2006 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2006 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Paducah, KY. #2 Jacksonville State University defeated #1 Samford University for the title. Clay Whittemore of Jacksonville St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Samford University	21-6	Casey Dunn
2	Jacksonville State University	19-8	Jim Case
3	Eastern Illinois University	17-10	Jim Schmitz
4	Eastern Kentucky University	16-10	Elvis Dominguez
5	Austin Peay State University	14-13	Gary McClure
6	Southeast Missouri State University	11-16	Mark Hogan

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Samford	11
	3	Eastern Illinois	6			6	SE Missouri St.	5
	6	SE Missouri St.	7								1	Samford	6
											2	Jacksonville St.	17
						2	Jacksonville St.	19
	4	Eastern Kentucky	6			4	Eastern Kentucky	7
	5	Austin Peay St.	3													2	Jacksonville St.	8	x
																1	Samford	7	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	6	SE Missouri St.	10
	5	Austin Peay St.	9								1	Samford	24
						4	Eastern Kentucky	14			4	Eastern Kentucky	6
						6	SE Missouri St.	10
	3	Eastern Illinois	2
	5	Austin Peay St.	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Eastern Kentucky University	6-3	Austin Peay State University
Game 2	Southeast Missouri State University	7-6	Eastern Illinois University
May 25
Game 3	Austin Peay State University	10-2	Eastern Illinois University	Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 4	Jacksonville State University	19-7	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 5	Samford University	11-5	Southeast Missouri State University
May 26
Game 6	Southeast Missouri State University	10-9	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
Game 7	Eastern Kentucky University	14-10	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri eliminated
Game 8	Jacksonville State University	17-6	Samford University
May 27
Game 9	Samford University	24-6	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 10	Jacksonville State University	8-7	Samford University	Jacksonville State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF - Charlie Yarbrough, Eastern Kentucky
• IF - Joe Oliver, Eastern Kentucky
• IF - Parker Gargis, Samford
• IF - Louis Rojas, Samford
• IF - Bert Smith, Jacksonville St.
• OF - Nick Cleckler, Jacksonville St.
• OF - Dustin Pritchett, Southeast Missouri St.
• OF - Bear Burnett, Samford
• OF - Clay Whittemore, Jacksonville St.
• DH - Garrett Bass, Jacksonville St.
• P - Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky
• P - Tony Drinkard, Jacksonville St.
• P - Shawn Kelley, Austin Peay