1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Homestead Sports Complex in Homestead, Florida. This was the seventeenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its seventeenth year of existence. UCF won their second tournament championship in three years, and first of three in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1995 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUCF (2nd title)
Winning coachJay Bergman (2nd title)
MVPTodd Tocco, UCF
1995 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 20 FIU y 2730 .900  50110 .820
No. 21 UCF y 2370 .767  49130 .790
Stetson  19110 .633  34250 .576
Florida Atlantic  17130 .567  27310 .466
Centenary  14130 .519  23270 .460
Campbell  12180 .400  26290 .473
Georgia State  11170 .393  20330 .377
Southeastern Louisiana  10180 .357  17310 .354
Mercer  9180 .333  15362 .302
Samford  10200 .333  21300 .412
College of Charleston  8220 .267  17290 .370
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top four finishers by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
FIU273.9001
UCF237.76742
Stetson1911.63383
Florida Atlantic1713.567104
Centenary1413.51911.5
Campbell1218.40015
Georgia State1117.39315
Southeastern Louisiana1018.35716
Mercer918.33316.5
Samford1020.33317
College of Charleston822.26719

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 FIU 0  
4 Florida Atlantic 1  
  4 Florida Atlantic 5  
  2 UCF 7  
2 UCF 4
3 Stetson 3  
  2 UCF 7
  3 Stetson 2
1 FIU 5  
3 Stetson 6  
  4 Florida Atlantic 0
  3 Stetson 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PJavier GomezStetson
Ken WagnerFlorida Atlantic
CJeff SmithStetson
1BTodd ToccoUCF
2BRookie GageUCF
3BAndy MoserUCF
SSKevin NicholsonStetson
OFClint HendryStetson
Tony MarrilliaUCF
Alex MoralesUCF
DHMatt BranzStetson

Most Valuable Player

Todd Tocco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Tocco was a first baseman for UCF.[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 January 15, 2020.
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