The NAIA World Series (officially branded as the Avista NAIA World Series for sponsorship purposes from 2013) is a double-elimination tournament, held since 1957, to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Since 2000, the tournament has been held at Harris Field on the campus of Lewis–Clark State College (LCSC) in Lewiston, Idaho, having previously hosted from 1984 to 1991.

History A total of twelve cities have hosted the NAIA World Series. In 1957, the first edition of the series was held in Alpine, Texas, the home of inaugural champions, Sul Ross State. From 1984 to 1991 and since 2000, the series has been held in Lewiston on the campus of LCSC, the winningest school in the competition with 19 victories. The other cities that have hosted the tournament are Sioux City, Iowa; St. Joseph, Missouri; Phoenix, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee; Lubbock, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Jupiter, Florida.

As of 2015, a total of 188 schools have competed in the tournament.

Results

NAIA World Series 1957Details Alpine, Texas Kokernot Field 8–7 1958Details 23–9 1959Details 10–2 1960Details Sioux City, Iowa Soos Park 4–0 1961Details 13–7 1962Details St. Joseph, Missouri Phil Welch Stadium 2–0 1963Details 2–1 1964Details 3–2 1965Details 3–2 1966Details 15–4 1967Details 6–1 1968Details 4–313 1969Details 5–3 1970Details Phoenix, Arizona Municipal Stadium 1–0 1971Details 9–810 1972Details 4–1 1973Details 7–2 1974Details St. Joseph, Missouri Phil Welch Stadium 3–2 1975Details 2–1 1976Details 16–8 1977Details 2–1 1978Details 8–6 1979Details Nashville, Tennessee Herschel Greer Stadium 5–4 1980Details 5–410 1981Details Lubbock, Texas Chaparral Stadium 11–4 1982Details 10–6 1983Details 12–9 1984Details Lewiston, Idaho Harris Field 15–2 1985Details 10–6 1986Details 6–510 1987Details 11–4 1988Details 9–3 1989Details 5–2 1990Details 9–4 1991Details 7–0 1992Details Des Moines, Iowa Sec Taylor Stadium 14–4 1993Details 4–2 1994Details 2–0 1995Details Sioux City, Iowa Lewis and Clark Park 8–5 1996Details 9–0 1997Details 8–4 1998Details Tulsa, Oklahoma Drillers Stadium 6–3 1999Details Jupiter, Florida Roger Dean Stadium 7–2 2000 Lewiston, Idaho Harris Field 10–1 2001 8–3 2002 12–8 2003 7–5 2004 10–3 2005 8–1 2006 5–411 2007 9–2 2008 8–3 2009 11–8 2010 4–3 2011Details 9–3 2012Details 10–6 2013Details 11–4 2014Details 3–0 2015Details 10–7 2016Details 12–11 2017Details 6–4 2018Details 6–3 2019Details 6–2 2020 No World Series held due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021Details 8–4 2022Details 11–5 2023Details 7–6 2024Details 14–6 2025Details 13–7 2026Details 21–3

Champions Active NAIA programs Team Titles Years 19 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999,2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 32004, 2010, 2014 32012, 2019, 2026 22018, 2022 12025 12024 12021 12013 12005 11998 11997 11995 11993 11969

Former NAIA programs Team Titles Years 41980, 1981, 1982, 1986 31974, 1975, 1976 21983, 2009 21977, 1979 21966, 1971 12023 12011 12001 11994 11978 11973 11972 11970 11968 11967 11965 11964 11963 11962 11961 11960 11959 11958 11957

See also NCAA Division I baseball tournament NCAA Division II baseball tournament NCAA Division III baseball tournament NAIA Softball World Series

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