# 2011 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Kent State won their third consecutive tournament, and ninth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Kent State | 21 | 5 | .808 | – | 1 |
| Miami | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Bowling Green | 11 | 14 | .440 | 9.5 | 8 |
| Ohio | 11 | 16 | .407 | 10.5 | – |
| Akron | 7 | 20 | .259 | 14.5 | – |
| Buffalo | 3 | 22 | .120 | 18 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Central Michigan | 17 | 9 | .654 | – | 2 |
| Eastern Michigan | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Northern Illinois | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1.5 | 5 |
| Toledo | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2.5 | 6 |
| Western Michigan | 12 | 14 | .462 | 5 | 7 |
| Ball State | 11 | 15 | .423 | 6 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kent State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | Kent State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 2 | | | | 1 | Kent State | 2 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | | | |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2 | | | | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Northern Illinois | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kent State | 11 |
| 3 | Miami | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | Kent State | 11 |
| 3 | Miami | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | Miami | 0 |
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | Miami | 0 |
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | Miami | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 7 | 7 | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 9 | | | | 3 | Miami | 5 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | — | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 8 | | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | — | | | |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 9 | 7 | Western Michigan | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 13 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Nate Theunissen | Central Michigan |
| Tyler Hall | Central Michigan |
| Rob Wendzicki | Eastern Michigan |
| Zack Leonard | Eastern Michigan |
| Tyler Melling | Miami |
| Brooks Fiala | Miami |
| David Starn | Kent State |
| Evan Campbell | Kent State |
| Andrew Chafin | Kent State |
| David Lyon | Kent State |

### Most Valuable Player

David Starn won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Starn was a pitcher for Kent State.