1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Homestead Sports Complex in Homestead, Florida. This was the seventeenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its seventeenth year of existence. UCF won their second tournament championship in three years, and first of three in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1995 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Homestead Sports Complex Homestead, Florida
Champions	UCF (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jay Bergman (2nd title)
MVP	Todd Tocco, UCF

1995 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 20 FIU ‍†‍‍^y	27	–	3	–	0		.900			50	–	11	–	0		.820
No. 21 UCF ‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			49	–	13	–	0		.790
Stetson ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			34	–	25	–	0		.576
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			27	–	31	–	0		.466
Centenary ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			23	–	27	–	0		.460
Campbell ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Georgia State ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	10	–	18	–	0		.357			17	–	31	–	0		.354
Mercer ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			15	–	36	–	2		.302
Samford ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			21	–	30	–	0		.412
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			17	–	29	–	0		.370
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top four finishers by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
FIU	27	3	.900	—	1
UCF	23	7	.767	4	2
Stetson	19	11	.633	8	3
Florida Atlantic	17	13	.567	10	4
Centenary	14	13	.519	11.5	—
Campbell	12	18	.400	15	—
Georgia State	11	17	.393	15	—
Southeastern Louisiana	10	18	.357	16	—
Mercer	9	18	.333	16.5	—
Samford	10	20	.333	17	—
College of Charleston	8	22	.267	19	—

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	FIU	0
	4	Florida Atlantic	1
						4	Florida Atlantic	5
						2	UCF	7
	2	UCF	4
	3	Stetson	3
											2	UCF	7	—
										3	Stetson	2	—
	1	FIU	5
	3	Stetson	6
						4	Florida Atlantic	0
						3	Stetson	6

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Player	School
P	Javier Gomez	Stetson
	Ken Wagner	Florida Atlantic
C	Jeff Smith	Stetson
1B	Todd Tocco	UCF
2B	Rookie Gage	UCF
3B	Andy Moser	UCF
SS	Kevin Nicholson	Stetson
OF	Clint Hendry	Stetson
	Tony Marrillia	UCF
	Alex Morales	UCF
DH	Matt Branz	Stetson

Most Valuable Player

Todd Tocco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Tocco was a first baseman for UCF.[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 January 15, 2020.