1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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1992 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southeastern Louisiana  (1st title)
Winning coach Greg Marten  (1st title)
MVP Kirk Bullinger (Southeastern Louisiana)
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Stetson  xy135 .7223821 .644
FIU  x135 .7223623 .610
Mercer  810 .4442920 .592
College of Charleston  216 .1111629 .356
West
Southeastern Louisiana  xy124 .7503822 .633
Centenary  x124 .7503127 .534
Samford  016 .0001343 .232
Georgia State  00 230 .063
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Southeastern Louisiana Diamond on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. This was the fourteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its fourteenth year of existence. Southeastern Louisiana won their first tournament championship in their first year in the league and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

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. Georgia State was ineligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings, having restarted their program for the 1992 season. [2] Both top seeds were claimed by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Stetson 135.7221E
FIU 135.7222E
Mercer 810.5565
College of Charleston 216.11111
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Southeastern Louisiana 124.7501W
Centenary 124.7502W
Samford 016.00012
Georgia State 00

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1E Stetson 7
2W Centenary 8
2WCentenary16
1WSoutheastern Louisiana8
1W Southeastern Louisiana 11
2E FIU 0
2WCentenary66
1WSoutheastern Louisiana912
Lower round 1Lower final
1WSoutheastern Louisiana9
1EStetson22EFIU7
2EFIU2

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
P Kirk Bullinger Southeastern Louisiana
Steve JiminezSoutheastern Louisiana
CDavid WyssCentenary
1BChris FinleySoutheastern Louisiana
2BJohnny CastanonSoutheastern Louisiana
3BGreg ElliottSoutheastern Louisiana
Deron ThorntonFIU
SSKiley HughesSoutheastern Louisiana
DHBrian StierCentenary
OFTroy MelanconSoutheastern Louisiana
Ray FerrandSoutheastern Louisiana
Jason ParkerCentenary

Most Valuable Player

Kirk Bullinger was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bullinger was a pitcher for Southeastern Louisiana. [2]

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References

  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.