The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 15, 2019. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2019 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 26, 2019. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament, and were consequently named national champions.
Realignment and format changes Liberty, after 27 seasons in the Big South Conference, joined the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) on July 1, 2018. USC Upstate, after 11 years in the ASUN, moved to the Big South. North Alabama upgraded its program from NCAA Division II, joining the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Finally, one other Division I team changed its institutional and athletic identities immediately after the 2017–18 season. Indiana University and Purdue University dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) on July 1, 2018. IPFW's academic programs in health sciences transferred to the IU system as Indiana University Fort Wayne; all remaining academic programs were transferred to the Purdue system as Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). From 2018–19, the former IPFW athletic program represents only PFW, and its Summit League membership was assumed by PFW. Shortly before the dissolution took effect, but after the school's baseball season had finished, the athletic program announced that it would henceforth be known as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.
On October 3, 2018, Long Island University announced that it would merge its two current athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, members of the Northeast Conference (NEC), and LIU Post Pioneers, a Division II program in the East Coast Conference—into a single Division I program effective with the 2019–20 school year. The new program will compete under the LIU name with a new nickname. With both campuses sponsoring baseball, the unified LIU team will maintain LIU Brooklyn's NEC membership, but will be based on the Post campus in Brookville, New York.
Ballpark changes The 2019 season was the first for Kentucky at their new ballpark Kentucky Proud Park, replacing Cliff Hagan Stadium. The 2019 season was the last for UConn at J.O. Christian Field before construction of a new stadium, to be known as Elliot Ballpark, that will open for the 2020 season. The 2019 season was the last for the Oklahoma State team at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The team will move to a new ballpark in 2020.
Season outlook
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Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 ended their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that won their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac-12, did not hold a conference tournament. The winners of those tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac-12 regular-season champions, received automatic invitations to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ConferenceRegular season winnerConference Player of the YearConference Pitcher of the YearConference Coach of the YearConference tournamentTournament Venue • CityTournament winner America East Conference Stony Brook Nick Grande, Stony Brook Ben Anderson, Binghamton Jon Mueller, Albany 2019 America East Conference baseball tournament Varsity Field • Vestal, NY Stony Brook American Athletic Conference East Carolina Kody Hoese, Tulane Jake Agnos, East Carolina Cliff Godwin, East Carolina 2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament Spectrum Field • Clearwater, FL Cincinnati Atlantic 10 Conference VCU Nate Fassnacht, George Washington John Stankiewicz, Fordham Shawn Stiffler, VCU 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Houlihan Park • Bronx, NY Fordham Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic - LouisvilleCoastal - Georgia Tech Bobby Seymour, Wake Forest Reid Detmers, Louisville Danny Hall, Georgia Tech 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC North Carolina Atlantic Sun Conference Florida Gulf Coast Jonathan Embry, Liberty Brad Deppermann, North Florida Dave Tollett, Florida Gulf Coast 2019 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL Liberty Big 12 Conference Texas Tech Josh Jung, Texas Tech &Davis Wendzel, Baylor Alek Manoah, West Virginia Randy Mazey, West Virginia 2019 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State Big East Conference Creighton Jake Holton, Creighton Mitch Ragan, Creighton Ed Servais, Creighton 2019 Big East Conference baseball tournament Prasco Park • Mason, OH Creighton Big South Conference Campbell Chandler Redmond, Gardner–Webb Michael Horrell, Campbell Rusty Stroupe, Gardner–Webb 2019 Big South Conference baseball tournament Fayetteville Ballpark • Fayetteville, NC Campbell Big Ten Conference Indiana Jordan Brewer, Michigan Andrew Saalfrank, Indiana Jeff Mercer, Indiana 