# 2011 Great West Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of North Dakota's Harold Kraft Memorial Field in Grand Forks, ND. Utah Valley won their second championship by a score of 10-6. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| Utah Valley | 22 | 2 | .917 | – | 1 |
| Northern Colorado | 19 | 7 | .731 | 4 | 2 |
| Houston Baptist | 16 | 12 | .571 | 8 | 3 |
| NYIT | 13 | 12 | .520 | 9.5 | 4 |
| NJIT | 12 | 16 | .429 | 12 | 5 |
| Texas-Pan American | 10 | 18 | .357 | 14 | 6 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 17 | .292 | 15 | 7 |
| Chicago State | 4 | 19 | .174 | 17.5 | 8 |

## Results

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Utah Valley | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chicago State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chicago State | 3 | 1 | Utah Valley | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | NYIT | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | NYIT | 3 | 4 | NYIT | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | NJIT | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | NJIT | 2 | | | | 1 | Utah Valley | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | North Dakota | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Houston Baptist | 6 | | | | 7 | North Dakota | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Texas-Pan American | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Texas-Pan American | 5 | 3 | Houston Baptist | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | North Dakota | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 1 | 7 | North Dakota | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | North Dakota | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Utah Valley | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Houston Baptist | 1 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | 3 | Houston Baptist | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chicago State | 2 | 5 | NJIT | 3 | | | | 7 | North Dakota | 1 | |
| 5 | NJIT | 5 | | | | 3 | Houston Baptist | 6 | 3 | Houston Baptist | 7 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | NYIT | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | NYIT | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Texas-Pan American | 5 | 2 | Northern Colorado | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Kolby Arnst | Houston Baptist |
| Collin Hetzler | Houston Baptist |
| Stephen Nikonchik | Houston Baptist |
| Beau Warren | Houston Baptist |
| Tripp Davis | NJIT |
| Ryan Gerber | North Dakota |
| David Spies | North Dakota |
| Casey Coy | Northern Colorado |
| Marcus Perez | NYIT |
| Effrey Valdez | NYIT |
| Chris Benson | Utah Valley |
| Billy Burgess | Utah Valley |
| Blake Krahenbuhl | Utah Valley |
| Josh Swenson | Utah Valley |

### Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.