1996 Southern Conference baseball tournament

1996 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (1st title)
MVPMark Hamiln (Georgia Southern)
1996 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Georgia Southern †‡y ‍‍‍ 17 3   .850 46 14   .767
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 32 24   .571
Furman  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 26 29   .473
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 33 26   .559
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 12 10   .545 27 19   .587
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 26 24   .520
VMI  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 17 29   .370
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 16 33   .327
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 7 35   .167
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1996 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 30 through May 3. Top seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Eagles first tournament win, having joined the league for the 1991 season. This was the final tournament held at College Park, as Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park opened and hosted the tournament beginning in 1997.

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so Marshall was not in the field.