List of West Coast Conference baseball champions

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This is a list of West Coast Conference champions in college baseball. The West Coast Conference is composed of nine schools, all of which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three-game series. Brigham Young University joined the league in 2012. From 1999 through 2005, the eight teams were divided into two divisions, with the winner of each meeting in a three-game championship series. Division were abolished beginning in 2006, but the championship series remained through the 2009 season with the top two teams from the regular season meeting. The league will begin a four team tournament in 2013, in anticipation of growing to a ten team conference when the University of the Pacific joins the league. [1] The winner of the tournament will claim the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

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The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name West Coast Athletic Conference in 1968 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the Big West Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1989, the conference shortened the name to West Coast Conference. [2]

Champions

West Coast Athletic Conference

YearRegular Season ChampionRecord
1968No. 20 Santa Clara 15–5
1969No. 9 Santa Clara 16–4
1970No. 14 Santa Clara 19–2
1971No. 9 Santa Clara 18–2
1972No. 20 Santa Clara 13–5
1973No. 25 Loyola Marymount 14–4
1974No. 24 Pepperdine 15–3
1975No. 10 Pepperdine 14–2
1976 Pepperdine 16–2

West Coast Athletic Conference/West Coast Conference

YearRegular Season ChampionRecordPostseason Champion
1985No. 9 Pepperdine 20–4
1986No. 6 Loyola Marymount
No. 14 Pepperdine
19–5
Loyola Marymount def. Pepperdine 14–9
in one game playoff
1987No. 17 Pepperdine 22–2
1988No. 12 Pepperdine 19–4–1
1989 Pepperdine 20–4
1990No. 25 Loyola Marymount 25–9
1991No. 19 Pepperdine 25–10
1992No. 1 Pepperdine 23–4
1993No. 16 Pepperdine 24–6
1994 Santa Clara 21–9
1995No. 19 Pepperdine 23–3–1
1996 Santa Clara 22–6
1997No. 19 Santa Clara 23–5
1998 Loyola Marymount 21–8
1999No. 19 Pepperdine (West)
Loyola Marymount (Coast)
21–9
18–12
Loyola Marymount def. Pepperdine (2–1)
1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2000 Pepperdine (West)
No. 24 Loyola Marymount (Coast)
22–8
22–8
Loyola Marymount def. Pepperdine (2–0)
2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2001No. 20 Pepperdine (West)
Gonzaga (Coast)
25–5
17–13
2002 Pepperdine (Coast)
San Diego (West)
18–12
18–12
2003 Pepperdine (Coast)
San Diego (West)
23–7
18–12
2004 Loyola Marymount (Coast)
Pepperdine (West)
20–7
19–11
Pepperdine def. Loyola Marymount (2–0)
2004 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2005 Loyola Marymount (Coast)
No. 23 Pepperdine (West)
18–12
21–9
Pepperdine def. Loyola Marymount (2–1)
2005 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2006No. 30 Pepperdine
San Francisco
15–6
Pepperdine def. San Francisco (2–1)
2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2007No. 16 San Diego 18–3
2008No. 17 San Diego 16–5
2009 Gonzaga 14–7
Gonzaga def. Loyola Marymount (2–0)
2009 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2010 San Diego 19–2No tournament held
2011 San Francisco 16–5
2012No. 28 Pepperdine 16–8
2013 Gonzaga 18–6
2014No. 11 Pepperdine 18–9
2015 San Diego 19–8
2016 BYU
Gonzaga
Saint Mary's
18–9
(1) Saint Mary's def.(3) Gonzaga 13–4
2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
2017 BYU
Gonzaga
Loyola Marymount
20–7
(3) BYU def.(1) Gonzaga 10–3, 16–3
2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
2018 Pepperdine 17–10
2019 BYU 19–8
2020Season cancelled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021No. 25 Gonzaga 20–7Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2022No. 12 Gonzaga 20–7

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References

  1. "2013 WCC Baseball Championship to Take Place at Banner Island Ballpark". WCCSports.com. June 15, 2012. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. "West Coast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. pp. 19–22. Retrieved October 29, 2012.