Raymond Peter "Smoke" Laval is an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys. He is a former head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians baseball teams. He has led his teams to two College World Series, five conference championships, and seven NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances, and has received a number of coaching awards.
The 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 23 through 27. North Carolina won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year the conference used the round robin tournament setup. The best record of each group at the end of the round robin would face each other in a one-game match for the championship.
The 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 24 through 28. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the last edition of the tournament to use the double-elimination format. The ACC converted the tournament to a round robin format in 2007.
The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 21 through 25. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004–05 academic year.
The 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium in Salem, Virginia, from May 25 through 30. Florida State won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina, from April 22 through 25. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1977 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina, from April 24 through 27. Wake Forest won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held in Greenville, SC from May 17 through 22. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The North Florida Ospreys are the athletic teams of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. The Ospreys compete in the ASUN Conference in NCAA Division I. UNF became a full-fledged member of Division I in 2009; previously, the Ospreys were members of the Sunshine State Conference and Peach Belt Conference in NCAA Division II. UNF fields teams in seven men's sports and ten women's sports.
The 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1990 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 12 through 15. North Carolina defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1988 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 11 through 15. Georgia Tech defeated North Carolina in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1987 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 11 through 15. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1985 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1985 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 17 through 20. Georgia Tech defeated Clemson in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1984 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from April 18 through 21. North Carolina defeated Georgia Tech in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1983 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1983 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from April 20 through 25. North Carolina defeated Clemson in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1982 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1982 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from April 21 through 25. North Carolina defeated Virginia in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1986 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 14 through 17. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on January 26, 2006. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2006 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 26, 2006, with the final game of the best of three championship series. Oregon State defeated North Carolina two games to one to claim their first championship.
The 2009 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 21 through 24. Jacksonville won its fourth tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was heavily marred by rain, resulting in two format changes. Originally planned as a six team double-elimination tournament, the format was changed to a single elimination format.
David Tollett is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast since 2002, the program's first season. Under Tollett, the Eagles have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments and won Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) regular season championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, and 2021.Tollett's 2017 season was the most successful in program history as the Green and Blue won a program record 43 games, claimed the program's first ASUN Tournament championship, and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time. After starting the season 24-3 and defeating then #2 and eventual National Champion Florida, then #1 FSU and Miami in the same season for the first time ever, FGCU rose to as high as #9 in the Collegiate Baseball News poll - marking the highest ranking ever achieved by any athletics program in school history. Following the hot start to the season, Tollett was named the Perfect Game Midseason Coach of the Year. The Green and Blue suffered a number of tough losses in April, but ended the regular season by sweeping its way through its final three conference series and earned the No. 3 seed in the ASUN Tournament. After falling into the loser's bracket following a loss on day two, FGCU won an improbable four elimination games in less than 30 hours and defeated top-seeded Jacksonville twice, including an extra-inning thriller in the winner-take-all championship. With the ASUN's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in hand, the Eagles earned the No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional and defeated No. 3 Michigan, 10-6, in its first-ever NCAA tournament game. Tollett was named the A-Sun Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2019. Worst loss of career came during the 2013 season when Tollett and the Eagles lost to an NAIA school, Ave Maria. Tollett has had 47 players at FGCU drafted or signed as free agents in Major League Baseball including Chris Sale, Casey Coleman, Richard Bleier, Jacob Barnes, Jacob Noll, and Kutter Crawford.
