The 1987 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia, from April 30 to May 2. This was the ninth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its ninth year of existence. won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 13 5 .722 — 1E 12 6 1 — 2E 6 9 .400 5.5 — 2 13 .133 9.5 — Team W L Pct. GB Seed 10 6 .625 — 1W 9 7 .563 1 2W 5 11 .313 5 —
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985. POS Player School P Keith Richardson Georgia Southern Steve Woide Stetson C Mike Robinson Stetson 1B Brett Hendley Georgia Southern 2B Shawn Lee Stetson SS Jeff Shireman Georgia Southern 3B Scott Foith Hardin–Simmons OF Mike Shepherd Georgia Southern Frank Vashaw Georgia Southern Lynn Turner Hardin–Simmons DH Pat Harding Stetson
Most Valuable Player Brett Hendley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Hendley was a first baseman for Georgia Southern.
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