The 2001 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 16 through 19. This was the second tournament held by the league. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State University's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Top seeded BYU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4–3 and earned the conference's new automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. Utah claimed the third seed over New Mexico by winning the season series. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 21 8 .724 19 11 .633 14 16 .467 14 16 .467 13 17 .433 8 21 .276
Results
All-Tournament Team The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team. Name Class Team Kainoa Obrey So. BYU Ben Julianel Sr. SDSU Ryan Olson Jr. UNLV Chris Shelton Jr. Utah Brad Beasley Sr. UNLV Doug Jackson So. BYU Ben Leuthard Jr. SDSU Seth King Sr. BYU Nate Fernley Sr. BYU Trent Kitsch Sr. UNLV John Skinner Sr. SDSU
Most Valuable Player Nate Fernley, a pitcher for the champion BYU Cougars, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player after his complete game victory in the championship game.
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