1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, from May 2 through 4.[2] This was the fifth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its fifth year of existence. Mercer won their third tournament championship.[3]

1983 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMercer (3rd title)
Winning coachBarry Myers (3rd title)
1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Georgia Southern  000 38240 .613
Nicholls State  000 38240 .613
Arkansas–Little Rock  000 23201 .534
Mercer  000 29261 .527
Northwestern State  000 26300 .464
Centenary  000 18220 .450
Hardin–Simmons  000 22270 .449
Samford  000 4370 .098
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The teams played an 8-team double-elimination tournament, involving all teams in the conference.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
Nicholls State21
Samford2
Nicholls State2
Arkansas–Little Rock3
Arkansas–Little Rock8
Northwestern State4
Arkansas–Little Rock5
Mercer17
Mercer8
Georgia Southern6
Mercer21
Hardin–Simmons4
Hardin–Simmons8
Centenary7Mercer16
Arkansas–Little Rock4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Hardin–Simmons3
Samford1Northwestern State7Arkansas–Little Rock8
Northwestern State9Northwestern State5Georgia Southern7
Georgia Southern6
Nicholls State4
Georgia Southern13Georgia Southern9
Centenary9

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[4]

POSPlayerSchool
PLarry HinsonArkansas–Little Rock
Billy BrooksGeorgia Southern
CWayne RathbunCentenary
1BBrian PerryArkansas–Little Rock
2BJim KubikCentenary
SSDave ReynoldsNorthwestern State
3BJack PoolMercer
OFGil HerndonNorthwestern State
Alan BalcombGeorgia Southern
Tim SmithMercer
DHSteve PerusoGeorgia Southern

References

  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Little Rock Trojans. p. 67. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 14. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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