2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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 May 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]

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

Seeding

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Jackson State213.875
–
E1
Alcorn State1410.583
7
E2
Alabama State1410.583
7
E3
Mississippi Valley State1014.487
11
E4
Alabama A&M123.042
20
–
West Division
Southern177.708
–
W1
Prairie View A&M158.652
1.5
W2
Grambling1311.542
4
W3
Texas Southern815.348
8.5
W4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff618.250
11
–

Bracket
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
W3 Grambling 2  
E2 Alcorn State 6  
  E2 Alcorn State 6  
  E4 Mississippi Valley State 7  
E4 Mississippi Valley State 6
W1 Southern 4  
  E4 Mississippi Valley State 2  
  W1 Southern 1  
W1 Southern 8  
W3 Grambling 0  
  W1 Southern 8
  E2 Alcorn State 6  
  E4 Mississippi Valley State 4
  W2 Prairie View A&M 7
E3 Alabama State 4  
W2 Prairie View A&M 14  
  E1 Jackson State 0
  W2 Prairie View A&M 2  
W4 Texas Southern 0
E1 Jackson State 7  
  W2 Prairie View A&M 0 8
  W4 Texas Southern 2 5  
E3 Alabama State 3  
W4 Texas Southern 6  
  W4 Texas Southern 11
  E1 Jackson State 1  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

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

POSNameSchool
CEvan RichardPrairie View A&M
PDaniel CastilloPrairie View A&M
P/DHStef HernandezPrairie View A&M
SSJames FontenotPrairie View A&M
OFAllen CheekMississippi Valley State
1BJoseph GermaineMississippi Valley State
2BEdmund CheathamMississippi Valley State
PTrey LacyMississippi Valley State
1BAnthony DilligardTexas Southern
3BLacy JacksonTexas Southern
PBrian FosterSouthern
OFWilmy MarerroSouthern

Most Valuable Player

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

References
  1. "Baseball standings". SWAC.org. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. "2011-12 Championships". swac.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  3. "Prairie View Crowned SWAC Baseball Champions". SWAC. May 20, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. "2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament". swac.org. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  5. "Prairie View's Evan Richard Leads All-Tourney Team". May 21, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
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