1995 NAIA World Series

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1995 NAIA
baseball tournament
Bellevue (NE) (1st title)
Winning coachMike Evans
MVPNic DeLuca (SS) (Bellevue (NE))
  • 1994
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1996

The 1995 NAIA World Series was the 39th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]

The tournament was played for at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa. This was the first tournament played in Sioux City since 1961.

Emerging out of the consolation bracket,

Cumberland (TN)
(49–19) in a single-game championship series, 8–5, to win the Bruins' first NAIA World Series.

Bellevue short-stop Nic DeLuca was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Birmingham–Southern
2Cumberland5
Birmingham–Southern5Bellevue8
Lower round 1Lower round 2Bellevue7
Saint Francis9
Wilmington6Bellevue (11 inn.)11
Lewis–Clark State7
Bellevue9
Bellevue8
Birmingham–Southern10
Saint Mary's4SE Oklahoma State3
SE Oklahoma State5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2022.