The West Coast Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the Division I West Coast Conference. As begun in 2013, the top four finishers in the regular season of the league's ten teams participate in the double-elimination tournament held at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The winner of the event earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
History The West Coast Conference was one of the few college baseball leagues not to conduct a postseason championship event until dividing into two divisions in 1999. From that year through 2009, the league held a best of three game championship series between the two division winners. Division play was abolished following the 2005 season, but the championship series continued with the top two finishers in the conference participating. After 2009, the championship series was also discontinued. However, in 2013, the league established a four team, double-elimination event at a neutral site. This was the first time in baseball that more than two teams participated in a postseason conference championship event and the first time any conference championship event is held at a neutral site.
Champions
By year This table lists results of West Coast Conference postseason conference championship events. Year Champion Runner-up Site Most Outstanding Players Baseball Championship Series era (1999–2009): A two team "best of three" playoff was held. 1999 Alternating campus sites N/A 2000 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 2001 Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA 2002 2003 2004 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 2005 2006 Benedetti Diamond • San Francisco, CA 2007 John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, CA Justin Snyder, San DiegoMatt Couch, San Diego (Pitcher) 2008 Kevin Muno, San DiegoBrian Matusz, San Diego (Pitcher) 2009 Patterson Baseball Complex • Spokane, WA Ryan Wiegand, GonzagaSteven Ames, Gonzaga (Pitcher)Tournament era (2013−present) 2013 Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Troy Conyers, San Diego 2014 Aaron Brown, Pepperdine 2015 Brad Anderson, Pepperdine 2016 Zach Kirtley, Saint Mary's 2017 BYU Bronson Larsen, BYU 2018 Jake Vieth, Gonzaga 2019 Codie Paiva, Loyola Marymount 2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 2022 Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Caleb Ricketts, San Diego 2023Santa ClaraPortlandLas Vegas Ballpark • Summerlin South, NVDawson Brigman, Santa Clara2024San DiegoPortlandJake Holcroft, Portland2025Saint Mary'sSan DiegoEddie Madrigal, Saint Mary's2026Saint Mary'sSan FranciscoScottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZIan Armstrong, Saint Mary's
By school
Team Total Championships Tournament Championships Playoff Championships San Diego 7 2013, 2022, 2024 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 Pepperdine 6 2014, 2015 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 Loyola Marymount 3 2019 1999, 2000 Saint Mary's 3 2016, 2025, 2026 - Gonzaga 2 2018 2009 Santa Clara 1 2023 - BYU 1 2017 -San Francisco 0 - - Portland 0 - - Pacific 0 - -Seattle 0 - -
Pink denotes former WCC member. Gonzaga plans to leave in 2026 while UC San Diego plans to join in 2027-28.
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