2001 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 16–19. This was the second tournament held by the league. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State University's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Top seeded BYU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4–3 and earned the conference's new automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2001 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBYU (1st title)
MVPNate Fernley, BYU
2001 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y 21–8 .724  38–22 .633
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 19–11 .633  34–26 .567
Utah  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  27–29 .482
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  26–34 .433
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  23–33 .411
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 8–21 .276  23–33 .411
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. Utah claimed the third seed over New Mexico by winning the season series.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
BYU218.724
–
1
San Diego State1911.633
2.5
2
Utah1416.467
7.5
3
New Mexico1416.467
7.5
4
UNLV1317.433
8.5
5
Air Force821.276
13
6

Results
  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 BYU 7  
  6 Air Force 1     1 BYU 14  
    3 Utah 15    
      3 Utah 4  
      2 San Diego State 5     2 San Diego State 12  
  2 San Diego State 5         4 New Mexico 5    
  3 Utah 4        
  3 Utah 4         2 San Diego State 3
  4 New Mexico 7           1 BYU 4
      4 New Mexico 5        
      5 UNLV 2          
  2 San Diego State 0           4 New Mexico 7              
  5 UNLV 1         1 BYU 12            
  1 BYU 10    
  5 UNLV 9  

All-Tournament Team

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[2][3]

NameClassTeam
Kainoa ObreySo.BYU
Ben JulianelSr.SDSU
Ryan OlsonJr.UNLV
Chris SheltonJr.Utah
Brad BeasleySr.UNLV
Doug JacksonSo.BYU
Ben LeuthardJr.SDSU
Seth KingSr.BYU
Nate FernleySr.BYU
Trent KitschSr.UNLV
John SkinnerSr.SDSU

Most Valuable Player

Nate Fernley, a pitcher for the champion BYU Cougars, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player after his complete game victory in the championship game.[2][3]

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References
  1. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. "Cougars Claim Mountain West Baseball Title, 4-3". themwc. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
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