Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

The Mountain West Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Mountain West Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Number of teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Current stadiumTBD
Current locationTBD
Played2000–present
Last contest2022
Current championSan Jose State
Most championshipsSan Diego State (6)
TV partner(s)CBS College Sports
Official websiteTheMWC.CSTV.com Baseball

Tournament edit

The Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament is a six-team double-elimination tournament held annually at various location in the Mountain West Conference region. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The other teams have to hope for an at-large bid.

History edit

The Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament began in 2000 as a six team double elimination tournament. It maintained that format through 2005. In 2006, with the addition of TCU, the tournament expanded to include all seven teams. However, in 2007 the format returned to a six team bracket, with the seventh place regular season team left out of the field. In 2012, with only five teams in the league, the tournament consisted of a four team double elimination tournament. For 2013, with six teams again competing in the conference, the format will return to a six team bracket, with all teams participating.

Champions edit

By year edit

The tournament is hosted by the previous year's regular season champion.[1]

Year School Site MVP
2000 San Diego State Earl Wilson StadiumLas Vegas, Nevada Chad Redfern, San Diego State
2001 BYU Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California Nate Fernley, BYU
2002 BYU Larry H. Miller FieldProvo, Utah Doug Jackson, BYU
2003 UNLV Isotopes ParkAlbuquerque, New Mexico Patrick Dobson, UNLV
2004 UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Matt Luca, UNLV
2005 UNLV Franklin Covey FieldSalt Lake City, Utah Matt Wagner, UNLV
2006 TCU Earl Wilson Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Chad Huffman, TCU
2007 TCU Earl Wilson Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Austin Adams, TCU
2008 TCU Lupton StadiumFort Worth, Texas Clint Arnold, TCU
2009 Utah Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas Tyler Yagi, Utah
2010 TCU Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, California Bryan Holaday, TCU
2011 New Mexico Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, California D. J. Peterson, New Mexico
2012 New Mexico Earl Wilson Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Josh Melendez, New Mexico
2013 San Diego State Pete Beiden FieldFresno, California Tyler France, San Diego State
2014 San Diego State Earl Wilson Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Brad Haynal, San Diego State
2015 San Diego State William Peccole ParkReno, Nevada Seby Zavala, San Diego State
2016 New Mexico Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, New Mexico Colton Thomson, New Mexico
Luis González, New Mexico
2017 San Diego State Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado Andrew Martinez, San Diego State
2018 San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, California Casey Schmitt, San Diego State
2019 Fresno State William Peccole Park • Reno, Nevada Ryan Jensen, Fresno State
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2022 Air Force Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, California Paul Skenes, Air Force
2023 San Jose State Pete Beiden FieldFresno, California Robert Hamchuk , San Jose State
2024 TBD Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, California TBD

By school edit

School Tourney titles Title years
San Diego State 6 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
TCU 4 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
New Mexico 3 2011, 2012, 2016
UNLV 3 2003, 2004, 2005
BYU 2 2001, 2002
Utah 1 2009
Fresno State 1 2019
Air Force 1 2022
San Jose State 1 2023
  • Italics indicate that the program is no longer a Mountain West member.

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.