2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsValparaiso (1st title)
Winning coachTracy Woodson (1st title)
MVPMark Johnson, Valparaiso
2012 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Valparaiso  ‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .733  35–25 .583
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .667  37–21 .638
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 18–11 .621  27–27 .500
UIC  ‍‍‍ 12–17 .414  23–33 .411
Butler  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  22–34 .393
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .233  11–44 .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Valparaiso228.733
–
1
Wright State2010.667
2
2
Milwaukee1811.621
3.5
3
UIC1217.414
9.5
4
Butler1020.333
12
5
Youngstown State723.233
15
6

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 UIC 10     2 Wright State 9  
  5 Butler 1     4 UIC 19    
      4 UIC 3              
      1 Valparaiso 4              
  3 Milwaukee 4     1 Valparaiso 16          
  6 Youngstown State 8     6 Youngstown State 3        
        1 Valparaiso 3 14
Loser's Bracket       4 UIC 4 5
  3 Milwaukee 19        
  5 Butler 2          
      3 Milwaukee 1        
      2 Wright State 2          
            2 Wright State 4              
          6 Youngstown State 5              
      4 UIC 5    
    6 Youngstown State 0  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POSNameSchool
PBlake AquadroYoungstown State
PTyler DeetjenValparaiso
CCorey DavisWright State
1BAlex GrunenwaldUIC
2BTanner VavraValparaiso
SSSpencer MahoneyValparaiso
3BJoe BetcherUIC
OFJonathan CapassoMilwaukee
OFMark JohnsonValparaiso
OFAlex De LaRosaUIC
UJohn LoefflerValparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Mark Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Johnson was an outfielder for Valparaiso.[3]

References
  1. 2012-13 Horizon League All Sports Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 140. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. "Valparaiso Wins Baseball Championship". Horizon League. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. "2012 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
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