2024 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2024 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 21-25 at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, AZ. #5 Tarleton State University defeated #4 California Baptist University for the title. Cole Miears of Traleton State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Grand Canyon University	23-7	Gregg Wallis
2	Abilene Christian University	18-12	Rick McCarty
3	Utah Valley University	18-12	Eddie Smith
4	California Baptist University	18-12	Gary Adcock
5	Tarleton State University	17-13	Fuller Smith
6	University of Texas at Arlington	16-14	Clay Van Hook
7	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	15-15	Derek Matlock
8	California State University, Sacramento	14-16	Reggie Christiansen

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Grand Canyon	2
	4	California Baptist	3			5	Tarleton St.	4
	5	Tarleton St.	5								5	Tarleton St.	11
											2	Abilene Christian	1
						2	Abilene Christian	16
	3	Utah Valley	12			3	Utah Valley	7
	7	UT Rio Grande Valley	7													5	Tarleton St.	4	9
																4	California Baptist	8	1
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	3	Utah Valley	3
	4	California Baptist	9								2	Abilene Christian	6
						4	California Baptist	15			4	California Baptist	7
						7	UT Rio Grande Valley	9
	1	Grand Canyon	9
	7	UT Rio Grande Valley	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	8-5	University of Texas at Arlington	UT Arlington eliminated
Game 2	Tarleton State University	12-6	California State University, Sacramento	CSU Sacramento eliminated
May 22
Game 3	Utah Valley University	12-6	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Game 4	Tarleton State University	5-3	California Baptist University
May 23
Game 5	Abilene Christian University	16-7	Utah Valley University
Game 6	Tarleton State University	4-2	Grand Canyon University
Game 7	California Baptist University	9-3	Utah Valley University	Utah Valley eliminated
Game 8	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	10-9	Grand Canyon University	Grand Canyon eliminated
May 24
Game 9	Tarleton State University	11-1 (7)	Abilene Christian University
Game 10	California Baptist University	15-9	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	UT Rio Grande Valley eliminated
Game 11	California Baptist University	7-6	Abilene Christian University	Abilene Christian eliminated
May 25
Game 12	California Baptist University	8-4	Tarleton State University
Game 13	Tarleton State University	9-1	California Baptist University	Tarleton State wins tournament *

* Tarleton St. is in the process of reclassifying to D1 and is not automatically eligible for the CWS Regionals. Tarleton is appealing to the NCAA for a bid.

All-Tournament Team

• Gino D’Alessio, Abilene Christian
• Adrian Torres, UTRGV
• Daniel Dickinson, Utah Valley
• Michael Carpentier, California Baptist
• Nick Dumesnil, California Baptist
• Josh Paino, California Baptist
• Mitchel Simon, California Baptist
• Reese Bassinger, Tarleton State
• Cris Enriquez, Tarleton State
• Mason Hammonds, Tarleton State
• Hunter Smith, Tarleton State
• Cole Miears, Tarleton State