List of West Coast Conference baseball champions

This is a list of West Coast Conference champions in college baseball. The West Coast Conference is composed of nine schools, all of which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three game series. Brigham Young University joined the league in 2012. From 1999 through 2005, the eight teams were divided into two divisions, with the winner of each meeting in a three game championship series. Division were abolished beginning in 2006, but the championship series remained through the 2009 season with the top two teams from the regular season meeting. The league will begin a four team tournament in 2013, in anticipation of growing to a ten team conference when the University of the Pacific joins the league.[1] The winner of the tournament will claim the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name West Coast Athletic Conference in 1968 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the Big West Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1989, the conference shortened the name to West Coast Conference.[2]

Champions

West Coast Athletic Conference

Year Regular Season Champion Record
1968 Santa Clara 15–5
1969 Santa Clara 16–4
1970 Santa Clara 19–2
1971 Santa Clara 18–2
1972 Santa Clara 13–5
1973 Loyola Marymount 14–4
1974 Pepperdine 15–3
1975 Pepperdine 14–2
1976 Pepperdine 16–2

Northern California Baseball Association

Year Champion Record
1977 Fresno State 26–10
1978 Santa Clara 23–8
1979 Fresno State 23–13
1980 Fresno State 31–3
1981 Fresno State 26–10
1982 Fresno State
Santa Clara
30–6
26–10
1983 Fresno State 22–8
1984 Fresno State 28–2

Southern California Baseball Association

Year Champion Record
1977 Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Los Angeles
17–7
1978 Cal State Fullerton 24–4
1979 Cal State Fullerton 23–4
1980 Cal State Fullerton 20–8
1981 Cal State Fullerton 22–6
1982 Cal State Fullerton 23–5
1983 Cal State Fullerton
UC Santa Barbara
22–6
1984 Cal State Fullerton 22–6

West Coast Athletic Conference/West Coast Conference

Year Regular Season Champion Record Postseason Champion
1985 Pepperdine 20–4
1986 Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine
19–5 LMU defeated Pepperdine in a one game playoff
1987 Pepperdine 22–2
1988 Pepperdine 19–4–1
1989 Pepperdine 20–4
1990 Loyola Marymount 25–9
1991 Pepperdine 25–10
1992 Pepperdine 23–4
1993 Pepperdine 24–6
1994 Santa Clara 21–9
1995 Pepperdine 23–3–1
1996 Santa Clara 22–6
1997 Santa Clara 23–5
1998 Loyola Marymount 21–8
1999 Pepperdine (West)
Loyola Marymount (Coast)
21–9
18–12
Loyola Marymount
1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2000 Pepperdine (West)
Loyola Marymount (Coast)
22–8
22–8
Loyola Marymount
2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2001 Pepperdine (West)
Gonzaga (Coast)
25–5
17–13
San Diego
2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2002 Pepperdine (Coast)
San Diego (West)
18–12
18–12
San Diego
2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2003 Pepperdine (Coast)
San Diego (West)
23–7
18–12
San Diego
2003 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2004 Loyola Marymount (Coast)
Pepperdine (West)
20–7
19–11
Pepperdine
2004 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2005 Loyola Marymount (Coast)
Pepperdine
18–12
21–9
Pepperdine
2005 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2006 Pepperdine
San Francisco
15–6
Pepperdine
2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2007 San Diego 18–3
San Diego
2007 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2008 San Diego 16–5
San Diego
2008 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2009 Gonzaga 14–7
Gonzaga
2009 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
2010 San Diego 19–2
2011 San Francisco 16–5
2012 Pepperdine 16–8
2013 Gonzaga 18–6
San Diego
2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
2014 Pepperdine 18–9
Pepperdine
2014 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
2015 San Diego 19–8
Pepperdine
2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

References

  1. "2013 WCC Baseball Championship to Take Place at Banner Island Ballpark". WCCSports.com. June 15, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. "West Coast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. pp. 19–22. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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