Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

This article is about the SWAC's baseball tournament champions. For a list of overall conference baseball champions, see List of Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball champions.
Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams8[1]
FormatTwo-bracket double-elimination with single elimination final
Current stadiumRuss Chandler Stadium
Current locationAtlanta, GA
Played1949–1951, 1977[2]–2019, 2021
Last contest2024
Current championGrambling State
Most championshipsSouthern, 19
TV partner(s)ESPN3[3] (ESPNews[4] and ESPNU,[1][5] in prior years)
Official websitehttps://swac.org/feature/swacbaseball2021
Host stadiums
Russ Chandler Stadium (2023-2024)
Jerry D. Young Memorial Field (2022)
Regions Field (2022)
Toyota Field (2021)
Wesley Barrow Stadium (2014–2019)
LaGrave Field (2013)
Lee–Hines Field (2003, 2008–2009, 2012)
Fair Grounds Field (2001, 2010–2011)
Pete Goldsby Field (1977, 1979, 2008)
Smith–Wills Stadium (2000, 2007)
Trustmark Park (2006)
Rickwood Field (2005)
Baseball USA (2004)
W. Peyton Shehee, Jr. Stadium (2002)
Pilot Field (2002)
"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium (1996–1999)
Chester Willis Field (1988–1995)
Bringhurst Field (1986–1987)
Neagle Field (1985)
University Park (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
Old Tiger Field (1981, 1983)
Steer Stadium (1951)
Fair Park Stadium (1949–1950)
Host locations
Atlanta, GA (2023-2024)
Birmingham, AL (2005, 2022)
Madison, AL (2021)
New Orleans, LA (1996–1999, 2014–2019)
Fort Worth, TX (2013)
Baton Rouge, LA (1977, 1979, 2003, 2008–2009, 2012)
Shreveport, LA (2001–2002, 2010–2011)
Jackson, MS (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2007)
Pearl, MS (2006)
Houston, TX (1985, 2004)
Natchez, MS (1988–1995)
Alexandria, LA (1986–1987)
Grambling, LA (1981, 1983)
Tyler, TX (1951)
Marshall, TX (1949–1951)

The Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament decides the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. The top four finishers in each conference division participate in a two-bracket, double-elimination tournament, most recently played in Birmingham, Alabama, between May 25 and May 29, 2022.[6] The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament and, since 2019, to the HBCU World Series.[7]

  1. ^ a b "2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament brackets are set". swac.org. May 12, 2008. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  2. ^ "Jags Eye 4th Straight Baseball Title: Open Season Feb. 27". Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate (sec. C, p. 9). January 30, 1977.
  3. ^ Erik Hall (May 15, 2021). "2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament bracket, schedule, game times". clarionledger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  4. ^ "SWAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Announced". swac.org. May 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ^ "Tournament". swac.org. 2016. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  6. ^ "2022 SWAC Baseball Tournament Set to be Held at Regions Field". swac.org. January 13, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ "NCAT, Southern Canceled". meacsports.com. May 22, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-24.