1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the eleventh tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its eleventh year of existence. Stetson won their second consecutive and overall tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1989 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Conrad Park DeLand, Florida
Champions	Stetson (2nd title)
Winning coach	Pete Dunn (2nd title)
MVP	Mike Pinckes (Stetson)
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1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Stetson ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	13	–	5		.722			38	–	23		.623
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			33	–	27		.550
Samford ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			17	–	30		.362
Mercer ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			16	–	35		.314
West
Centenary ^x‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			31	–	21		.596
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			28	–	25		.528
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			25	–	30		.455
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1989^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Stetson 13 5 .722 — 1E Georgia Southern 12 6 .667 1 2E Samford 7 11 .389 6 — Mercer 4 14 .222 9 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Centenary 10 6 .625 — 1W Arkansas–Little Rock 7 9 .438 3 2W Hardin–Simmons 7 9 .438 3 —

Bracket

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Stetson

8

2W

Arkansas–Little Rock

2

1E

Stetson

10

1W

Centenary

7

1W

Centenary

11

2E

Georgia Southern

10

1E

Stetson

4

5^10

1W

Centenary

8

4

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Centenary

8

2W

Arkansas–Little Rock

0

2E

Georgia Southern

4

2E

Georgia Southern

12

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[2]

POS	Player	School
P	George Tsamis	Stetson
	Tom Hickox	Stetson
C	Rob Fitzpatrick	Georgia Southern
1B	Todd Wilson	Centenary
2B	Doug Barrington	Centenary
3B	Mike Pinckes	Stetson
SS	Wes Weger	Stetson
OF	Mike Sempeles	Stetson
	Chris Abner	Georgia Southern
	Byron Copeland	Centenary
	Shawn McKennon	Centenary
DH	Mike Yuro	Georgia Southern

Most Valuable Player

Mike Pinckes was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pinckes was a third baseman for Stetson.^[2]

References

1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 12, 2019.