1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1994 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheastern Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coachGreg Marten (2nd title)
MVPDan Newman (Southeastern Louisiana)
1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
FIU x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 38 – 21   .644
Stetson ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 37 – 21   .638
UCF ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 29 – 26   .527
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 27 – 21   .563
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 31 – 23   .574
West
Mercer x‍†‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 32 – 21   .604
Southeastern Louisiana x‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 34 – 30   .531
Samford ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 19 – 33   .365
Centenary ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 23 – 28   .451
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 12 – 42   .222
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Claude Smith Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. This was the sixteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixteenth year of existence. Southeastern Louisiana won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round. Florida Atlantic was not eligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings as it was their first year in the league.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East
FIU 12 6 .667 — 1E
Stetson 9 9 .500 3 2E
UCF 8 10 .444 4 —
College of Charleston 7 11 .389 5 —
Florida Atlantic 0 0 — — —
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
West
Mercer 15 9 .625 — 1W
Southeastern Louisiana 15 9 .625 — 2W
Samford 13 11 .542 2 —
Centenary 11 13 .333 4 —
Georgia State 6 18 .250 9 —

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1EFIU5
2WSoutheastern Louisiana6
2WSoutheastern Louisiana4
1WMercer6
1WMercer8
2EStetson1
1WMercer
2WSoutheastern Louisiana
Lower round 1Lower final
2WSoutheastern Louisiana10
1EFIU111EFIU7
2EStetson10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POS Player School
P Rick Miller Mercer
Matt Barefield Mercer
C Jason Moore FIU
1B Kevin Millican Southeastern Louisiana
2B Dan Newman Southeastern Louisiana
3B Mitch Markham Stetson
SS Kenny Langlois Southeastern Louisiana
OF Chad Magistro Mercer
Bob Kallemeyn FIU
Shane Brister Southeastern Louisiana
DH Jason Smith Mercer

Most Valuable Player

Dan Newman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Newman was a second baseman for Southeastern Louisiana.[2]

References

  1. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.