2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Les Miller Field Chicago, IL
Champions	Valparaiso (1st title)
Winning coach	Tracy Woodson (1st title)
MVP	Mark Johnson, Valparaiso

2012 Horizon League baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Valparaiso  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	8		.733			35	–	25		.583
Wright State  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			37	–	21		.638
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍	18	–	11		.621			27	–	27		.500
UIC  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			23	–	33		.411
Butler  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			22	–	34		.393
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			11	–	44		.200
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Valparaiso	22	8	.733	–	1
Wright State	20	10	.667	2	2
Milwaukee	18	11	.621	3.5	3
UIC	12	17	.414	9.5	4
Butler	10	20	.333	12	5
Youngstown State	7	23	.233	15	6

Results

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	4	UIC	10			2	Wright State	9
	5	Butler	1			4	UIC	19
											4	UIC	3
											1	Valparaiso	4
	3	Milwaukee	4			1	Valparaiso	16
	6	Youngstown State	8			6	Youngstown State	3
																					1	Valparaiso	3	14
Loser's Bracket																					4	UIC	4	5
	3	Milwaukee	19
	5	Butler	2
						3	Milwaukee	1
						2	Wright State	2
											2	Wright State	4
											6	Youngstown State	5
																4	UIC	5
																6	Youngstown State	0

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS	Name	School
P	Blake Aquadro	Youngstown State
P	Tyler Deetjen	Valparaiso
C	Corey Davis	Wright State
1B	Alex Grunenwald	UIC
2B	Tanner Vavra	Valparaiso
SS	Spencer Mahoney	Valparaiso
3B	Joe Betcher	UIC
OF	Jonathan Capasso	Milwaukee
OF	Mark Johnson	Valparaiso
OF	Alex De LaRosa	UIC
U	John Loeffler	Valparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Mark Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Johnson was an outfielder for Valparaiso.[3]

References

1. 2012-13 Horizon League All Sports Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 140. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
3. "Valparaiso Wins Baseball Championship". Horizon League. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
4. "2012 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved 2012-06-02.