Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

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Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
Big South Conference logo.svg
SportBaseball
Conference Big South Conference
Number of teams8
Format Double-elimination
Current stadium Segra Stadium
Current location Fayetteville, NC
Played1985–88, 1990–93, 1997–present
Last contest 2021
Current champion Presbyterian (1)
Most championships Coastal Carolina (14)
Official website BigSouthSports.com baseball
Host stadiums
Segra Stadium (2019–2021)
Lexington County Baseball Stadium (2016–18)
John Henry Moss Stadium (2015)
Winthrop Ballpark (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Liberty Baseball Stadium (2013)
George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium (2012)
Gray–Minor Stadium (2011)
McCormick Field (2009)
Dan Daniel Memorial Park (2001, 2008)
Charles Watson Stadium (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006)
Knights Stadium (1997, 1998)
Taylor Field (1985, 1987, 1988)
Augusta State University (1986)
Host locations
Fayetteville, NC (2019–2021)
Lexington, SC (2016–18)
Boiling Springs, NC (2015)
Rock Hill, SC (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Lynchburg, VA (2013)
High Point, NC (2012)
Lexington, VA (2011)
Asheville, NC (2009)
Danville, VA (2001, 2008)
Conway, SC (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006)
Fort Mill, SC (1997, 1998)
Buies Creek, NC (1985, 1987, 1988)
Augusta, GA (1986)

The Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, sometimes referred to simply as the Big South Tournament, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. The top eight finishers in the regular season of the conference's 11 teams advance to the double-elimination tournament, which is currently held at a neutral site at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina from 2019 to 2021. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Tournament. [1]

Contents

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year. [1] [2]

YearProgramSiteMVP
1985 Winthrop Taylor FieldBuies Creek, NC Jeff Dodig, Winthrop and John Posey, Campbell
1986 Coastal Carolina Augusta State University • Augusta, GA Terry Spires, Coastal Carolina
1987 Winthrop Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC Mike Michener, Armstrong State
1988 Campbell Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC Rob Palentchar, Campbell
1989No Tournament
1990 Campbell Charles Watson StadiumConway, SC Chris Wagner, Campbell
1991 Coastal Carolina Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Buddy Cribb, Coastal Carolina
1992 Coastal Carolina Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Paul Leszcznski, Coastal Carolina
1993 Liberty Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Rich Humphrey, Liberty
1994–1996No Tournament
1997 UNC Greensboro Knights StadiumFort Mill, SC Jason Parsons, UNC Greensboro
1998 Liberty Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC David Dalton, Liberty
1999 Winthrop Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Matt Kozaria, Winthrop
2000 Liberty Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Jason Suitt, Liberty
2001 Coastal Carolina Dan Daniel Memorial ParkDanville, VA Randy McGarvey, Coastal Carolina
2002 Coastal Carolina Winthrop BallparkRock Hill, SC Adam Keim, Coastal Carolina
2003 Coastal Carolina Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC Steven Carter, Coastal Carolina
2004 Coastal Carolina Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC Steven Carter, Coastal Carolina
2005 Winthrop Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Daniel Carte, Winthrop
2006 UNC Asheville Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Rob Vernon, UNC Asheville
2007 Coastal Carolina Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC Tommy Baldridge, Coastal Carolina
2008 Coastal Carolina Dan Daniel Memorial Park [3] • Danville, VA Tyler Bortnick, Coastal Carolina
2009 Coastal Carolina McCormick Field [4] Asheville, NC David Anderson, Coastal Carolina
2010 Coastal Carolina Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC Daniel Bowman, Coastal Carolina
2011 Coastal Carolina Gray–Minor StadiumLexington, VA Keith Hardwick, Coastal Carolina
2012 Coastal Carolina George S. Erath FieldHigh Point, NC Ryan Connolly & Aaron Burke, Coastal Carolina
2013 Liberty Liberty Baseball StadiumLynchburg, VA Ashton Perritt, Liberty
2014 Campbell Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC Ryan Thompson, Campbell
2015 Radford John Henry Moss StadiumBoiling Springs, NC Hunter Higgerson, Radford
2016 Coastal Carolina Lexington County Baseball StadiumLexington, SC Mike Morrison, Coastal Carolina
2017 Radford Lexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SC Kyle Zurak, Radford
2018 Campbell Liberty Baseball StadiumLynchburg, VA Matthew Barefoot, Campbell
2019 Campbell Segra Stadium [5] Fayetteville, NC Koby Collins, Campbell
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Presbyterian College Segra Stadium • Fayetteville, NC Zacchaeus Rasberry, Presbyterian

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school. [1] [2]

ProgramNo. of titlesTitle years
Coastal Carolina 14 1986, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016
Campbell 5 1988, 1990, 2014, 2018, 2019
Liberty 4 1993, 1998, 2000, 2013
Winthrop 4 1985, 1987, 1999, 2005
Radford 2 2015, 2017
UNC Asheville 1 2006
Presbyterian College 1 2021
UNC Greensboro 1 1997

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