1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Claude Smith Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. This was the sixteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixteenth year of existence. Southeastern Louisiana won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1994 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Claude Smith Field Macon, Georgia
Champions	Southeastern Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coach	Greg Marten (2nd title)
MVP	Dan Newman, Southeastern Louisiana

1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
FIU ^x‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			38	–	21		.644
Stetson ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			37	–	21		.638
UCF ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			29	–	26		.527
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			27	–	21		.563
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			31	–	23		.574
West
Mercer ^x‍†‍‍	15	–	9		.625			32	–	21		.604
Southeastern Louisiana ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	15	–	9		.625			34	–	30		.531
Samford ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			19	–	33		.365
Centenary ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			23	–	28		.451
Georgia State ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			12	–	42		.222
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[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. Florida Atlantic was not eligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings as it was their first year in the league.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East FIU 12 6 .667 — 1E Stetson 9 9 .500 3 2E UCF 8 10 .444 4 — College of Charleston 7 11 .389 5 — Florida Atlantic 0 0 — — —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Mercer 15 9 .625 — 1W Southeastern Louisiana 15 9 .625 — 2W Samford 13 11 .542 2 — Centenary 11 13 .333 4 — Georgia State 6 18 .250 9 —

Bracket

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1E

FIU

5

2W

Southeastern Louisiana

6

2W

Southeastern Louisiana

4

1W

Mercer

6

1W

Mercer

8

2E

Stetson

1

1W

Mercer

5

8

2W

Southeastern Louisiana

13

11

1E

FIU

11

2E

Stetson

10

2W

Southeastern Louisiana

10

1E

FIU

7

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Player	School
P	Rick Miller	Mercer
	Matt Barefield	Mercer
C	Jason Moore	FIU
1B	Kevin Millican	Southeastern Louisiana
2B	Dan Newman	Southeastern Louisiana
3B	Mitch Markham	Stetson
SS	Kenny Langlois	Southeastern Louisiana
OF	Chad Magistro	Mercer
	Bob Kallemeyn	FIU
	Shane Brister	Southeastern Louisiana
DH	Jason Smith	Mercer

Most Valuable Player

Dan Newman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Newman was a second baseman for Southeastern Louisiana.[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.