2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place at Lee–Hines Field, on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA from May 16 through 20, 2012.[2] The Prairie View A&M Panthers won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
2012 SWAC baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPrairie View A&M (3rd title)
MVPEvan Richard (Prairie View A&M)
TelevisionESPNU (Final)
2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Jackson State  x‍‍‍ 21–3–0 .87535–16–0 .686
Alabama State  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58320–36–0 .357
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58318–37–0 .327
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41717–39–0 .304
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 1–23–0 .0428–42–0 .160
West
Southern  x‍‍‍ 17–7–0 .70833–16–0 .673
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 15–8–0 .65228–25–0 .528
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54222–26–0 .458
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .34826–27–0 .491
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .2508–38–1 .181
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The double elimination tournament featured the top four teams from each division, leaving one team from each division out of the field.

Seeding

The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. Alcorn State claimed the second seed from the East by tiebreaker over Alabama State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Jackson State213.875–E1
Alcorn State1410.5837E2
Alabama State1410.5837E3
Mississippi Valley State1014.48711E4
Alabama A&M123.04220–
West Division
Southern177.708–W1
Prairie View A&M158.6521.5W2
Grambling1311.5424W3
Texas Southern815.3488.5W4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff618.25011–

Bracket
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
W3Grambling2
E2Alcorn State6
E2Alcorn State6
E4Mississippi Valley St.7
E4Mississippi Valley St.6
W1Southern4
E4Mississippi Valley St.2
W1Southern1
W1Southern8
W3Grambling0W1Southern8
E2Alcorn State6
E4Mississippi Valley St.4
E3Alabama State4
W2Prairie View A&M7
W2Prairie View A&M14
E1Jackson State0
W2Prairie View A&M2
W4Texas Southern0
E1Jackson State7
W2Prairie View A&M08
W4Texas Southern25
E3Alabama State3
W4Texas Southern6W4Texas Southern11
E1Jackson State1

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

POSNameSchool
CEvan RichardPrairie View A&M
PDaniel CastilloPrairie View A&M
P/DHStef HernandezPrairie View A&M
SSJames FontenotPrairie View A&M
OFAllen CheekMississippi Valley State
1BJoseph GermaineMississippi Valley State
2BEdmund CheathamMississippi Valley State
PTrey LacyMississippi Valley State
1BAnthony DilligardTexas Southern
3BLacy JacksonTexas Southern
PBrian FosterSouthern
OFWilmy MarerroSouthern

Most Valuable Player

Evan Richard was named Most Valuable Player. Richard was a catcher for Prairie View A&M.[5]

References
  1. "Baseball standings". SWAC.org. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. "2011-12 Championships". swac.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  3. "Prairie View Crowned SWAC Baseball Champions". SWAC. May 20, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. "2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament". swac.org. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  5. "Prairie View's Evan Richard Leads All-Tourney Team". May 21, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
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