1988 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1988 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	2
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Centenary Park Shreveport, Louisiana
Champions	Stetson  (1st title)
Winning coach	Pete Dunn  (1st title)
MVP	Mike Sempeles (Stetson)
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1988 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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

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]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Georgia Southern 13 4 .765 — 1E Stetson 9 8 .529 4 2E Mercer 7 10 .412 6 — Samford 5 12 .294 8 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Centenary 11 5 .688 — 1W Arkansas–Little Rock 8 8 .500 3 2W Hardin–Simmons 5 11 .313 6 —

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

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1E

Georgia Southern

3

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

1E

Georgia Southern

4

2W

UALR

5

2W

UALR

0

1W

Centenary

4

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Player	School
P	Craig Risdon	Stetson
	Jeff Jay	Georgia Southern
C	Rob Fitzpatrick	Georgia Southern
1B	Brett Hendley	Georgia Southern
2B	Eloy Garcia	UALR
SS	Eddie Corbett	Stetson
3B	Shawn Lee	Stetson
OF	Roy Gilbert	Centenary
	Tom Riginos	Stetson
	Mike Sempeles	Stetson
DH	Kevin Weickel	Stetson

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.