Horizon League baseball tournament

Horizon League Baseball Championship
Sport	Baseball
Conference	Horizon League
Number of teams	6
Format	Modified double-elimination
Current stadium	Number 1 seed hosts
Current location	Number 1 seed hosts
Played	1981–present
Last contest	2022
Current champion	Wright State (6)
Most championships	Wright State (6)

The Horizon League Baseball Championship is the conference baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Through the 2019 season, all Horizon League baseball teams participated in the modified double-elimination tournament, which is hosted by the regular season champion of the league. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[1]

Year	Program	Site	MVP	NCAA Tournament Result
1981	Oral Roberts	Tulsa, OK		Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1982	Oral Roberts	Detroit, MI		Winless, Midwest Regional
1983	Oral Roberts	Tulsa, OK		Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1984	Oklahoma City	Cincinnati, OH		Runners-up, Midwest Regional
1985	Oral Roberts	Tulsa, OK		2nd round, Midwest Regional
1986	Oral Roberts	Detroit, MI		2nd round, Mideast Regional
1987	Oral Roberts	Evansville, IN		Runners-up, West I Regional
1988	Evansville	South Bend, IN		2nd round, West II Regional
1989	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN		3rd round, West II Regional
1990	Evansville	South Bend, IN		Did not qualify
1991	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN		Did not qualify
1992	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN		Runners-up, Atlantic Regional
1993	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN		Runners-up, East Regional
1994	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN		Runners-up, East Regional
1995	Wright State	South Bend, IN		Did not qualify
1996	Northern Illinois	Indianapolis, IN		Did not qualify
1997	Detroit	Dayton, OH		Did not qualify
1998	Butler	Chicago, IL		Did not qualify
1999	Milwaukee	Chicago, IL		2nd round, Lubbock Regional
2000	Butler	Dayton, OH		Winless, Minneapolis Regional
2001	Milwaukee	Chicago, IL		Winless, South Bend Regional
2002	Milwaukee	Cleveland, OH		Winless, Lincoln Regional
2003	UIC	Dayton, OH		Winless, Palo Alto Regional
2004	Youngstown State	Niles, OH		Winless, Austin Regional
2005	UIC	Indianapolis, IN		Winless, Lincoln Regional
2006	Wright State	Dayton, OH	Ross Oeder, Wright State	Winless, Corvallis Regional
2007	UIC	Chicago, IL	David Cales, UIC	2nd round, Long Beach Regional
2008	UIC	Niles, OH	Brett Schaefer, UIC	2nd round, College Station Regional
2009	Wright State	Lorain, OH		Winless, Ft. Worth Regional
2010	Milwaukee	Gary, IN	Chad Pierce Milwaukee	Winless, Tempe Regional
2011	Wright State	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	Zach Tanner, Wright State	Winless, College Station Regional
2012	Valparaiso	Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL	Mark Johnson, Valpraiso	Winless, Gary Regional
2013	Valparaiso	Eastwood Field • Youngstown, OH	Karch Kowalczyk, Valparaiso	2nd round, Bloomington Regional
2014	Youngstown State	Kapco Park • Milwaukee, WI	Phil Lipari, Youngstown State	2nd round, Bloomington Regional
2015	Wright State	Oil City Stadium • Whiting, IN	Mark Fowler, Wright State	Runners-up, Champaign Regional
2016	Wright State	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	John Brodner, Wright State	Runners-up, Louisville Regional
2017	UIC	Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, IL	David Cronin, UIC	Winless, Hattiesburg Regional
2018	Wright State	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	Peyton Burdick, Wright State	Winless, Stanford Regional
2019	UIC	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	Ryan Hampe, UIC	Winless, Louisville Regional
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Wright State	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	Damon Dues, Wright State	Winless, Knoxville Regional

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

Program	No. of titles	Title years
Wright State	7	1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018
UIC	6	2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Oral Roberts	6	1981, 1982, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
Notre Dame	5	1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Milwaukee	4	1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
Youngstown State	2	2004, 2014
Valparaiso	2	2012, 2013
Butler	2	1998, 2000
Evansville	2	1988, 1990
Detroit	1	1997
Northern Illinois	1	1996
Oklahoma City	1	1984

• Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Horizon League.

References

1. "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved 11 March 2012.