| Year: | 1982 |
| Conference: | Trans America Athletic Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Luther Williams Field |
| City: | Macon, Georgia |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Larry Martindale |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1982 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Luther Williams Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, from April 29 through May 1. This was the fourth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its fourth year of existence. won their first tournament championship and advanced to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
The TAAC brought the two division winners and second place team from each division to the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division runner up in the first round in the four team double elimination tournament. Hardin-Simmons and Northeast Louisiana claimed the West's first and second seeds, respectively, by tiebreaker.[2]
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[3]
| POS | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Scott Barnhouse | Mercer | |
| Mike Richard | Hardin–Simmons | ||
| C | Lawrence Walter | Mercer | |
| 1B | Dave Pregon | Georgia Southern | |
| 2B | Dave Mahoney | Mercer | |
| SS | Bobby Doe | Hardin–Simmons | |
| 3B | Byron Roberts | Hardin–Simmons | |
| OF | Frank Millerd | Mercer | |
| Mike Montgomery | Mercer | ||
| Mark Reedy | Hardin–Simmons | ||
| DH | Scott Stone | Northeast Louisiana |