2011 Great West Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of North Dakota's Harold Kraft Memorial Field in Grand Forks, ND. Utah Valley won their second championship by a score of 10-6. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2011 Great West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (2nd title)
Winning coachEric Madsen (2nd title)
MVPChris Benson (Utah Valley)
2011 Great West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah Valley  ‍†‍‡‍ 22–2 .91734–22 .607
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 19–7 .73124–32 .429
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57122–40 .355
NYIT  ‍‍‍ 13–12 .52019–32 .373
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .42920–35 .364
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .35721–32 .396
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 7–17 .29212–35 .255
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 4–19 .1749–41 .180
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 28, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Utah Valley222.917
–
1
Northern Colorado197.731
4
2
Houston Baptist1612.571
8
3
NYIT1312.520
9.5
4
NJIT1216.429
12
5
Texas-Pan American1018.357
14
6
North Dakota717.292
15
7
Chicago State419.174
17.5
8

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Utah Valley13
8Chicago State3
1Utah Valley5
4NYIT3
4NYIT3
5NJIT2
1Utah Valley3
7North Dakota2
3Houston Baptist6
6Texas-Pan American5
3Houston Baptist2
7North Dakota8
2Northern Colorado1
7North Dakota51Utah Valley5
3Houston Baptist1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Houston Baptist17
8Chicago State25NJIT37North Dakota1
5NJIT53Houston Baptist63Houston Baptist7
4NYIT3
4NYIT4
6Texas-Pan American52Northern Colorado3
2Northern Colorado7

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

NameSchool
Kolby ArnstHouston Baptist
Collin HetzlerHouston Baptist
Stephen NikonchikHouston Baptist
Beau WarrenHouston Baptist
Tripp DavisNJIT
Ryan GerberNorth Dakota
David SpiesNorth Dakota
Casey CoyNorthern Colorado
Marcus PerezNYIT
Effrey ValdezNYIT
Chris BensonUtah Valley
Billy BurgessUtah Valley
Blake KrahenbuhlUtah Valley
Josh SwensonUtah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[3]

References
  1. "Great West Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. "2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Tuesday". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. "Utah Valley Captures Second Straight GWC Tournament Championship". Great West Conference. May 28, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. "2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Great West Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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