Horizon League baseball tournament

The Horizon League Baseball Championship is the conference baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Through the 2019 season, all Horizon League baseball teams participated in the modified double-elimination tournament, which is hosted by the regular season champion of the league. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Horizon League Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceHorizon League
Number of teams6
FormatModified double-elimination
Current stadiumNumber 1 seed hosts
Current locationNumber 1 seed hosts
Played1981–present
Last contest2022
Current championWright State (6)
Most championshipsWright State (6)

Champions

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By year

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The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[1]

Year Program Site MVP NCAA Tournament Result
1981 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1982 Oral Roberts Detroit, MI Winless, Midwest Regional
1983 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1984 Oklahoma City Cincinnati, OH Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1985 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK 2nd round, Midwest Regional
1986 Oral Roberts Detroit, MI 2nd round, Mideast Regional
1987 Oral Roberts Evansville, IN Runners-up, West I Regional
1988 Evansville South Bend, IN 2nd round, West II Regional
1989 Notre Dame South Bend, IN 3rd round, West II Regional
1990 Evansville South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1991 Notre Dame South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1992 Notre Dame South Bend, IN Runners-up, Atlantic Regional
1993 Notre Dame South Bend, IN Runners-up, East Regional
1994 Notre Dame South Bend, IN Runners-up, East Regional
1995 Wright State South Bend, IN Did not qualify
1996 Northern Illinois Indianapolis, IN Did not qualify
1997 Detroit Dayton, OH Did not qualify
1998 Butler Chicago, IL Did not qualify
1999 Milwaukee Chicago, IL 2nd round, Lubbock Regional
2000 Butler Dayton, OH Winless, Minneapolis Regional
2001 Milwaukee Chicago, IL Winless, South Bend Regional
2002 Milwaukee Cleveland, OH Winless, Lincoln Regional
2003 UIC Dayton, OH Winless, Palo Alto Regional
2004 Youngstown State Niles, OH Winless, Austin Regional
2005 UIC Indianapolis, IN Winless, Lincoln Regional
2006 Wright State Dayton, OH Ross Oeder, Wright State Winless, Corvallis Regional
2007 UIC Chicago, IL David Cales, UIC 2nd round, Long Beach Regional
2008 UIC Niles, OH Brett Schaefer, UIC 2nd round, College Station Regional
2009 Wright State Lorain, OH Winless, Ft. Worth Regional
2010 Milwaukee Gary, IN Chad Pierce Milwaukee Winless, Tempe Regional
2011 Wright State Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Zach Tanner, Wright State Winless, College Station Regional
2012 Valparaiso Les Miller FieldChicago, IL Mark Johnson, Valpraiso Winless, Gary Regional
2013 Valparaiso Eastwood FieldYoungstown, OH Karch Kowalczyk, Valparaiso 2nd round, Bloomington Regional
2014 Youngstown State Kapco ParkMilwaukee, WI Phil Lipari, Youngstown State 2nd round, Bloomington Regional
2015 Wright State Oil City StadiumWhiting, IN Mark Fowler, Wright State Runners-up, Champaign Regional
2016 Wright State Nischwitz StadiumDayton, OH John Brodner, Wright State Runners-up, Louisville Regional
2017 UIC Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson StadiumChicago, IL David Cronin, UIC Winless, Hattiesburg Regional
2018 Wright State Nischwitz StadiumDayton, OH Peyton Burdick, Wright State Winless, Stanford Regional
2019 UIC Nischwitz StadiumDayton, OH Ryan Hampe, UIC Winless, Louisville Regional
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Wright State Nischwitz StadiumDayton, OH Damon Dues, Wright State Winless, Knoxville Regional

By school

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The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

Program No. of titles Title years
Wright State 7 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018
UIC 6 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Oral Roberts 6 1981, 1982, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
Notre Dame 5 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Milwaukee 4 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
Youngstown State 2 2004, 2014
Valparaiso 2 2012, 2013
Butler 2 1998, 2000
Evansville 2 1988, 1990
Detroit 1 1997
Northern Illinois 1 1996
Oklahoma City 1 1984
  • Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Horizon League.

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved 11 March 2012.