2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament


The 2012 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 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]

2012 Great West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (3rd title)
Winning coachEric Madsen (3rd title)
MVPBilly Burgess (Utah Valley)
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

Seeding

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
3NJIT0
6North Dakota1
6North Dakota18
2Texas-Pan American7
2Texas-Pan American10
7Chicago State4
6North Dakota4
1Utah Valley15
4Northern Colorado3
5Houston Baptist10
5Houston Baptist8
1Utah Valley9
1Utah Valley17
8NYIT101Utah Valley10
5Houston Baptist6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Houston Baptist8
3NJIT77Chicago State46North Dakota8
7Chicago State115Houston Baptist115Houston Baptist13
4Northern Colorado5
2Texas-Pan American13
4Northern Colorado114Northern Colorado14
8NYIT1

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All-Tournament Team

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Central". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2012.