1976 NAIA World Series

1976 NAIA
baseball tournament
1976 NAIA World Series
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLewis (IL) (3rd title)
Winning coachGordie Gillespie
MVPKen Jones (OF) (Lewis)
  • 1975
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1977

The 1976 NAIA World Series was the 20th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]

The tournament was again played at Phil Welch Stadium in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Two-time defending champions Lewis (IL) (47–15) defeated Lewis–Clark State (48–11) in a single-game championship series, 16–8, to win the Flyers' third NAIA World Series.

Lewis outfielder Ken Jones was named tournament MVP.

  1. ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 24, 2022.