2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2000 Mountain West Conference 6 Double-elimination Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV San Diego State 1st Chad Redfern San Diego State yes The 2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 17 through 20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and no conference team was invited.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012-Baseball-History.pdf Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide themwc.com 11 December 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105073120/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012-Baseball-History.pdf 2012-11-05 deadhttp://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052000aaa.html https://archive.today/20130204100207/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052000aaa.html dead February 4, 2013 San Diego State Captures Inaugural Conference Baseball Tournament Title themwc.com December 9, 2012 Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2000 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 22 8 .733 – 1 2000 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 17 12 .586 4.5 2 2000 BYU Cougars BYU 15 15 .500 7 3 2000 Utah Utes Utah 15 15 .500 7 4 2000 UNLV Rebels UNLV 14 16 .467 8 5 2000 Air Force Falcons Air Force 6 23 .207 15.5 6 Results 2 2 1 2000 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 17 6 2000 Air Force Falcons Air Force 3 3 2000 BYU Cougars BYU 9 4 2000 Utah Utes Utah 6 2 2000 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 7 5 2000 UNLV Rebels UNLV 6 1 New Mexico 4 4 Utah 6 6 Air Force 13 5 UNLV 11 3 BYU 5 2 San Diego State 6 1 New Mexico 3 3 BYU 6 4 Utah 5 6 Air Force 10 2 San Diego State 11 3 BYU 7 6 Air Force 4 – 2 San Diego State 9 – All-Tournament Team The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team. Name Class POS Team Gerremy Goldsberry Jr. OF Air Force Mike Thiessen Jr. OF Air Force Michael Tufte Jr. RHP Air Force Matt Carson Fr. OF BYU Michael Davies So. C BYU Mark Okano Jr. OF New Mexico Billy Montgomery Jr. OF San Diego State Chad Redfern Fr. OF San Diego State Ryan Olson So. LHP UNLV Most Valuable Player Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. References Tournament Category:Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in the Las Vegas Valley