1988 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1988 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana. This was the tenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its tenth year of existence. Stetson won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1988 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStetson (1st title)
Winning coachPete Dunn (1st title)
MVPMike Sempeles, Stetson
1988 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Georgia Southern x‍†‍‍ 13–4 .765  30–27 .526
No. 20 Stetson ‍‍‡‍y 9–8 .529  35–25 .583
Mercer ‍‍‍ 7–10 .412  24–25 .490
Samford ‍‍‍ 5–12 .294  8–49 .140
West
Centenary x‍‍‍ 11–5 .688  30–20 .600
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  27–29 .482
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 5–11 .313  30–30 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Georgia Southern134.765—1E
Stetson98.52942E
Mercer710.4126—
Samford512.2948—
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Centenary115.688—1W
Arkansas–Little Rock88.50032W
Hardin–Simmons511.3136—

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Georgia Southern 14  
2W UALR 13  
  1E Georgia Southern 2  
  2E Stetson 4  
1W Centenary 2
2E Stetson 4  
  2E Stetson 5 —
  1E Georgia Southern 3 —
2W UALR 5  
1W Centenary 4  
  1E Georgia Southern 4
  2W UALR 0  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POSPlayerSchool
PCraig RisdonStetson
Jeff JayGeorgia Southern
CRob FitzpatrickGeorgia Southern
1BBrett HendleyGeorgia Southern
2BEloy GarciaUALR
SSEddie CorbettStetson
3BShawn LeeStetson
OFRoy GilbertCentenary
Tom RiginosStetson
Mike SempelesStetson
DHKevin WeickelStetson

Most Valuable Player

Mike Sempeles was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Hendley was an outfielder for Stetson.[2]

References
  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.