The 1985 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia, on May 6 and 7.[2] This was the seventh tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its seventh year of existence. Georgia Southern won their second tournament championship.[3]
| Teams | 2 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Georgia Southern (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Stallings (2nd title) |
| MVP | Craig Cooper (Georgia Southern) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern x†‡ | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | 41 | – | 23 | .641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 24 | – | 28 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 21 | – | 36 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | 17 | – | 28 | .378 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons x | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 30 | – | 31 | .492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 27 | – | 25 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Little Rock | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 21 | – | 23 | .477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
editThe winner of each of the conference's two divisions met in a best of three series.
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Bracket
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| 1W | Hardin–Simmons | 1 | 6 | — | ||
| 1E | Georgia Southern | 3 | 10 | — | ||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. An MVP was named for the first time in 1985.[4]
| POS | Player | School |
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| P | Phil Dale | Georgia Southern |
| Rich Klemke | Hardin–Simmons | |
| C | Greg McMullen | Georgia Southern |
| 1B | Craig Cooper | Georgia Southern |
| 2B | Jeff Shireman | Georgia Southern |
| SS | Steve Arias | Hardin–Simmons |
| 3B | Joe Piazza | Hardin–Simmons |
| OF | Shane Gravens | Hardin–Simmons |
| Bobby Aiken | Georgia Southern | |
| Mike Shepherd | Georgia Southern | |
| DH | Rob Haranda | Georgia Southern |
Most Valuable Player
editCraig Cooper was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cooper was a first baseman for Georgia Southern.[4]
References
edit- ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgia Southern Eagles. p. 35. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 14. Retrieved June 6, 2019.