View text source at Wikipedia

2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
2012 SWAC baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPrairie View A&M (3rd title)
MVPEvan Richard (Prairie View A&M)
TelevisionESPNU (Final)
2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Jackson State  x‍‍‍ 21 – 3 – 0   .875 35 – 16 – 0   .686
Alabama State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 20 – 36 – 0   .357
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 18 – 37 – 0   .327
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 17 – 39 – 0   .304
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 1 – 23 – 0   .042 8 – 42 – 0   .160
West
Southern  x‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 33 – 16 – 0   .673
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 8 – 0   .652 28 – 25 – 0   .528
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 22 – 26 – 0   .458
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15 – 0   .348 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 8 – 38 – 1   .181
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place at Lee–Hines Field, on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA from May 16 through 20, 2012.[2] The Prairie View A&M Panthers won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

The double elimination tournament featured the top four teams from each division, leaving one team from each division out of the field.

Seeding

[edit]

The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. Alcorn State claimed the second seed from the East by tiebreaker over Alabama State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Jackson State 21 3 .875 – E1
Alcorn State 14 10 .583 7 E2
Alabama State 14 10 .583 7 E3
Mississippi Valley State 10 14 .487 11 E4
Alabama A&M 1 23 .042 20 –
West Division
Southern 17 7 .708 – W1
Prairie View A&M 15 8 .652 1.5 W2
Grambling 13 11 .542 4 W3
Texas Southern 8 15 .348 8.5 W4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 6 18 .250 11 –

Bracket

[edit]
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
W3Grambling2
E2Alcorn State6
E2Alcorn State6
E4Mississippi Valley St.7
E4Mississippi Valley St.6
W1Southern4
E4Mississippi Valley St.2
W1Southern1
W1Southern8
W3Grambling0W1Southern8
E2Alcorn State6
E4Mississippi Valley St.4
E3Alabama State4
W2Prairie View A&M7
W2Prairie View A&M14
E1Jackson State0
W2Prairie View A&M2
W4Texas Southern0
E1Jackson State7
W2Prairie View A&M08
W4Texas Southern25
E3Alabama State3
W4Texas Southern6W4Texas Southern11
E1Jackson State1

[4]

All-Tournament Team

[edit]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

POS Name School
C Evan Richard Prairie View A&M
P Daniel Castillo Prairie View A&M
P/DH Stef Hernandez Prairie View A&M
SS James Fontenot Prairie View A&M
OF Allen Cheek Mississippi Valley State
1B Joseph Germaine Mississippi Valley State
2B Edmund Cheatham Mississippi Valley State
P Trey Lacy Mississippi Valley State
1B Anthony Dilligard Texas Southern
3B Lacy Jackson Texas Southern
P Brian Foster Southern
OF Wilmy Marerro Southern

Most Valuable Player

[edit]

Evan Richard was named Most Valuable Player. Richard was a catcher for Prairie View A&M.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Baseball standings". SWAC.org. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "2011-12 Championships". swac.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "Prairie View Crowned SWAC Baseball Champions". SWAC. May 20, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. ^ "2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament". swac.org. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Prairie View's Evan Richard Leads All-Tourney Team". May 21, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.