1985 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1985 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia on May 6 and 7.[2] This was the seventh tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its seventh year of existence. Georgia Southern won their second tournament championship.[3]

1985 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (2nd title)
Winning coachJack Stallings (2nd title)
MVPCraig Cooper, Georgia Southern
1985 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Georgia Southern x 143 .824  4123 .641
Mercer  99 .500  2428 .462
Samford  711 .389  2136 .368
Georgia State  512 .294  1728 .378
West
Hardin–Simmons x 97 .563  3031 .492
Centenary  78 .467  2725 .519
Arkansas–Little Rock  78 .467  2123 .477
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The winner of each of the conference's two divisions met in a best of three series.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Georgia Southern143.8241E
Mercer99.5005.5
Georgia State711.3897.5
Samford512.2949
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Hardin–Simmons97.5631W
Centenary78.4671.5
Arkansas–Little Rock78.4671.5

Bracket

Finals
     
1W Hardin–Simmons 1 6
1E Georgia Southern 3 10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. An MVP was named for the first time in 1985.[4]

POSPlayerSchool
PPhil DaleGeorgia Southern
Rich KlemkeHardin–Simmons
CGreg McMullenGeorgia Southern
1BCraig CooperGeorgia Southern
2BJeff ShiremanGeorgia Southern
SSSteve AriasHardin–Simmons
3BJoe PiazzaHardin–Simmons
OFShane GravensHardin–Simmons
Bobby AikenGeorgia Southern
Mike ShepherdGeorgia Southern
DHRob HarandaGeorgia Southern

Most Valuable Player

Craig Cooper was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cooper was a first baseman for Georgia Southern.[4]

References

  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgia Southern Eagles. p. 35. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 14. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
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