The Horizon League Baseball Championship is the conference baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Through the 2025 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. 1981 Tulsa, OK Runners-up, Midwest Regional 1982 James K. Campbell Athletic Complex • Detroit, MI Winless, Midwest Regional 1983 Tulsa, OK Runners-up, Midwest Regional 1984 Cincinnati, OH Runners-up, Midwest Regional 1985 Tulsa, OK 2nd round, Midwest Regional 1986 James K. Campbell Athletic Complex • Detroit, MI 2nd round, Mideast Regional 1987 Bosse Field • Evansville, IN Runners-up, West I Regional 1988 Evansville Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN 2nd round, West II Regional 1989 Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN 3rd round, West II Regional 1990 Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN Did not qualify 1991 Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN Did not qualify 1992 Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN Chris Michalak, Notre Dame Runners-up, Atlantic Regional 1993 Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium • South Bend, IN Eric Danapolis, Notre Dame Runners-up, East Regional 1994 Frank Eck Stadium • South Bend, IN Tom Price, Notre Dame Runners-up, East Regional 1995 Frank Eck Stadium • South Bend, IN Kris Jarosz, Wright State Did not qualify 1996 Bush Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Jason King, Northern Illinois Did not qualify 1997 Wright Stadium • Dayton, OH Dusty Beam, Wright State Did not qualify 1998 Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL Eric Storey, Butler Did not qualify 1999 Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL Chad Sadowski, Milwaukee 2nd round, Lubbock Regional 2000 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Jeremy Sinsabaugh, Butler Winless, Minneapolis Regional 2001 Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL Scott Gillitzer, Milwaukee Winless, South Bend Regional 2002 Jacobs Field • Cleveland, OH Dave Pudlosky, Milwaukee Winless, Lincoln Regional 2003 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Mike Hughes, UIC Winless, Palo Alto Regional 2004 Eastwood Field • Niles, OH Justin Banks, Youngstown State Winless, Austin Regional 2005 Victory Field • Indianapolis, IN Ryan Zink, UIC Winless, Lincoln Regional 2006 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Ross Oeder, Wright State Winless, Corvallis Regional 2007 Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL David Cales, UIC 2nd round, Long Beach Regional 2008 Eastwood Field • Niles, OH Brett Schaefer, UIC 2nd round, College Station Regional 2009 The Pipe Yard • Lorain, OH Kory Twede, Wright State Winless, Ft. Worth Regional 2010 U.S. Steel Yard • Gary, IN Chad Pierce, Milwaukee Winless, Tempe Regional 2011 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Zach Tanner, Wright State Winless, College Station Regional 2012 Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL Mark Johnson, Valpraiso Winless, Gary Regional 2013 Eastwood Field • Youngstown, OH Karch Kowalczyk, Valparaiso 2nd round, Bloomington Regional 2014 Kapco Park • Milwaukee, WI Phil Lipari, Youngstown State 2nd round, Bloomington Regional 2015 Oil City Stadium • Whiting, IN Mark Fowler, Wright State Runners-up, Champaign Regional 2016 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH John Brodner, Wright State Runners-up, Louisville Regional 2017 Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, IL David Cronin, UIC Winless, Hattiesburg Regional 2018 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Peyton Burdick, Wright State Winless, Stanford Regional 2019 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 2022 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Zane Harris, Wright State Winless, Blacksburg Regional 2023 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Andrew Patrick, Wright State Winless, Terre Haute Regional 2024 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Treyvin Moss, Northern Kentucky Winless, Knoxville Regional 2025 Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Patrick Fultz, Wright State Runners-up, Nashville Regional 2026 Milwaukee Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Joey Spence, Milwaukee Runners-up, Auburn Regional
By school The following is a list of conference champions listed by school. Wright State 11 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 UIC 6 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019 Oral Roberts 6 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 Milwaukee 5 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2026 Notre Dame 5 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Youngstown State 2 2004, 2014 Valparaiso 2 2012, 2013 Butler 2 1998, 2000 Evansville 2 1988, 1990 Detroit 1 1997 Northern Illinois 1 1996 Northern Kentucky 1 2024 Oklahoma City 1 1984
Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Horizon League.
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