ASUN Conference baseball tournament

ASUN Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceASUN Conference
Number of teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Current stadiumMelching Field at Conrad Park
Current locationDeLand, Florida
Played1979–present
Last contest2024
Current championStetson
Most championshipsStetson (9)
Official websiteasunsports.org/sports/bsb/index
Host stadiums
Swanson Stadium (2014–2015, 2020, 2022)
Melching Field at Conrad Park (1989, 1991, 1993, 1996–97, 2002–09, 2012–13, 2017, 2019, 2023-2024)
Harmon Stadium (2018, 2021)
Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium (2010–11, 2016)
Alexander Brest Field (2000–01)
Osceola County Stadium (1998–99)
Homestead Athletic Complex (1995)
Claude Smith Field (1994)
Southeastern Louisiana Diamond (1992)
Centenary Park (1979, 1983–84, 1988, 1990)
J. I. Clements Stadium (1985, 1987)
Hunter Field (1981, 1986)
SPAR Stadium (1983)
Luther Williams Field (1980, 1982)
Host locations
Fort Myers, FL (2014–2015, 2020, 2022)
DeLand, FL (1989, 1991, 1993, 1996–97, 2002–09, 2012–13, 2017, 2019, 2023-2024)
Jacksonville, FL (2000–01, 2018)
Nashville, TN (2010–11, 2016)
Fort Myers, FL (2014–2015)
Kissimmee, FL (1998–99)
Homestead, FL (1995)
Macon, GA (1980, 1982, 1994)
Hammond, LA (1992)
Shreveport, LA (1979, 1983–84, 1988, 1990)
Statesboro, GA (1985, 1987)
Abilene, TX (1981, 1986)

The ASUN Conference baseball tournament, sometimes referred to simply as the ASUN Tournament, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I ASUN Conference. Before the ASUN expanded to 12 members in 2021 (2022 season), the top six finishers in the regular season of the conference's teams advanced to the double-elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.[1]

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[2]

Year Program Site Most Valuable Player
1979 Mercer Centenary Park • Shreveport, Louisiana, –
1980 Georgia Southern Luther Williams Field • Macon, Georgia, –
1981 Mercer Hunter Field • Abilene, Texas, –
1982 Hardin–Simmons Luther Williams Field • Macon, Georgia –
1983 Mercer Centenary Park, SPAR Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana –
1984 Nicholls State Centenary Park • Shreveport, Louisiana –
1985 Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, Georgia, Craig Cooper, Ga. Southern
1986 Georgia Southern Hunter Field • Abilene, Texas Mike Shepherd, Ga. Southern
1987 Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, Georgia Brett Hendley, Ga. Southern
1988 Stetson Centenary Park • Shreveport, Louisiana Mike Sempeles, Stetson
1989 Stetson Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida, Mike Pinckes, Stetson
1990 Stetson Centenary Park • Shreveport, Louisiana Todd Greene, Ga. Southern
1991 FIU Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Kevin Lucero, FIU
1992 Southeastern Louisiana Southeastern Louisiana Diamond • Hammond, Louisiana, Kirk Bullinger, SLU
1993 UCF Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Tony Marrillia, UCF
1994 Southeastern Louisiana Claude Smith Field • Macon, Georgia Dan Newman, SLU
1995 UCF Homestead Athletic Complex • Homestead, Florida, Todd Tocco, UCF
1996 UCF Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Nick Presto, FAU
1997 UCF Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Gregg Pacitti, UCF
1998 FIU Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, Florida, Edwin Franco, FIU
1999 Jacksonville Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, Florida Jeff Nebel, Mercer
2000 Stetson Alexander Brest Field • Jacksonville, Florida, Jeff Christy, Stetson
2001 UCF Alexander Brest Field • Jacksonville, Florida Jeremy Kurella, UCF
2002 UCF Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Mike Myers, UCF
2003 Jacksonville Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Gordie Gronkowski, Jacksonville
2004 Florida Atlantic Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Rusty Brown, FAU
2005 Stetson Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Shane Jordan, Stetson
2006 Stetson Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Brandon Paritz, Stetson
2007 Jacksonville Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Pete Clifford, Jacksonville
2008 Lipscomb Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Caleb Joseph, Lipscomb
2009 Jacksonville Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Alex Martinez, Jacksonville
2010 Mercer Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee, Jacob Tanis, Mercer
2011 Belmont Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee Derek Hamblen, Belmont
2012 Belmont Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Judah Akers, Belmont
2013 East Tennessee State Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Kerry Doane, ETSU
2014 Kennesaw State Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, Florida, Brennan Morgan, KSU
2015 Lipscomb Swanson Satdium • Fort Myers, Florida Jonathan Allison, Lipscomb
2016 Stetson Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee Cory Reid, Stetson
2017 Florida Gulf Coast Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Marc Coffers, FGCU
2018 Stetson Harmon Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida, Eric Foggo, Stetson
2019 Liberty Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, Florida Jonathan Embry, Liberty
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jacksonville Division Round: Campus sites
Semifinals and final: Harmon Stadium • Jacksonville, FL		 Tyler Santana, Jacksonville
2022 Kennesaw State Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL Josh Hatcher, Kennesaw State
2023 Lipscomb Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL Alex Vergara, Lipscomb
2024 Stetson Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL Lorenzo Meola, Stetson

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.[2]

Program No. of titles Title years
Stetson 9 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2024
UCF 6 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002
Jacksonville 5 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2021
Georgia Southern 4 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987
Mercer 4 1979, 1981, 1983, 2010
Lipscomb 3 2008, 2015, 2023
Kennesaw State 2 2014, 2022
Belmont 2 2011, 2012
FIU 2 1991, 1998
Southeastern Louisiana 2 1992, 1994
East Tennessee State 1 2013
Florida Atlantic 1 2004
Florida Gulf Coast 1 2017
Hardin–Simmons 1 1982
Liberty 1 2019
Nicholls State[a] 1 1984
  • Italics indicate that the program is no longer an ASUN member.
  1. ^ Now athletically known as Nicholls.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Championship". AtlanticSun.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2019–20 ASUN Baseball Record Book" (PDF). ASUN Conference. August 18, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2021.