Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
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Champions | UCF (4th title) |
Winning coach | Jay Bergman (4th title) |
MVP | Greg Pacitti (UCF) |
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Stetson xy | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 37 | – | 26 | – | 1 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU xy | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 42 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 8 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .471 | 32 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF ‡y | 7 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .412 | 40 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mercer x | 12 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .667 | 36 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 23 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 7 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .389 | 17 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .298 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College of Charleston | 7 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .389 | 25 | – | 29 | – | 1 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacksonville State x† | 14 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .778 | 39 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 34 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 31 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary | 3 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .167 | 11 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson in DeLand, Florida. This was the nineteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. UCF won their fourth tournament championship in five years, and third in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]
The top six finishers by overall winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round. Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville State did not qualify as they completed their transition from NCAA Division II.
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2]
POS | Player | School |
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P | Jeff Newman | Samford |
Eric Knott | Stetson | |
C | Eric Johnson | UCF |
IF | Pat Williamson | UCF |
Clint Chrysler | Stetson | |
Eric Riggs | UCF | |
Bryan Bruce | UCF | |
OF | Sean Mahoney | FIU |
C.J. Fagan | Stetson | |
Todd Bellhorn | UCF | |
Gregg Pacitti | UCF |
Greg Pacitti was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pacitti was an outfielder for UCF. [2]
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