Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Number of teams4
Format double elimination
Current stadiumMarty L. Miller Field
Current locationNorfolk, Virginia
Played1972–2022
Last contest 2022
Current champion Coppin State
Most championships Bethune-Cookman (19)
Official website Championship Central

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. In its final edition in 2022, all four MEAC baseball teams participated in the double elimination tournament at Marty L. Miller Field in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The automatic bid was granted beginning in 1994. [1]

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From 1999 until leaving the conference after the 2021 season, Bethune-Cookman had claimed all but six tournament championships, as North Carolina A&T won the 2005 and 2018 tournaments, Savannah State won the 2013 tournament, Florida A&M won the 2015 and 2019 events, while Norfolk State won in 2021. Coppin State won the last MEAC tournament in 2022.

The MEAC merged its baseball league into that of the Northeast Conference (NEC) after the 2022 season, by which time it had only four baseball-sponsoring members—two short of the minimum required for a conference to maintain its automatic tournament bid. The remaining MEAC baseball schools became NEC affiliates at that time. [2]

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.

YearProgramSiteMost Outstanding PerformerOutstanding Coach
1972 Howard
1973 South Carolina State
1974 North Carolina A&T
1975 Howard
1976 Howard
1977 Howard
1978–1983 No Conference Competition Sponsored
1984 Howard
1985 Bethune-Cookman
1986 Howard
1987 Florida A&M
1988 Florida A&M Marquis Grissom, Florida A&M [3]
1989 Delaware State
1990 Florida A&M
1991 Florida A&M
1992 Florida A&M
1993 North Carolina A&T
1994 Florida A&M Moore-Kittles Field • Tallahassee, FL
1995 Coppin State Moore-Kittles Field • Tallahassee, FL
1996 Bethune-Cookman Moore-Kittles Field • Tallahassee, FL
1997 Bethune-Cookman Moore-Kittles Field • Tallahassee, FL
1998 Howard University
1999 Bethune-Cookman
2000 Bethune-Cookman
2001 Bethune-Cookman Claudell Clark, Norfolk State Mervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2002 Bethune-Cookman Carlos Geathers, North Carolina A&TMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2003 Bethune-Cookman John Gragg, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2004 Bethune-Cookman Cracker Jack Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FL Jon Roberts, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2005 North Carolina A&T Cracker Jack Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FLJoe McIntyre, North Carolina A&T Keith Shumate, North Carolina A&T
2006 Bethune-Cookman Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA Jose Rivera Ortiz, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2007 Bethune-Cookman Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA [4] Angel Mercado, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2008 Bethune-Cookman Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA [5] Jose Lozada, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2009 Bethune-Cookman Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL [6] Marquis Riley, North Carolina A&TMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2010 Bethune-Cookman Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL [7] DJ Leonard, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2011 Bethune-Cookman Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL [8] Peter O'Brien, Bethune-CookmanMervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
2012 Bethune-Cookman Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VADavid Lee, Bethune-Cookman Jason Beverlin, Bethune-Cookman
2013 Savannah State Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA Kyle McGowin, Savannah State Carlton Hardy, Savannah State
2014 Bethune-Cookman Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA Montana DuRapau, Bethune-Cookman Jason Beverlin, Bethune-Cookman
2015 Florida A&M Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD [9] Brandon Fleming, Florida A&M Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M
2016 Bethune-Cookman Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD [9] Danny Rodriguez, Bethune-CookmanJason Beverlin, Bethune-Cookman
2017 Bethune-Cookman Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD [9] Danny Rodriguez, Bethune-CookmanJason Beverlin, Bethune-Cookman
2018 North Carolina A&T Sliwa Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL [10] Zach McLean, North Carolina A&T [10] Ben Hall, North Carolina A&T [10]
2019 Florida A&M Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FLKaycee Reese, Florida A&M [11] Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M [11]
2020Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Norfolk State Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VAAlsander Womack, Norfolk StateKeith Shumate, Norfolk State
2022 Coppin State Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VABrian Nicolas, Coppin State Sherman Reed, Coppin State

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school, since 1972.

ProgramNo. of titlesTitle years
Bethune-Cookman 19 1985, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Florida A&M 8 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2015, 2019
Howard 7 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1998
North Carolina A&T 4 1974, 1993, 2005, 2018
Coppin State 2 1995, 2022
Delaware State 1 1989
Norfolk State 1 2021
Savannah State 1 2013
South Carolina State 1 1973

Italics indicate the school stopped fielding a baseball team in the MEAC before the conference's final baseball season in 2022.

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References

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  2. ↑ "NEC & MEAC Announce Three-Sport Associate Member Partnership" (Press release). Northeast Conference. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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