The 2002 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2002. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the fourteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third seed won their second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 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 fifth year of the six team tournament. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 18 7 .720 18 8 .692 16 12 .571 14 13 .519 8 19 .296 6 17 .261 7 20 .259 West Division 19 9 .679 17 9 .654 14 10 .583 12 13 .480 11 14 .440 9 18 .333
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Dirk Hayhurst Kent State Doug Boone Ball State Michael Carlin Miami Chris Welsch Kent State Brady Glass Kent State Tim Bullinger Central Michigan Tom Martin Kent State Ben Schroeder Ball State Brad Snyder Ball State Adam Metzler Ball State
Most Valuable Player Brad Snyder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Snyder played for Ball State.
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