Year: | 2011 |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Teams: | 8 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Gray–Minor Stadium |
City: | Lexington, VA |
Titlecount: | 12th |
Coach: | Gary Gilmore |
Coachcount: | 9th |
Mvp: | Keith Hardwick |
Mvpteam: | Coastal Carolina |
The 2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24 through 28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 7 | .741 | – | 1 | ||
18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 | ||
15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 3 | ||
15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 4 | ||
14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 5 | ||
14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 6 | ||
14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 7 | ||
9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | – | ||
9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | 8 | ||
7 | 20 | .259 | 13 | – |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[3]
POS | Player | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
P | Anthony Meo | Coastal Carolina | |
P | Brett Stackhouse | Gardner–Webb | |
P | Keegan Linza | Liberty | |
P | Stew Brase | Charleston Southern | |
P | Eddie Butler | Radford | |
DH | Keith Hardwick | Coastal Carolina | |
OF | Jake Watts | Gardner–Webb | |
OF | Adam McFarland | Gardner–Webb | |
OF | Daniel Bowman | Coastal Carolina | |
INF | Rich Witten | Coastal Carolina | |
INF | Taylor Motter | Coastal Carolina | |
INF | Aaron Miller | Gardner–Webb | |
INF | Walt Quattlebaum | Charleston Southern | |
C | Casey Rasmus | Liberty | |
UTL | Hayes Orton | Coastal Carolina |
Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.