NAIA World Series

NAIA World Series

Sport	Baseball
Founded	1957, 59 years ago
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Harris Field Lewiston, Idaho
Most recent champion(s)	Lewis–Clark State College^[1]
Most titles	Lewis–Clark State (17)
Official website	naiaworldseries.com

The NAIA World Series (officially branded as the Avista NAIA World Series for sponsorship purposes from 2013) is a double-elimination tournament, held since 1957, to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Since 2000, the tournament has been held at Harris Field on the campus of Lewis–Clark State College (LCSC) in Lewiston, Idaho, having previously hosted from 1984 to 1991.

History

A total of twelve cities have hosted the NAIA World Series. In 1957, the first edition of the series was held in Alpine, Texas, the home of inaugural champions, Sul Ross State. From 1984 to 1991 and since 2000, the series has been held in Lewiston on the campus of LCSC, the winningest school in the competition. The other cities who have hosted the tournament are Sioux City, Iowa; St. Joseph, Missouri; Phoenix, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee; Lubbock, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Jupiter, Florida.^[2]

As of 2015, a total of 188 schools have competed in the tournament.^[3]

Results

NAIA World Series results^[4]
Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Site
1957	Sul Ross State	8–7	Rollins	Kokernot Field • Alpine, Texas
1958	San Diego State	23–9	Southwestern Oklahoma	Kokernot Field • Alpine, Texas
1959	Southern	10–2	Nebraska-Omaha	Kokernot Field • Alpine, Texas
1960	Whitworth	4–0	Georgia Southern	Soos Park • Sioux City, Iowa
1961	East Carolina	13–7	Sacramento State	Soos Park • Sioux City, Iowa
1962	Georgia Southern	2–0	Portland State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1963	Sam Houston State	2–1	Grambling State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1964	West Liberty State	3–2	Grambling State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1965	Carson–Newman	3–2	Nebraska-Omaha	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1966	Linfield	15–4	Lewis	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1967	New Mexico Highlands	6–1	Glassboro State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1968	William Jewell	4–3¹³	Georgia Southern	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1969	William Carey	5–3	La Verne	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1970	Eastern Michigan	1–0	Northeastern Louisiana	Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona
1971	Linfield	9–8¹⁰	David Lipscomb	Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona
1972	La Verne	4–1	David Lipscomb	Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona
1973	United States International	7–2	Eastern Connecticut State	Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona
1974	Lewis	3–2	Sam Houston State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1975	Lewis	2–1	Sam Houston State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1976	Lewis	16–8	Lewis–Clark State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1977	David Lipscomb	2–1	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1978	Emporia State	8–6	Missouri Southern	Phil Welch Stadium • St. Joseph, Missouri
1979	David Lipscomb	5–4	High Point	Herschel Greer Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee
1980	Grand Canyon	5–4¹⁰	Lewis	Herschel Greer Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee
1981	Grand Canyon	11–4	Winthrop	Chaparral Stadium • Lubbock, Texas
1982	Grand Canyon	10–6	Lewis–Clark State	Chaparral Stadium • Lubbock, Texas
1983	Lubbock Christian	12–9	Lewis–Clark State	Chaparral Stadium • Lubbock, Texas
1984	Lewis–Clark State	15–2	Azusa Pacific	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1985	Lewis–Clark State	10–6	Dallas Baptist	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1986	Grand Canyon	6–5¹⁰	Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1987	Lewis–Clark State	11–4	Emporia State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1988	Lewis–Clark State	9–3	Grand Canyon	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1989	Lewis–Clark State	5–2	St. Francis (IL)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1990	Lewis–Clark State	9–4	Auburn Montgomery	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1991	Lewis–Clark State	7–0	Oral Roberts	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
1992	Lewis–Clark State	14–4	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sec Taylor Stadium • Des Moines, Iowa
1993	St. Francis (IL)	4–2	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Sec Taylor Stadium • Des Moines, Iowa
1994	Kennesaw State	2–0	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Sec Taylor Stadium • Des Moines, Iowa
1995	Bellevue (NE)	8–5	Cumberland (TN)	Lewis and Clark Park • Sioux City, Iowa
1996	Lewis–Clark State	9–0	St. Ambrose	Lewis and Clark Park • Sioux City, Iowa
1997	Brewton–Parker	8–4	Bellevue (NE)	Lewis and Clark Park • Sioux City, Iowa
1998	College of Idaho	6–3	Indiana Tech	Drillers Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma
1999	Lewis–Clark State	7–2	College of Idaho	Roger Dean Stadium • Jupiter, Florida
2000	Lewis–Clark State	10–1	Dallas Baptist	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2001	Birmingham–Southern	8–3	Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2002	Lewis–Clark State	12–8	Oklahoma City	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2003	Lewis–Clark State	7–5	Oklahoma City	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2004	Cumberland (TN)	10–3	Oklahoma City	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2005	Oklahoma City	8–1	Embry–Riddle (FL)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2006	Lewis–Clark State	5–4¹¹	Cumberland (TN)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2007	Lewis–Clark State	9–2	Spring Arbor	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2008	Lewis–Clark State	8–3	Lee (TN)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2009	Lubbock Christian	11–8	Point Loma Nazarene	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2010	Cumberland (TN)	4–3	Lee (TN)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2011	Concordia University (CA)	9–3	Lubbock Christian	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2012	Tennessee Wesleyan	10–6	Rogers State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2013	Faulkner	11–4	Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2014	Cumberland (TN)	3–0	Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho
2015	Lewis–Clark State	10–7	St. Thomas (FL)	Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho

