The 2001 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2001. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the thirteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed won its third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the fourth year of the six team tournament. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 18 9 .667 16 11 .593 16 11 .593 16 12 .571 11 17 .393 9 18 .333 5 23 .179 West Division 21 5 .808 16 12 .571 14 12 .538 15 13 .536 10 17 .370 10 17 .370
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Jason Paul Ball State Dustin Sampson Kent State Tim Bullinger Central Michigan Brady Nori Miami Chris Welsch Kent State John VanBenschoten Kent State Clark Mace Miami Scott French Ball State Dave Mattle Kent State Tom Yost Miami
Most Valuable Player John VanBenschoten won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. VanBenschoten played for Kent State.
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