2001 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2001 Mountain West Conference 6 Double-elimination Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA BYU 1st Nate Fernley BYU The 2001 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 16 through 19. This was the second tournament held by the league. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State University's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Top seeded BYU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4–3 and earned the conference's new automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.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/051901aae.html https://archive.today/20130204013906/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/051901aae.html dead February 4, 2013 Cougars Claim Mountain West Baseball Title, 4-3 themwc December 9, 2012 Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. Utah claimed the third seed over New Mexico by winning the season series. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2001 BYU Cougars BYU 21 8 .724 – 1 2001 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 19 11 .633 2.5 2 2001 Utah Utes Utah 14 16 .467 7.5 3 2001 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 14 16 .467 7.5 4 2001 UNLV Rebels UNLV 13 17 .433 8.5 5 2001 Air Force Falcons Air Force 8 21 .276 13 6 Results 2 1 2001 BYU Cougars BYU 7 6 2001 Air Force Falcons Air Force 1 3 2001 Utah Utes Utah 4 4 2001 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 7 2 2001 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 0 5 2001 UNLV Rebels UNLV 1 1 BYU 14 3 Utah 15 2 San Diego State 5 3 Utah 4 4 New Mexico 5 5 UNLV 2 1 BYU 10 5 UNLV 9 3 Utah 4 2 San Diego State 5 4 New Mexico 7 1 BYU 12 2 San Diego State 12 4 New Mexico 5 2 San Diego State 3 1 BYU 4 All-Tournament Team The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team. Name Class Team Kainoa Obrey So. BYU Ben Julianel Sr. SDSU Ryan Olson Jr. UNLV Chris Shelton Jr. Utah Brad Beasley Sr. UNLV Doug Jackson So. BYU Ben Leuthard Jr. SDSU Seth King Sr. BYU Nate Fernley Sr. BYU Trent Kitsch Sr. UNLV John Skinner Sr. SDSU Most Valuable Player Nate Fernley, a pitcher for the champion BYU Cougars, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player after his complete game victory in the championship game. References Tournament Category:Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in San Diego Category:College baseball tournaments in California Category:2000s in San Diego