Championships by team

NAIA World Series Championships by team
Rank	Team	Championships	Years
1	Lewis–Clark State	17	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015
2	Grand Canyon	4	1980, 1981, 1982, 1986
3	Lewis (Ill.)	3	1974, 1975, 1976
3	Cumberland (Tenn.)	3	2004, 2010, 2014
5	Linfield (Ore.)	2	1966, 1971
	David Lipscomb (Tenn.)		1977, 1979
	Lubbock Christian		1983, 2009
8	Sul Ross State (Texas)	1	1957
	San Diego State		1958
	Southern-Baton Rouge (La.)		1959
	Whitworth		1960
	East Carolina (N.C.)		1961
	Georgia Southern		1962
	Sam Houston State (Texas)		1963
	West Liberty State (W.Va.)		1964
	Carson–Newman (Tenn.)		1965
	New Mexico Highlands		1967
	William Jewell (Mo.)		1968
	William Carey (Miss.)		1969
	Eastern Michigan		1970
	La Verne (Calif.)		1972
	U.S. International (Calif.)		1973
	Emporia State (Kan.)		1978
	St. Francis (Ill.)		1993
	Kennesaw State (Ga.)		1994
	Bellevue (Neb.)		1995
	Brewton-Parker (Ga.)		1997
	College of Idaho		1998
	Birmingham–Southern		2001
	Oklahoma City		2005
	Concordia University		2011
	Tennessee Wesleyan		2012
	Faulkner		2013

References

↑ Simonar, Zachary (June 1, 2015). "Warriors overcome slow start vs. Ancheff, claim 17th title". KLEW. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
↑ "Baseball National Championship Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2013. p. 1. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
↑ "Baseball National Championship Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2015. pp. 8–10. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
↑ "Baseball National Championship Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2015. p. 1. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

External links

Official website

NAIA World Series

Ballparks	Kokernot Field (1957–1959) Soos Park (1960–1961) Phil Welch Stadium (1962–1969, 1974–1978) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1970–1973) Herschel Greer Stadium (1979–1980) Chaparral Stadium (1981–1983) Harris Field (1984–1991, 2000–present) Sec Taylor Stadium (1992–1994) Lewis and Clark Park (1995–1997) Drillers Stadium (1998) Roger Dean Stadium (1999)

Tournaments	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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