2012 Horizon League baseball tournament

2012 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsValparaiso (1st title)
Winning coachTracy Woodson (1st title)
MVPMark Johnson (Valparaiso)
2012 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Valparaiso  ‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 8   .733 35 – 25   .583
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667 37 – 21   .638
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11   .621 27 – 27   .500
UIC  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17   .414 23 – 33   .411
Butler  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 22 – 34   .393
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 11 – 44   .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2012 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Valparaiso 22 8 .733 – 1
Wright State 20 10 .667 2 2
Milwaukee 18 11 .621 3.5 3
UIC 12 17 .414 9.5 4
Butler 10 20 .333 12 5
Youngstown State 7 23 .233 15 6

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Wright State9
4UIC104UIC19
5Butler14UIC3
1Valparaiso4
1Valparaiso16
3Milwaukee46Youngstown State3
6Youngstown State8
1Valparaiso314
4UIC45
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4UIC5
2Wright State46Youngstown State0
3Milwaukee16Youngstown State5
3Milwaukee192Wright State2
5Butler2

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Name School
P Blake Aquadro Youngstown State
P Tyler Deetjen Valparaiso
C Corey Davis Wright State
1B Alex Grunenwald UIC
2B Tanner Vavra Valparaiso
SS Spencer Mahoney Valparaiso
3B Joe Betcher UIC
OF Jonathan Capasso Milwaukee
OF Mark Johnson Valparaiso
OF Alex De LaRosa UIC
U John Loeffler Valparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Mark Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Johnson was an outfielder for Valparaiso.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2012-13 Horizon League All Sports Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 140. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Valparaiso Wins Baseball Championship". Horizon League. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "2012 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved June 2, 2012.