# 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 15 through 19, 2013. First seed from the East Jackson State won their fifteenth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The double elimination tournament features the top four teams from each division, leaving Mississippi Valley State and Grambling State out of the field.

## Seeding and format

The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Prairie View A&M claimed the third seed from the West over Texas Southern by tiebreaker.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Jackson State | 19 | 5 | .792 | – | 1E |
| Alabama State | 18 | 6 | .750 | 1 | 2E |
| Alcorn State | 14 | 10 | .583 | 5 | 3E |
| Alabama A&M | 6 | 16 | .273 | 12 | 4E |
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | 21 | .045 | 17 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Southern | 14 | 10 | .583 | – | 1W |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 13 | 11 | .542 | 1 | 2W |
| Prairie View A&M | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2 | 3W |
| Texas Southern | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2 | 4W |
| Grambling State | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4 | – |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1E | Jackson State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4W | Texas Southern | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4W | Texas Southern | 4 | 1E | Jackson State | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3E | Alcorn State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2W | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 8 | 3E | Alcorn State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 3E | Alcorn State | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3E | Alcorn State | 11 | | | | 1E | Jackson State | 7 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 4W | Texas Southern | 4 | — | | | |
| 4W | Texas Southern | 6 | | | | 4W | Texas Southern | 4 | — | | | |
| 2W | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 5 | 3E | Alcorn State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4W | Texas Southern | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1E | Jackson State | 6 |
| 1W | Southern | 7 | | | | | | | | 1E | Jackson State | 6 |
| 1W | Southern | 7 | | | | | | | | 3W | Prairie View A&M | 2 |
| 4E | Alabama A&M | 1 | | | | | | | | 3W | Prairie View A&M | 2 |
| 4E | Alabama A&M | 1 | 1W | Southern | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2E | Alabama State | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 2E | Alabama State | 16* | 2E | Alabama State | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 3W | Prairie View A&M | 0* | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3W | Prairie View A&M | 0* | | | | 2E | Alabama State | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3W | Prairie View A&M | 2 | 8 | | | |
| 4E | Alabama A&M | 4 | | | | 3W | Prairie View A&M | 2 | 8 | | | |
| 3W | Prairie View A&M | 6 | 1W | Southern | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3W | Prairie View A&M | 11 | | | | | | | |
* - Indicates game ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | Player |
| Leo Rojas | Alabama State |
| Dillon Cooper | Alabama State |
| Angel Polo | Alcorn State |
| Stephen Wallace | Southern |
| Jerry Ford II | Texas Southern |
| Jeff Sealy | Prairie View A&M |
| Dominiq Harris | Prairie View A&M |
| A. J. Helms | Prairie View A&M |
| Aneko Knowles | Jackson State |
| Charles Tillery | Jackson State |
| Ethan Bright | Jackson State |

### Most Valuable Player

Alexander Juday was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Juday was a pitcher for Jackson State who earned the victory in the championship game with a complete game and nine strikeouts, while yielding nine hits and two runs.