Horizon League baseball tournament explained

Horizon League Baseball Championship
Sport:Baseball
Conference:Horizon League
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Modified double-elimination
Current Stadium:Number 1 seed hosts
Current Location:Number 1 seed hosts
Years:1981–present
Most Recent:2022
Current Champion:Wright State (6)
Most Championships:Wright State (6)

The Horizon League Baseball Championship is the conference baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Through the 2019 season, all Horizon League baseball teams participated in the modified double-elimination tournament, which is hosted by the regular season champion of the league. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[1]

Year Program Site MVP NCAA Tournament Result
1981 Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1982 Winless, Midwest Regional
1983 Tulsa, OK Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1984 Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1985 Tulsa, OK 2nd round, Midwest Regional
1986 Detroit, MI 2nd round, Mideast Regional
1987 Runners-up, West I Regional
1988 2nd round, West II Regional
1989 South Bend, IN 3rd round, West II Regional
1990 South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1991 South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1992 South Bend, IN Runners-up, Atlantic Regional
1993 South Bend, IN Runners-up, East Regional
1994 South Bend, IN Runners-up, East Regional
1995 South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1996 Did not qualify
1997 Did not qualify
1998 Did not qualify
1999 Chicago, IL 2nd round, Lubbock Regional
2000 Dayton, OH Winless, Minneapolis Regional
2001 Chicago, IL Winless, South Bend Regional
2002 Winless, Lincoln Regional
2003 Dayton, OH Winless, Palo Alto Regional
2004 Winless, Austin Regional
2005 Indianapolis, IN Winless, Lincoln Regional
2006 Dayton, OH Ross Oeder, Wright State Winless, Corvallis Regional
2007 Chicago, IL David Cales, UIC 2nd round, Long Beach Regional
2008 Niles, OH Brett Schaefer, UIC 2nd round, College Station Regional
2009 Winless, Ft. Worth Regional
2010 Chad Pierce Milwaukee Winless, Tempe Regional
2011 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Zach Tanner, Wright State Winless, College Station Regional
Mark Johnson, Valpraiso Winless, Gary Regional
Karch Kowalczyk, Valparaiso 2nd round, Bloomington Regional
Phil Lipari, Youngstown State 2nd round, Bloomington Regional
Mark Fowler, Wright State Runners-up, Champaign Regional
John Brodner, Wright State Runners-up, Louisville Regional
David Cronin, UIC Winless, Hattiesburg Regional
Peyton Burdick, Wright State Winless, Stanford Regional
Ryan Hampe, UIC Winless, Louisville Regional
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Damon Dues, Wright State Winless, Knoxville Regional

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

Program No. of titles Title years
7 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018
6 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Oral Roberts 6 1981, 1982, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
Notre Dame 5 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
4 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
2 2004, 2014
Valparaiso 2 2012, 2013
Butler 2 1998, 2000
Evansville 2 1988, 1990
Detroit 1 1997
Northern Illinois 1 1996
Oklahoma City 1 1984

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baseball Record Book. Horizon League. 11 March 2012.