The Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference. In the current format, established in 2023, the top eight regular-season finishers of the conference's 10 baseball schools qualify for the tournament. The bottom four seeds play single-elimination games, paired by seeds as 5–8 and 6–7. The winners of those games advance to single-elimination games, with the 3 and 4 seeds respectively playing the lower and higher seeds among the first-round winners. At this point, the top two seeds join, and the tournament becomes double-elimination. The most recent 2026 edition was held at Mtn. Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. 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. Year Champion Venue 1979 John "Sonny" Allen Field • Morehead, KY 1980 Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY 1981 Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY 1982 Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY 1983 John "Sonny" Allen Field • Morehead, KY 1984 Raymond C. Hand Park • Clarksville, TN 1985 John "Sonny" Allen Field • Morehead, KY 1986 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1987 Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY 1988 Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex • Cookeville, TN 1989 Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY 1990 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1991 Johnny Reagan Field • Murray, KY 1992 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1993 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1994 Raymond C. Hand Park • Clarksville, TN 1995 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1996 Raymond C. Hand Park • Clarksville, TN 1997 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1998 Capaha Field • Cape Girardeau, MO 1999 Capaha Field • Cape Girardeau, MO 2000 Capaha Field • Cape Girardeau, MO 2001 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2002 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2003 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2004 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2005 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2006 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2007 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2008 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2009 Brooks Stadium • Paducah, KY 2010 Pringles Park • Jackson, TN 2011 Pringles Park • Jackson, TN 2012 Pringles Park • Jackson, TN 2013 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN 2014 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN 2015 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN 2016 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN 2017 Choccolocco Park • Oxford, AL 2018 Choccolocco Park • Oxford, AL 2019 Rent One Park • Marion, IL 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 2021 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN 2022 Wild Health Field • Lexington, KY 2023 Mtn. Dew Park • Marion, IL 2024 Mtn. Dew Park • Marion, IL 2025 Mtn. Dew Park • Marion, IL 2026 Mtn. Dew Park • Marion, IL
By school The following is a list of conference champions listed by school. Program Championships Years Middle Tennessee 9 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000 Austin Peay 6 1996, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 Southeast Missouri 6 1998, 2002, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024 Eastern Kentucky 5 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 Jacksonville State 5 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 Morehead State 4 1983, 1993, 2015, 2018 Tennessee Tech 4 1997, 2001, 2009, 2017 Eastern Illinois 3 1999, 2008, 2023 Little Rock 2 2025, 2026 Murray State 2 1979, 2003 Western Kentucky 1 1980 Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the OVC, as of the next college baseball season in 2024.
Among current OVC members, Lindenwood, SIU Edwardsville, Southern Indiana, UT Martin, and Western Illinois have yet to win the championship. However, only SIUE and UT Martin were OVC members before the 2023 season, and Western Illinois played its first OVC season in 2024. Tennessee Tech will depart the conference in July 2026.
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