1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Claude Smith Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. This was the sixteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixteenth year of existence. Southeastern Louisiana won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1994 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheastern Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coachGreg Marten (2nd title)
MVPDan Newman, Southeastern Louisiana
1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
FIU x‍‍‍ 12–6 .667  38–21 .644
Stetson ‍‍‍ 9–9 .500  37–21 .638
UCF ‍‍‍ 8–10 .444  29–26 .527
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 7–11 .389  27–21 .563
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  31–23 .574
West
Mercer x‍†‍‍ 15–9 .625  32–21 .604
Southeastern Louisiana x‍†‍‡‍y 15–9 .625  34–30 .531
Samford ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  19–33 .365
Centenary ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  23–28 .451
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  12–42 .222
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1994[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. Florida Atlantic was not eligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings as it was their first year in the league.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
FIU126.667—1E
Stetson99.50032E
UCF810.4444—
College of Charleston711.3895—
Florida Atlantic00———
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Mercer159.625—1W
Southeastern Louisiana159.625—2W
Samford1311.5422—
Centenary1113.3334—
Georgia State618.2509—

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E FIU 5  
2W Southeastern Louisiana 6  
  2W Southeastern Louisiana 4  
  1W Mercer 6  
1W Mercer 8
2E Stetson 1  
  1W Mercer 5 8
  2W Southeastern Louisiana 13 11
1E FIU 11  
2E Stetson 10  
  2W Southeastern Louisiana 10
  1E FIU 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PRick MillerMercer
Matt BarefieldMercer
CJason MooreFIU
1BKevin MillicanSoutheastern Louisiana
2BDan NewmanSoutheastern Louisiana
3BMitch MarkhamStetson
SSKenny LangloisSoutheastern Louisiana
OFChad MagistroMercer
Bob KallemeynFIU
Shane BristerSoutheastern Louisiana
DHJason SmithMercer

Most Valuable Player

Dan Newman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Newman was a second baseman for Southeastern Louisiana.[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 December 2, 2019.
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