1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1991 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Conrad Park DeLand, Florida
Champions	FIU (1st title)
Winning coach	Danny Price (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Lucero (FIU)

1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Stetson ^x‍†‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			36	–	22	–	1		.619
FIU ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	7	–	0		.611			43	–	23	–	0		.652
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0		.556			33	–	27	–	0		.550
Mercer ‍‍‍	2	–	16	–	0		.111			15	–	31	–	0		.326
West
Samford ^x‍‍‍	9	–	5	–	0		.643			23	–	26	–	0		.469
Centenary ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			28	–	23	–	0		.549
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			28	–	27	–	0		.509
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the thirteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its thirteenth year of existence. FIU won their first tournament championship in their first year in the conference and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Stetson 13 5 .722 — 1E FIU 11 7 .611 2 2E Georgia Southern 10 8 .556 3 — Mercer 2 16 .111 11 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Samford 9 5 .643 — 1W Centenary 7 7 .500 2 2W Arkansas–Little Rock 6 10 .375 4 —

Bracket

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Stetson

9

2W

Centenary

3

1E

Stetson

9

2E

FIU

5

1W

Samford

4

2E

FIU

6

1E

Stetson

7

2

2E

FIU

9

10

Lower round 1

Lower final

2E

FIU

10

2W

Centenary

5

1W

Samford

1

1W

Samford

8

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Player	School
P	Kevin Lucero	FIU
	Jerry Santos	FIU
C	Bill Scalzitti	FIU
1B	Mike Kash	Samford
2B	Eric Cruz	FIU
3B	Gary Haight	FIU
SS	Wes Weger	Stetson
DH	Nathan Harvey	FIU
OF	Mike Sempeles	Stetson
	Aaron Iatarola	Stetson
	Chad Ott	Samford

Most Valuable Player

Kevin Lucero was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Lucero was a pitcher for FIU.^[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.