2019 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE Ohio State Big West Conference UC Santa Barbara Eric Yang, UC Santa Barbara Trenton Denholm, UC Irvine Andrew Checketts, UC Santa Barbara no tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid UC Santa Barbara Colonial Athletic Association Elon Greg Jones, UNC Wilmington George Kirby, Elon Mike Kennedy, Elon 2019 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park • Harrisonburg, VA UNC Wilmington Conference USA Florida Atlantic Jake Sanford, Western Kentucky Matt Canterino, Rice John McCormack, Florida Atlantic 2019 Conference USA baseball tournament MGM Park • Biloxi, MS Southern Miss Horizon League Wright State Peyton Burdick, Wright State Jacob Key, UIC (starting)Alex Padilla, UIC (relief) Alex Sogard, Wright State 2019 Horizon League baseball tournament Regular season champion home stadium UIC Ivy League Harvard Jake Suddleson, Harvard Christian Scafidi, Penn Bill Decker, Harvard 2019 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Campus sites Harvard Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Canisius/Quinnipiac Jack Gethings, Fairfield Matthew Brash, Niagara (starting)Andrew Workman, Quinnipiac (relief) Matt Mazurek, Canisius 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Richmond County Bank Ballpark • Staten Island, NY Quinnipiac Mid-American Conference Central Michigan Rudy Rott, Ohio Drey Jameson, Ball State Jordan Bischel, Central Michigan 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Sprenger Stadium • Avon, OH Central Michigan Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Northern - Norfolk State Southern - North Carolina A&T Corey Joyce, North Carolina Central Garrett Lawson, Delaware State Keith Shumate, Norfolk State 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, FL Florida A&M Missouri Valley Conference Dallas Baptist/Illinois State Joe Aeilts, Illinois State Brent Headrick, Illinois State Steve Holm, Illinois State 2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL Indiana State Mountain West Conference Fresno State McCarthy Tatum, Fresno State &Bryson Stott, UNLV Ryan Jensen, Fresno State Mike Batesole, Fresno State 2019 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament William Peccole Park • Reno, NV Fresno State Northeast Conference Bryant Patrick Causa, Mount St. Mary's Steve Theetge, Bryant Steve Owens, Bryant 2019 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT Central Connecticut Ohio Valley Conference Jacksonville State Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech Garrett Farmer, Jacksonville State Jim Case, Jacksonville State 2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament Rent One Park • Marion, IL Jacksonville State Pac–12 Conference UCLA Adley Rutschman, Oregon State Ryan Garcia, UCLA John Savage, UCLA no tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid UCLA Patriot League Navy Christian Hodge, Navy Noah Song, Navy Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy 2019 Patriot League baseball tournament Campus sites Army Southeastern Conference East - VanderbiltWest - Arkansas/Mississippi State J.J. Bleday, Vanderbilt Ethan Small, Mississippi State Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt 2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL Vanderbilt Southern Conference Samford Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina Chad Sykes, UNC Greensboro Casey Dunn, Samford 2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC Mercer Southland Conference Sam Houston State Luis Trevino, Abilene Christian Corey Gaconi, Southeastern Louisiana Patrick Hallmark, Incarnate Word 2019 Southland Conference baseball tournament Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX McNeese State Southwestern Athletic Conference East - Alabama State West - Southern Tyler LaPorte, Southern& Yamil Pagan, Alabama State Darren Kelly, Alabama State Kerrick Jackson, Southern 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA Southern Summit League Omaha Spencer Henson, Oral Roberts Payton Kinney, Omaha Evan Porter, Omaha 2019 Summit League baseball tournament J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK Omaha Sun Belt Conference East - Georgia Southern West - Texas State Ethan Wilson, South Alabama Connor Reich, Texas State Ty Harrington, Texas State 2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Coastal CarolinaWest Coast Conference BYU Brock Hale, BYU Codie Paiva, Loyola Marymount Mike Littlewood, BYU 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Loyola MarymountWestern Athletic Conference Cal Baptist/New Mexico State/UTRGV Joey Ortiz, Jr., New Mexico State Logan Rinehart, Jr., California Baptist Derek Matlock, Texas–Rio Grande Valley 2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ Sacramento State
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