West Coast Conference baseball tournament

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West Coast Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
Conference West Coast Conference
Number of teams6
Format Double-elimination
Current stadium Las Vegas Ballpark
Current location Summerlin, NV
Played2013–present
Last contest 2025
Current champion Saint Mary's (2)
Most championships San Diego (3)

The West Coast Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the Division I West Coast Conference. As begun in 2013, the top four finishers in the regular season of the league's ten teams participate in the double-elimination tournament held at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The winner of the event earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. [1]

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History

The West Coast Conference was one of the few college baseball leagues not to conduct a postseason championship event until dividing into two divisions in 1999. From that year through 2009, the league held a best of three game championship series between the two division winners. Division play was abolished following the 2005 season, but the championship series continued with the top two finishers in the conference participating. After 2009, the championship series was also discontinued. However, in 2013, the league established a four team, double-elimination event at a neutral site. This was the first time in baseball that more than two teams participated in a postseason conference championship event and the first time any conference championship event is held at a neutral site. [1]

Champions

By year

This table lists results of West Coast Conference postseason conference championship events. [2]

YearChampionRunner-upSiteMost Outstanding Players
Baseball Championship Series era (1999–2009): A two team "best of three" playoff was held.
1999 Loyola Marymount Pepperdine Alternating campus sitesN/A
2000 Loyola Marymount Pepperdine George C. Page StadiumLos Angeles, CA
2001 Pepperdine Gonzaga Eddy D. Field StadiumMalibu, CA
2002 San Diego Pepperdine
2003 San Diego Pepperdine
2004 Pepperdine Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
2005 Pepperdine Loyola Marymount
2006 Pepperdine San Francisco Benedetti DiamondSan Francisco, CA
2007 San Diego Gonzaga John Cunningham StadiumSan Diego, CA Justin Snyder, San Diego
Matt Couch, San Diego (Pitcher)
2008 San Diego Pepperdine Kevin Muno, San Diego
Brian Matusz, San Diego (Pitcher)
2009 Gonzaga Loyola Marymount Patterson Baseball ComplexSpokane, WA Ryan Wiegand, Gonzaga
Steven Ames, Gonzaga (Pitcher)
Tournament era (2013−present)
2013 San Diego San Francisco Banner Island BallparkStockton, CA Troy Conyers, San Diego
2014 Pepperdine Loyola Marymount Aaron Brown, Pepperdine
2015 Pepperdine Loyola Marymount Brad Anderson, Pepperdine
2016 Saint Mary's Gonzaga Zach Kirtley, Saint Mary's
2017 BYU Gonzaga Bronson Larsen, BYU
2018 Gonzaga Pepperdine Jake Vieth, Gonzaga
2019 Loyola Marymount Saint Mary's Codie Paiva, Loyola Marymount
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
2022 San Diego Gonzaga Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CACaleb Ricketts, San Diego
2023 Santa Clara Portland Las Vegas BallparkSummerlin South, NV Dawson Brigman, Santa Clara
2024 San Diego Portland Jake Holcroft, [3] Portland
2025 Saint Mary's San Diego Eddie Madrigal, Saint Mary's

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