Year: | 2012 |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Teams: | 8 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium |
City: | High Point, NC |
Titlecount: | 13th |
Coach: | Gary Gilmore |
Coachcount: | 10th |
Mvp: | Aaron Burke/Ryan Connolly |
Mvpteam: | Coastal Carolina |
The 2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. 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 thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | 5 | .783 | – | 1 | ||
15 | 9 | .625 | 3.5 | 2 | ||
14 | 10 | .583 | 4.5 | 3 | ||
12 | 12 | .500 | 6.5 | 4 | ||
12 | 12 | .500 | 6.5 | 5 | ||
12 | 12 | .500 | 6.5 | 6 | ||
11 | 13 | .458 | 7.5 | 7 | ||
11 | 13 | .458 | 7.5 | 8 | ||
10 | 14 | .417 | 8.5 | – | ||
9 | 14 | .391 | 9.5 | – | ||
7 | 17 | .292 | 11.5 | – |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
POS | Player | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
P | Aaron Burke | Coastal Carolina | |
P | Ryan Connolly | Coastal Carolina | |
P | Patrick Eckelbarger | Liberty | |
P | Beau Hilton | Gardner-Webb | |
DH | Alex Buccilli | Coastal Carolina | |
OF | Daniel Bowman | Coastal Carolina | |
OF | Devin Bujnovsky | High Point | |
OF | Benji Jackson | Gardner-Webb | |
INF | Rich Witten | Coastal Carolina | |
INF | Alex Close | Liberty | |
INF | Ryan Retz | High Point | |
INF | Dusty Quattlebaum | Gardner-Webb | |
C | Trey Wimmer | Liberty | |
UTL | Spencer Angelis | High Point |
Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.