1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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1994 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southeastern Louisiana  (2nd title)
Winning coach Greg Marten  (2nd title)
MVPDan Newman (Southeastern Louisiana)
1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
FIU  x126 .6673821 .644
Stetson  99 .5003721 .638
UCF  810 .4442926 .527
College of Charleston  711 .3892721 .563
Florida Atlantic  00 3123 .574
West
Mercer  x159 .6253221 .604
Southeastern Louisiana  xy159 .6253430 .531
Samford  1311 .5421933 .365
Centenary  1113 .4582328 .451
Georgia State  618 .2501242 .222
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1994 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Claude Smith Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. This was the sixteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixteenth year of existence. Southeastern Louisiana won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2]

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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. Florida Atlantic was not eligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings as it was their first year in the league.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
FIU 126.6671E
Stetson 99.50032E
UCF 810.4444
College of Charleston 711.3895
Florida Atlantic 00
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Mercer 159.6251W
Southeastern Louisiana 159.6252W
Samford 1311.5422
Centenary 1113.3334
Georgia State 618.2509

Bracket

 First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
               
1E FIU 5 
2W Southeastern Louisiana 6 
 2WSoutheastern Louisiana4 
 1WMercer6 
1W Mercer 8
2E Stetson 1 
 1WMercer58
 2WSoutheastern Louisiana1311
1EFIU11 
2EStetson10 
 2WSoutheastern Louisiana10
 1EFIU7 

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PRick MillerMercer
Matt BarefieldMercer
CJason MooreFIU
1BKevin MillicanSoutheastern Louisiana
2BDan NewmanSoutheastern Louisiana
3BMitch MarkhamStetson
SSKenny LangloisSoutheastern Louisiana
OFChad MagistroMercer
Bob KallemeynFIU
Shane BristerSoutheastern Louisiana
DHJason SmithMercer

Most Valuable Player

Dan Newman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Newman was a second baseman for Southeastern Louisiana. [2]

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References

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