1982 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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. Hardin–Simmons won their first tournament championship and advanced to the 1982 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1982 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Luther Williams Field Macon, Georgia
Champions	Hardin–Simmons (1st title)
Winning coach	Larry Martindale (1st title)
MVP	,

1982 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Mercer ^x‍†‍‍	8	–	2		.800			35	–	22		.614
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	5	–	5		.500			34	–	33		.507
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	2	–	8		.200			11	–	31		.262
West
Northeast Louisiana ^x‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			22	–	29		.431
Hardin–Simmons ^x‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	5		.583			23	–	32		.418
Centenary ^x‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			18	–	26		.409
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			18	–	23		.439
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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.[3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Mercer 8 2 .800 — 1E Georgia Southern 5 5 .500 3 2E Arkansas–Little Rock 2 8 .200 6 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Hardin–Simmons 7 5 .583 — 1W Northeast Louisiana 7 5 .583 — 2W Centenary 7 5 .583 — — Northwestern State 3 9 .250 4 —

Bracket

First round

Semifinals

Finals

1E

Mercer

9

2W

Northeast Louisiana

2

1E

Mercer

2

1W

Hardin–Simmons

3

1W

Hardin–Simmons

7

2E

Georgia Southern

5

1W

Hardin–Simmons

4

11

1E

Mercer

8

9

2W

Northeast Louisiana

7

2E

Georgia Southern

6

1E

Mercer

12

2W

Northeast Louisiana

2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[4]

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

References

1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
3. "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 5, 2019.