1986 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

Format and seeding

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

References

Most Valuable Player

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1986 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	2
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hunter Field Abilene, Texas
Champions	Georgia Southern (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jack Stallings (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Shepherd (Georgia Southern)
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1986 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Georgia Southern ^x‍‍‡‍	12	–	6	.667	36	–	23	.610
Mercer ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	25	–	24	.510
Georgia State ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	23	–	29	.442
Samford ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	14	–	37	.275
West
Hardin–Simmons ^x‍†‍‍	12	–	4	.750	38	–	25	.603
Centenary ‍‍‍	8	–	7	.533	27	–	28	.491
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	3	–	12	.200	11	–	35	.239
Stetson ‍‍‍		–		–	36	–	22	.621

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Hunter Field on the campus of Hardin–Simmons in Abilene, Texas, on April 25 and 26.^[2] This was the eighth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its eighth year of existence. Georgia Southern won their third tournament championship.^[3]

The winner of each of the conference's two divisions met in a best of three series. Stetson was ineligible as a new member of the conference.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
East
Georgia Southern	12	6	.667	—	1E
Mercer	8	10	.444	4	—
Georgia State	8	10	.444	4	—
Samford	8	10	.444	4	—

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
West
Hardin–Simmons	12	4	.750	—	1W
Centenary	8	7	.533	3.5	—
Arkansas–Little Rock	3	12	.200	8.5	—
Stetson				—	—

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

POS	Player	School
P	Billy Brooks	Georgia Southern
P	Troy Holcomb	Georgia Southern
C	Rob Haranda	Georgia Southern
1B	Craig Cooper	Georgia Southern
2B	Dan Gealy	Georgia Southern
SS	Steve Arias	Hardin–Simmons
3B	Jim Cunningham	Georgia Southern
OF	Mike Shepherd	Georgia Southern
	Joe Bonanno	Georgia Southern
	Lynn Turner	Hardin–Simmons
	Shane Gravens	Hardin–Simmons
DH	Gilbert Arredondo	Hardin–Simmons

Mike Shepherd was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Shepherd was an outfielder for Georgia Southern.^[4]

Georgia Southern

Hardin–Simmons

^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgia Southern Eagles. p. 35. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 14. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

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