2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Utah Valley University's Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley won their third championship by a score of 10-6, having advanced undefeated in conference regular season and tournament play. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3] Utah Valley has won all three Great West Conference baseball tournaments.[4]

2012 Great West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (3rd title)
Winning coachEric Madsen (3rd title)
MVPBilly Burgess (Utah Valley)
2012 Great West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah Valley   280 1.0004712 .797
Texas-Pan American   1612 .5713022 .577
NJIT   1612 .5712527 .481
Northern Colorado   1513 .5362733 .450
Houston Baptist   1513 .5362833 .459
North Dakota   1018 .3571937 .339
Chicago State   919 .3211440 .259
NYIT   325 .107546 .098
Conference champion
Tournament champion
As of May 31, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

All eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage only.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Utah Valley2801.0001
Texas-Pan American1612.571122
NJIT1612.571123
Northern Colorado1513.536134
Houston Baptist1513.536135
North Dakota1018.357186
Chicago State919.321197
NYIT325.107258

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
3NJIT0
6North Dakota1
6North Dakota18
2Texas-Pan American7
2Texas-Pan American10
7Chicago State4
6North Dakota4
1Utah Valley15
4Northern Colorado3
5Houston Baptist10
5Houston Baptist8
1Utah Valley9
1Utah Valley17
8NYIT101Utah Valley10
5Houston Baptist6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Houston Baptist8
3NJIT77Chicago State46North Dakota8
7Chicago State115Houston Baptist115Houston Baptist13
4Northern Colorado5
2Texas-Pan American13
4Northern Colorado114Northern Colorado14
8NYIT1

[5]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Jonathan CarpenChicago State
Kolby ArnstHouston Baptist
Jake GonzalezHouston Baptist
Collin HetzlerHouston Baptist
Jeff CampbellNorth Dakota
Kris KwakNorth Dakota
Andrew ThomeNorth Dakota
Tony CrudoNorthern Colorado
Jake JohnsonNorthern Colorado
Angel IbanezTexas–Pan American
Billy BurgessUtah Valley
Cole ButcherUtah Valley
Alex ExonUtah Valley
Jake RickenbachUtah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Billy Burgess was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgess was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[4]

References

  1. "Baseball standings". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. "Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Central". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  4. "Utah Valley Wins Third-Straight GWC Baseball Tournament Championship". Great West Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  5. "2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Great West Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
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