2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

2012 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAustin Peay (5th title)
Winning coachGary McClure (5th title)
MVPGreg Bachman (Austin Peay)
2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Austin Peay  ‍y 19 7   .731 40 24   .625
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 19 7   .731 31 23   .574
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 28 30   .483
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 11   .577 29 29   .500
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 28 27   .509
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 27 28   .491
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 23 26   .469
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 21 32   .396
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 23 33   .411
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 7 20   .259 13 41   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Pringles Park. The Ohio Valley Conference has ten teams, but SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play. Austin Peay won their fifth Ohio Valley Championship by a score of 3–0 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

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The top six regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. Austin Peay claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play, leaving the sixth seed to Southeast Missouri State.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Austin Peay 19 7 .731 1
Eastern Kentucky 19 7 .731 2
Jacksonville State 17 10 .621 2.5 3
Eastern Illinois 15 11 .577 4 4
Morehead State 13 14 .481 6.5 5
SIU Edwardsville 13 14 .481 6.5
Southeast Missouri State 12 15 .444 7.5 6
Tennessee Tech 10 16 .385 9
Murray State 8 19 .296 11.5
Tennessee–Martin 7 20 .259 12.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Eastern Kentucky2
4Eastern Illinois24Eastern Illinois11
5Morehead State14Eastern Illinois7
6Southeast Missouri State6
1Austin Peay3
3Jacksonville State16Southeast Missouri State4
6Southeast Missouri State4
4Eastern Illinois00
1Austin Peay73
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Austin Peay10
1Austin Peay7*6Southeast Missouri State6
2Eastern Kentucky43Jacksonville State6*
3Jacksonville State123Jacksonville State9
5Morehead State4

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament team

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

Name School
Sam Eberle Jacksonville State
Kenton Parmley Southeast Missouri State
Ryan Dineen Eastern Illinois
Greg Bachman Austin Peay
Reed Harper Austin Peay
Jordan Hankins Austin Peay
Kyle Bluestein Jacksonville State
Rolando Gautier Austin Peay
Ben Thoma Eastern Illinois
Daniel Watts Jacksonville State
Mike Hoekstra Eastern Illinois
Kacy Kemmer Austin Peay
Zach Toney Austin Peay

Most Valuable Player

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Greg Bachman of Austin Peay was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Austin Peay Wins 2012 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.