Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament was the conference baseball championship of the Mid-American Conference, Division I members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In its final format, the top six finishers participated in the double-elimination tournament, which was most recently played at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio, from 2012 through 2019. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The tournament began in 1981, but was not held from 1984 through 1991. It returned in 1992 and was held annually through 2019. It was scheduled to be played in May 2020, but was cancelled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of several changes announced in May 2020 related to the pandemic, the tournament was eliminated along with the post-season tournaments of seven other sports, for at least four seasons.[1] Kent State won the most tournament titles with 12, followed by Eastern Michigan with four.

Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Number of teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Played1981–1983
1992–2019
Last contest2019
Current championCentral Michigan (3)
Most championshipsKent State (12)
Official websitemac-sports.com/tournaments/?id=67
Host stadiums
Campus sites (1981, 1983, 1992–2007)
Franklin County Stadium (1982)
V.A. Memorial Stadium (2008–2011)
Crushers Stadium (2012–2019)

Format history

The event was a four team, double-elimination tournament from 1981 through its discontinuation after 1983 and again upon resuming from 1992 through 1997. Beginning in 1998, the format shifted to an eight team field, where it remained through the 2017 tournament. The tournament was reduced to six teams and the separate divisions were eliminated for 2018 following the loss of Akron in 2015 and Buffalo in 2017. The first All-Tournament Team and Most Valuable Player were named in 1992.

Champions

By year

The following is a list of tournament champions and sites listed by year.[2][3][4][5]

YearSiteChampionMost Valuable Player
1981Theunissen Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MichiganEastern Michigan—
1982Franklin County Stadium • Columbus, OhioEastern Michigan—
1983Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MichiganMiami—
No tournament held, 1984–1991
1992Gene Michael Field • Kent, OhioKent StateDustin Hermanson (Kent State)
1993Kent StateRyan Beeney (Kent State)
1994Central MichiganTim Fails (Kent State)
1995Steller Field • Bowling Green, OhioCentral MichiganPat Mahoney (Central Michigan)
1996Gene Michael Field • Kent, OhioAkronDave Yoder (Akron)
1997Trautwein Field • Athens, OhioOhioBart Leahy (Ohio)
1998Steller Field • Bowling Green, OhioBowling GreenBob Niemet (Bowling Green)
1999Ball Baseball Field • Muncie, IndianaBowling GreenSean Ryan (Bowling Green)
2000Gene Michael Field • Kent, OhioMiamiJohn Lackaff (Miami)
2001Ball Diamond • Muncie, IndianaKent StateJohn Van Benschoten (Kent State)
2002Steller Field • Bowling Green, OhioKent StateBrad Snyder (Ball State)
2003Gene Michael Field • Kent, OhioEastern MichiganBrian Bixler (Eastern Michigan)
2004Theunissen Stadium • Mt. Pleasant, MichiganKent StateRyan Ford (Eastern Michigan)/Andy Sonnanstine (Kent State)
2005Hayden Park • Oxford, OhioMiamiPaul Frietch (Miami)
2006Schoonover Stadium • Kent, OhioBall StateKyle Dygert (Ball State)
2007Oestrike Stadium • Ypsilanti, MichiganKent StateJason Patton (Kent State)
2008V.A. Memorial Stadium • Chillicothe, OhioEastern MichiganJack Leonard (Eastern Michigan)
2009Kent StateChris Tremblay (Kent State)
2010Kent StateJustin Gill (Kent State)
2011Kent StateDavid Starn (Kent State)
2012All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OhioKent StateDavid Starn (Kent State)
2013Bowling GreenNick Bruns (Bowling Green)
2014Kent StateCody Koch (Kent State)
2015OhioLogan Cozart (Ohio)
2016Western MichiganKeegan Akin (Western Michigan)
2017Sprenger Stadium • Avon, OhioOhioSpencer Ibarra (Ohio)
2018Kent StateEli Kraus (Kent State)
2019Central MichiganGriffin Lockwood-Powell (Central Michigan)[6]
2020Crushers Stadium • Avon, OhioCancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

By school

The following is a list of tournament champions listed by school and the years each team was eligible to play in the tournament.

ProgramTenureTitlesTitle years
Kent State1981–1983
1992–2020		121992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
Eastern Michigan1981–1983
1992–2020		41981, 1982, 2003, 2008
Bowling Green1981–1983
1992–2020		31998, 1999, 2013
Central Michigan1981–2020
1992–2020		31994, 1995, 2019
Miami1981–1983
1992–2020		31983, 2000, 2005
Ohio1981–1983
1992–2020		31997, 2015, 2017
Akron1993–2015
2020		11996
Ball State1981–1983
1992–2020		12006
Western Michigan1981–1983
1992–2020		12016
Northern Illinois1981–1982
1998–2020		0
Toledo1981–1983
1992–2020		0
Marshall1998–20050
Buffalo2001–20170

References
  1. Strack, Jordan (May 12, 2020). "Major changes coming to Mid-American Conference". WTOL. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. "Ohio Bobcats 2012 Media Guide" (PDF). ohiobobcats.com. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  3. 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  5. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  6. "Chippewas Win First MAC Baseball Championship Since 1995". Mid-American Conference. May 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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