2012 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsValparaiso (1st title)
Winning coachTracy Woodson (1st title)
MVPMark Johnson (Valparaiso)
2012 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Valparaiso  ‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .73335–25 .583
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66737–21 .638
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 18–11 .62127–27 .500
UIC  ‍‍‍ 12–17 .41423–33 .411
Butler  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33322–34 .393
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .23311–44 .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Valparaiso228.733–1
Wright State2010.66722
Milwaukee1811.6213.53
UIC1217.4149.54
Butler1020.333125
Youngstown State723.233156

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Wright State9
4UIC104UIC19
5Butler14UIC3
1Valparaiso4
1Valparaiso16
3Milwaukee46Youngstown State3
6Youngstown State8
1Valparaiso314
4UIC45
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4UIC5
2Wright State46Youngstown State0
3Milwaukee16Youngstown State5
3Milwaukee192Wright State2
5Butler2

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POSNameSchool
PBlake AquadroYoungstown State
PTyler DeetjenValparaiso
CCorey DavisWright State
1BAlex GrunenwaldUIC
2BTanner VavraValparaiso
SSSpencer MahoneyValparaiso
3BJoe BetcherUIC
OFJonathan CapassoMilwaukee
OFMark JohnsonValparaiso
OFAlex De LaRosaUIC
UJohn LoefflerValparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Mark Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Johnson was an outfielder for Valparaiso.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012-13 Horizon League All Sports Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 140. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Valparaiso Wins Baseball Championship". Horizon League. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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