| MF | Sean McBride | Senior | Birmingham-Southern |
| MF | Craig Sheer | Senior | Illinois-Springfield |
| F | Thomas Andreason | Junior | Rockhurst |
| F | Orlando Bucso | Junior | Lindsey Wilson |
| F | Daniel Nischwitz | Sophomore | Birmingham-Southern |
| F | Kurt Swanson | Junior | Seattle |
Second Team
| Pos. | Name | Year | School |
| GK | Olafur Thor Gunnarsson | Sophomore | Flagler |
| GK | Dadi laursson | Sophomore | Auburn-Montgomery |
| D | Oleg Baleev | Senior | William Carey |
| D | Jose Degadillo | Senior | Fresno Pacific |
| D | T.J. Fraase | Senior | Illinois-Springfield |
| D | Sep Wolf | Senior | Westmont |
| MF | Ryan Austin | Sophomore | Life |
| MF | Benjamin Djeukeng | Sophomore | Lindsey Wilson |
| MF | Darin Hofmann | Senior | Azusa Pacific |
| MF | Lennie Quashi | Senior | Concordia |
| F | Stuart Connolly | Freshman | Life |
| F | Simon Lowey | Junior | Rio Grande (Ohio) |
| F | Marco Mthembu | Senior | William Carey |
| F | Jason Roufs | Junior | Azusa Pacific |
Third Team
| Pos. | Name | Year | School |
| GK | David Austin | Sophomore | Belhaven |
| GK | Jonas Tanzer | Freshman | Pacific Lutheran |
| D | Doug Grojean | Junior | Rockhurst |
| D | Chiuke Mhango | Senior | Western Baptist |
| D | Brenton Pinkus | Junior | Life |
| D | Bryan Potter | Senior | St. Edward’s |
| MF | Adrian Ausucua | Sophomore | Westmar |
| MF | Sanjeev Parmar | Junior | Houghton |
| MF | Angel Rivillo | Sophomore | East Texas Baptist |
| MF | Tony Voyles | Senior | Auburn-Montgomery |
| F | Akim Antwi | Senior | Houghton |
| F | Fabio Edelwien | Freshman | National American |
| F | Rayburn Moore | Junior | Baker |
| F | Carlos Ochoa | Sophomore | Azusa Pacific |