2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Brent Brown Ballpark
Orem, UT
Champions Utah Valley (3rd title)
Winning coach Eric Madsen (3rd title)
MVP Billy Burgess (Utah Valley)
Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Great West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Utah Valley †‡ 28 – 0   1.000     47 – 12   .797
Texas-Pan American 16 – 12   .571     30 – 22   .577
NJIT 16 – 12   .571     25 – 27   .481
Northern Colorado 15 – 13   .536     27 – 33   .450
Houston Baptist 15 – 13   .536     28 – 33   .459
North Dakota 10 – 18   .357     19 – 37   .339
Chicago State 9 – 19   .321     14 – 40   .259
NYIT 3 – 25   .107     5 – 46   .098
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Utah Valley University's Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley won their third championship by a score of 10-6, having advanced undefeated in conference regular season and tournament play. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3] Utah Valley has won all three Great West Conference Baseball Tournaments.[4]

Seeding

All eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage only.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Utah Valley 28 0 1.000
–
1
Texas-Pan American 16 12 .571
12
2
NJIT 16 12 .571
12
3
Northern Colorado 15 13 .536
13
4
Houston Baptist 15 13 .536
13
5
North Dakota 10 18 .357
18
6
Chicago State 9 19 .321
19
7
NYIT 3 25 .107
25
8

Results

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Round 4     Final
                                               
  Winner's Bracket
  3  NJIT 0  
  6  North Dakota 1    
      6  North Dakota 18  
      2  Texas-Pan American 7    
  2  Texas-Pan American 10          
  7  Chicago State 4        
      6  North Dakota 4            
      1  Utah Valley 15              
  4  Northern Colorado 3              
  5  Houston Baptist 10                
      5  Houston Baptist 8          
      1  Utah Valley 9        
  1  Utah Valley 17          
  8  NYIT 10         1  Utah Valley 10
      5  Houston Baptist 6
  Loser's Bracket      
  3  NJIT 7        
  7  Chicago State 11     5  Houston Baptist 8        
    7  Chicago State 4          
      5  Houston Baptist 11        
  4  Northern Colorado 11         4  Northern Colorado 5     6  North Dakota 8    
  8  NYIT 1     2  Texas-Pan American 13         5  Houston Baptist 13  
    4  Northern Colorado 14  

[5]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
Jonathan Carpen Chicago State
Kolby Arnst Houston Baptist
Jake Gonzalez Houston Baptist
Collin Hetzler Houston Baptist
Jeff Campbell North Dakota
Kris Kwak North Dakota
Andrew Thome North Dakota
Tony Crudo Northern Colorado
Jake Johnson Northern Colorado
Angel Ibanez Texas–Pan American
Billy Burgess Utah Valley
Cole Butcher Utah Valley
Alex Exon Utah Valley
Jake Rickenbach Utah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Billy Burgess was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgess was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  3. ↑ "Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Central". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Utah Valley Wins Third-Straight GWC Baseball Tournament Championship". Great West Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Great West Conference. Retrieved 2012-06-08.