2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament

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2012 Great West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Utah Valley  (3rd title)
Winning coach Eric Madsen  (3rd title)
MVPBilly Burgess (Utah Valley)
2012 Great West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah Valley  280 1.0004712 .797
Texas-Pan American  1612 .5713022 .577
NJIT  1612 .5712527 .481
Northern Colorado  1513 .5362733 .450
Houston Baptist  1513 .5362833 .459
North Dakota  1018 .3571937 .339
Chicago State  919 .3211440 .259
NYIT  325 .107546 .098
Conference champion
Tournament champion
As of May 31, 2012 [1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Utah Valley University's Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley won their third championship by a score of 10-6, having advanced undefeated in conference regular season and tournament play. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3] Utah Valley has won all three Great West Conference baseball tournaments. [4]

Contents

Seeding

All eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage only.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Utah Valley 2801.0001
Texas-Pan American 1612.571122
NJIT 1612.571123
Northern Colorado 1513.536134
Houston Baptist 1513.536135
North Dakota 1018.357186
Chicago State 919.321197
NYIT 325.107258

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
3 NJIT 0
6 North Dakota 1
6North Dakota18
2Texas-Pan American7
2 Texas-Pan American 10
7 Chicago State 4
6North Dakota4
1Utah Valley15
4 Northern Colorado 3
5 Houston Baptist 10
5Houston Baptist8
1Utah Valley9
1 Utah Valley 17
8 NYIT 101Utah Valley10
5Houston Baptist6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Houston Baptist8
3NJIT77Chicago State46North Dakota8
7Chicago State115Houston Baptist115Houston Baptist13
4Northern Colorado5
2Texas-Pan American13
4Northern Colorado114Northern Colorado14
8NYIT1

[5]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NameSchool
Jonathan CarpenChicago State
Kolby ArnstHouston Baptist
Jake GonzalezHouston Baptist
Collin HetzlerHouston Baptist
Jeff CampbellNorth Dakota
Kris KwakNorth Dakota
Andrew ThomeNorth Dakota
Tony CrudoNorthern Colorado
Jake JohnsonNorthern Colorado
Angel IbanezTexas–Pan American
Billy BurgessUtah Valley
Cole ButcherUtah Valley
Alex ExonUtah Valley
Jake RickenbachUtah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Billy Burgess was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgess was an outfielder for Utah Valley. [4]

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