The American Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college baseball for the American Conference, known until July 2025 as the American Athletic Conference. It is a round-robin tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship each season. The Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.
The American is one of two successors to the original Big East Conference, which split after the 2013 season. The tournament was held in the same location as the previous six Big East Conference baseball tournaments in 2014, at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida.
Format Unlike the previous Big East Tournament, the American adopted a round-robin tournament format in 2014. The top eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team facing the others in the group. The winners of each group then faced off in a single championship game. This format was similar to the format used by several new members from the Conference USA baseball tournament from 2010 to 2013.
In 2015, the event reverted to the traditional two-bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.
Champions
By year Year Champion Runner-up Venue Most Valuable Player 2014 Houston Louisville BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Josh Vidales, Houston 2015 East Carolina HoustonBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Hunter Allen, East Carolina 2016 UConn Houston BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Anthony Kay, UConn 2017 East Carolina BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Jake Scheiner, Houston 2018 UConnBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Spencer Brickhouse, East Carolina 2019 UConnBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL A.J. Bumpass, Cincinnati 2020 Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic 2021 UCF BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Daniel Cantu, South Florida 2022 Houston BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, East Carolina 2023 BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Teo Banks, Tulane 2024 Wichita State BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Jackson Linn, Tulane 2025 Tulane BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL Braden Burress, East Carolina2026East CarolinaUTSABayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLEthan Norby, East Carolina
By school This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2025 tournament.
School Titles Winning years East Carolina 11 32 14 5 2015, 2018, 2022, 2025, 2026 Houston 9 20 13 2 2014, 2017 Tulane 9 18 15 2 2023, 2024 South Florida 9 13 15 1 2021 Cincinnati 8 5 14 1 2019 UConn 6 15 10 1 2016 UCF 9 14 17 0 Memphis 9 13 17 0 Wichita State 7 10 14 0 UTSA 3 4 5 0 Florida Atlantic 3 3 5 0 Charlotte 3 2 5 0 Rice 3 2 6 0 UAB 2 1 4 0 Louisville 1 2 2 0 Rutgers 1 1 2 0 Temple 1 1 2 0 Italics indicate school no longer sponsors baseball in The American.
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