1990 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1990 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana. This was the twelfth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its twelfth year of existence. Stetson won their third consecutive and overall tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1990 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStetson (3rd title)
Winning coachPete Dunn (3rd title)
MVPTodd Greene, Georgia Southern
1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
No. 8 Georgia Southern x‍†‍‍y 17–1 .944  50–19 .725
Stetson ‍‍‡‍y 10–8 .556  33–31 .516
Samford ‍‍‍ 5–11 .313  25–28 .472
Mercer ‍‍‍ 2–14 .125  15–34 .306
West
Centenary x‍‍‍ 12–3 .800  40–18 .690
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 8–7 .533  33–20 .623
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 3–9 .250  16–41 .281
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1990[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Georgia Southern171.944—1E
Stetson108.55672E
Samford511.31311—
Mercer214.41214—
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Centenary123.800—1W
Arkansas–Little Rock87.53342W
Hardin–Simmons39.2507.5—

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Georgia Southern 6  
2W Arkansas–Little Rock 8  
  2W Arkansas–Little Rock 8  
  2E Stetson 11  
1W Centenary 10
2E Stetson 14  
  2E Stetson 2 15
  1E Georgia Southern 5 4
1E Georgia Southern 14  
1W Centenary 5  
  2W Arkansas–Little Rock 4
  1E Georgia Southern 14  

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PJim WaringStetson
Randall ClaytonArkansas–Little Rock
CRick MurrayStetson
1BMike YuroGeorgia Southern
2BMike FerreiraStetson
3BMike PinckesStetson
SSSteven BoorasCentenary
OFTodd GreeneGeorgia Southern
Mike SempelesStetson
Wes SullivanArkansas–Little Rock
DHRob FitzpatrickGeorgia Southern

Most Valuable Player

Todd Greene was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Greene was an outfielder for Georgia Southern.[2]

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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 October 12, 2019.
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