2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oral Roberts University's J. L. Johnson Stadium. Oral Roberts won their fifteenth consecutive championship, claiming the tournament title every year but one of the sixteen seasons that they have been in the league, and will represent The Summit League in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2012 Summit League
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	J. L. Johnson Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Oral Roberts (15th title)
Winning coach	Rob Walton (9th title)
MVP	Drew Bowen, Oral Roberts

2012 Summit League baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	6	–	0		.739			38	–	25	–	0		.603
Oakland  ‍‍‍	15	–	6	–	0		.714			25	–	31	–	0		.446
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			40	–	20	–	0		.667
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			18	–	36	–	0		.333
IPFW  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			16	–	40	–	0		.286
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0		.333			18	–	33	–	1		.356
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			17	–	35	–	1		.330
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Oral Roberts	17	6	.739	–	1
Oakland	15	6	.714	1	2
North Dakota State	14	10	.583	3.5	3
Southern Utah	12	11	.522	5	4
IPFW	8	16	.333	9.5	–
South Dakota State	7	14	.333	9	–
Western Illinois	7	17	.292	10.5	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	4	Southern Utah	1
	1	Oral Roberts	2
						1	Oral Roberts	3
						3	North Dakota State	4
	3	North Dakota State	3
	2	Oakland	2
											1	Oral Roberts	4	4
										3	North Dakota State	1	3
	2	Oakland	4
	4	Southern Utah	2
						2	Oakland	2
						1	Oral Roberts	3

[3]

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Simon Anderson	North Dakota State
Drew Bowen	Oral Roberts
Tim Colwell	North Dakota State
Jason Hager	Oakland
Nolan Jacoby	Oakland
Brandon King	Oral Roberts
Kyle Kingsley	North Dakota State
Kyle Kleinendorst	North Dakota State
Brad Royer	Southern Utah
Tim Ryan	Oakland
Jared Schlehuber	Oral Roberts
Joe Spring	Oral Roberts
Mike Torrence	Oral Roberts
Jose Trevino	Oral Roberts

Most Valuable Player

Drew Bowen was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bowen played for Oral Roberts and earned the save in the championship game.[2]

References

1. 2013 Summit League Record Book (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
2. "ORU Wins Two, Captures 15th-Straight League Title". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
3. "2012 Baseball Championship". thesummitleague.org. Archived from the original on 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-05-28.