The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-ninth tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Mark Kotsay of Cal State Fullerton.
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination. However, region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Atlantic I Regional at Tallahassee, FL
Atlantic II Regional at Coral Gables, FL
East Region at Clemson, SC
Mideast Regional at Knoxville, TN
Midwest I Regional at Wichita, KS
Midwest II Regional at Oklahoma City, OK Hosted at All Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK
South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA
West Regional at Fresno, CA
College World Series
Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Cal State Fullerton Big West 53–9 (18–3) Augie Garrido 8(last: 1994) 1st(1979, 1984) 18–14 2 Florida State ACC 52–14 (16–7) Mike Martin 13(last: 1994) 2nd(1970, 1986) 17–26 3 Miami (FL) n/a 46–15 (n/a) Jim Morris 13(last: 1994) 1st(1982, 1985) 27–23 4 Clemson ACC 54–12 (20–4) Jack Leggett 6(last: 1991) 5th(1958, 1959, 1976) 4–12 5 SEC 52–14 (22–8) Rod Delmonico 1(last: 1951) 2nd(1951) 4–2 6 Southern California Pac-10 45–19 (21–9) Mike Gillespie 17(last: 1978) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978) 63–19 7 Oklahoma Big 8 42–14 (21–7) Larry Cochell 8(last: 1994) 1st(1951, 1994) 14–12 8 Stanford Pac-10 39–23 (20–10) Mark Marquess 8(last: 1990) 1st(1987, 1988) 20–14
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 2 Game 1 Florida State 3–2 Oklahoma Game 2 Miami (FL) 15–0 Southern California June 3 Game 3 Cal State Fullerton 6–5 Stanford Game 4 3–1 Clemson June 4 Game 5 Miami (FL) 4–2 Florida State Game 6 Southern California 9–4 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated June 5 Game 7 Cal State Fullerton 11–1 Game 8 Stanford 8–3 Clemson Clemson eliminated June 6 Game 9 Southern California 16–11 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 10 6–2 Stanford Stanford eliminated June 7 Game 11 Southern California 7–5 Miami (FL) June 8 Game 12 Cal State Fullerton 11–0 Tennessee eliminated June 9 Game 13 Southern California 7–3 Miami (FL) Miami (FL) eliminated June 10 Final Cal State Fullerton 11–5 Southern California Cal State Fullerton wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Randy Flores USC Ted Silva C Brian Loyd 1B Doug Mientkiewicz Florida State 2B Wes Rachels USC 3B Tony Martinez SS Alex Cora Miami (FL) OF J. D. Drew Florida State Geoff Jenkins USC Mark Kotsay (MOP) DH Scott Schroeffel Tennessee
Notable players Cal State Fullerton: Jeremy Giambi, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lamb Clemson: Kris Benson, Billy Koch, Matt LeCroy, Shane Monahan, Ken Vining, Scott Winchester Florida State: Randy Choate, J. D. Drew, Jonathan Johnson, Doug Mientkiewicz Miami (FL): Alex Cora, Jay Tessmer Oklahoma: Steve Connelly, Damon Minor, Ryan Minor, Russ Ortiz, Mark Redman Southern California: Gabe Alvarez, Brian Cooper, Morgan Ensberg, Seth Etherton, Randy Flores, Geoff Jenkins, Jacque Jones, Chad Moeller, Ernie Diaz Stanford: Dusty Allen, A. J. Hinch, Jason Middlebrook, Kyle Peterson Tennessee: R. A. Dickey, Todd Helton
Tournament notes
With USC's 22–17 win over Fresno State the two teams set a new tournament record for most combined runs (39).
See also 1995 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1995 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1995 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1995 NAIA World Series
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