2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Site	Brent Brown Ballpark Orem, UT
Champions	Utah Valley (3rd title)
Winning coach	Eric Madsen (3rd title)
MVP	Billy Burgess (Utah Valley)
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2012 Great West Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

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]

Seeding

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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Utah Valley	28	0	1.000	–	1
Texas-Pan American	16	12	.571	12	2
NJIT	16	12	.571	12	3
Northern Colorado	15	13	.536	13	4
Houston Baptist	15	13	.536	13	5
North Dakota	10	18	.357	18	6
Chicago State	9	19	.321	19	7
NYIT	3	25	.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]

Name	School
Jonathan Carpen	Chicago State
Kolby Arnst	Houston Baptist
Jake Gonzalez	Houston Baptist
Collin Hetzler	Houston Baptist
Jeff Campbell	North Dakota
Kris Kwak	North Dakota
Andrew Thome	North Dakota
Tony Crudo	Northern Colorado
Jake Johnson	Northern Colorado
Angel Ibanez	Texas–Pan American
Billy Burgess	Utah Valley
Cole Butcher	Utah Valley
Alex Exon	Utah Valley
Jake Rickenbach	Utah 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. 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.