1991 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1991 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the thirteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its thirteenth year of existence. FIU won their first tournament championship in their first year in the conference and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1991 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFIU (1st title)
Winning coachDanny Price (1st title)
MVPKevin Lucero, FIU
1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Stetson x‍†‍‍ 13–5–0 .722  36–22–1 .619
FIU ‍‍‡‍y 11–7–0 .611  43–23–0 .652
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 10–8–0 .556  33–27–0 .550
Mercer ‍‍‍ 2–16–0 .111  15–31–0 .326
West
Samford x‍‍‍ 9–5–0 .643  23–26–0 .469
Centenary ‍‍‍ 7–7–0 .500  28–23–0 .549
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 6–10–0 .375  28–27–0 .509
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Stetson135.722—1E
FIU117.61122E
Georgia Southern108.5563—
Mercer216.11111—
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Samford95.643—1W
Centenary77.50022W
Arkansas–Little Rock610.3754—

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Stetson 9  
2W Centenary 3  
  1E Stetson 9  
  2E FIU 5  
1W Samford 4
2E FIU 6  
  1W Samford 7 2
  2E FIU 9 10
2W Centenary 5  
1W Samford 8  
  2E FIU 10
  1W Samford 1  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POSPlayerSchool
PKevin LuceroFIU
Jerry SantosFIU
CBill ScalzittiFIU
1BMike KashSamford
2BEric CruzFIU
3BGary HaightFIU
SSWes WegerStetson
DHNathan HarveyFIU
OFMike SempelesStetson
Aaron IatarolaStetson
Chad OttSamford

Most Valuable Player

Kevin Lucero was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Lucero was a pitcher for FIU.[2]

References
  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
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