2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Utah Valley University's Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley won their third championship by a score of 10-6, having advanced undefeated in conference regular season and tournament play. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3] Utah Valley has won all three Great West Conference Baseball Tournaments.[4]

2012 Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (3rd title)
Winning coachEric Madsen (3rd title)
MVPBilly Burgess, Utah Valley
2012 Great West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Utah Valley  ‍†‍‡‍ 28–0 1.000  47–12 .797
Texas-Pan American  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .571  30–22 .577
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .571  25–27 .481
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .536  27–33 .450
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .536  28–33 .459
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .357  19–37 .339
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  14–40 .259
NYIT  ‍‍‍ 3–25 .107  5–46 .098
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

All eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage only.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Utah Valley2801.000
–
1
Texas-Pan American1612.571
12
2
NJIT1612.571
12
3
Northern Colorado1513.536
13
4
Houston Baptist1513.536
13
5
North Dakota1018.357
18
6
Chicago State919.321
19
7
NYIT325.107
25
8

Results
  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Round 4     Final
                                               
  Winner's Bracket
  3 NJIT 0  
  6 North Dakota 1    
      6 North Dakota 18  
      2 Texas-Pan American 7    
  2 Texas-Pan American 10          
  7 Chicago State 4        
      6 North Dakota 4            
      1 Utah Valley 15              
  4 Northern Colorado 3              
  5 Houston Baptist 10                
      5 Houston Baptist 8          
      1 Utah Valley 9        
  1 Utah Valley 17          
  8 NYIT 10         1 Utah Valley 10
      5 Houston Baptist 6
  Loser's Bracket      
  3 NJIT 7        
  7 Chicago State 11     5 Houston Baptist 8        
    7 Chicago State 4          
      5 Houston Baptist 11        
  4 Northern Colorado 11         4 Northern Colorado 5     6 North Dakota 8    
  8 NYIT 1     2 Texas-Pan American 13         5 Houston Baptist 13  
    4 Northern Colorado 14  

[5]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Jonathan CarpenChicago State
Kolby ArnstHouston Baptist
Jake GonzalezHouston Baptist
Collin HetzlerHouston Baptist
Jeff CampbellNorth Dakota
Kris KwakNorth Dakota
Andrew ThomeNorth Dakota
Tony CrudoNorthern Colorado
Jake JohnsonNorthern Colorado
Angel IbanezTexas–Pan American
Billy BurgessUtah Valley
Cole ButcherUtah Valley
Alex ExonUtah Valley
Jake RickenbachUtah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Billy Burgess was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgess was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[4]

References
  1. "Baseball standings". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  3. "Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Central". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  4. "Utah Valley Wins Third-Straight GWC Baseball Tournament Championship". Great West Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  5. "2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Great West Conference. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
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