1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 1979 Trans America Athletic Conference 5 Double-elimination Centenary Park (baseball) Shreveport, LA 1979 Mercer Bears Mercer 1st Barry Myers 1st yes The 1979 Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) baseball tournament, the first-ever for the league known since the 2001–02 school year as the Atlantic Sun Conference, was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, from May 10 through 13. Mercer won the first tournament championship. As a new conference, the TAAC did not have an automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Format The new league used a blind draw to determine matchups, and records for any earlier games between conference members are incomplete. The teams played a five team, double elimination tournament.http://www.atlanticsun.org/media/2012-13/pdf/records-base.pdf 2 Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book Atlantic Sun Conference September 21, 2013http://www.mercerbears.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/2013mediaguide 2013 Media Guide Mercer Bears 71 September 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926082646/http://www.mercerbears.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/2013mediaguide 2013-09-26 dead Results 2 no 2 1979 Oklahoma City Chiefs Oklahoma City 6 1979 Centenary Gentlemen Centenary 3 1979 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys Hardin–Simmons 7 1979 Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana 0 1979 Mercer Bears Mercer 3 Oklahoma City 0 Mercer 14 Hardin–Simmons 1 Mercer 8 Hardin–Simmons 0 Centenary 9* Northeast Louisiana 10* Oklahoma City 14 Northeast Louisiana 5 Mercer 8 6 Oklahoma City 11 3 * - Indicates game required 10 innings. All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.http://www.atlanticsun.org/media/2012-13/pdf/records-base.pdf 21 Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book Atlantic Sun Conference September 21, 2013 POS Player School P Ken McLeod Hardin–Simmons P Dwight Erhard Oklahoma City P Dan Fitzsimmons Mercer 1B Jay Branham Northeast Louisiana 1B Scott Halam Mercer OF Steve Brumfield Centenary OF Rusty Hamric Hardin–Simmons OF Frank Millerd Mercer OF Don Murphy Oklahoma City OF Jay Ross Mercer DH Tom Patman Oklahoma City References Tournament Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Category:ASUN Conference baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in Shreveport, Louisiana Category:College baseball tournaments in Louisiana