2026 Great American Conference Tournament

The 2026 Great American Conference baseball tournament was held April 30 - May 3 at Majestic Park in Hot Springs, AR and May 7-8 at Baswell Field in Russellville, AR. #2 Arkansas Tech University defeated #8 East Central University for the title. Tommy Caya of Arkansas Tech was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Arkansas-Monticello	25-8	John Harvey
2	Arkansas Tech University	23-10	Dave Dawson
3	Harding University	21-12	Patrick McGaha
4	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	19-14	Zach Crabtree
5	Southern Arkansas University	17-16	Justin Pettigrew
6	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	17-16	Ryan Bowen
7	Ouachita Baptist University	16-17	Luke Howard
8	East Central University	16-17	Kevin Paxson

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Arkansas-Monticello	6
	8	East Central	7
						8	East Central	14
						5	Southern Arkansas	4
	4	SE Oklahoma St.	3
	5	Southern Arkansas	7
											8	East Central	17	x
										4	SE Oklahoma St.	11	x
	1	Arkansas-Monticello	5
	4	SE Oklahoma St.	6
						5	Southern Arkansas	19
						4	SE Oklahoma St.	21
																8	East Central	5	6	x
																2	Arkansas Tech	6	13	x
	2	Arkansas Tech	6
	7	Ouachita Baptist	3
						2	Arkansas Tech	6
						3	Harding	4
	3	Harding	4
	6	NW Oklahoma St.	2
											2	Arkansas Tech	3	x
										6	NW Oklahoma St.	2	x
	7	Ouachita Baptist	1
	6	NW Oklahoma St.	6
						3	Harding	4
						6	NW Oklahoma St.	9

Game Results

Opening Rounds

• Hot Springs, AR

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 30
Game 1	Southern Arkansas University	7-3	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Game 2	East Central University	7-6 (10)	University of Arkansas-Monticello
May 1
Game 3	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	6-5	University of Arkansas-Monticello	Arkansas-Monticello eliminated
Game 4	East Central University	14-4 (7)	Southern Arkansas University
May 2
Game 5	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	21-19	Southern Arkansas University	Southern Arkansas eliminated
Game 6	East Central University	17-11	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	Southeastern Oklahoma St. eliminated

• Hot Springs, AR

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 30
Game 1	Arkansas Tech University	6-3	Ouachita Baptist University
Game 2	Harding University	4-2	Northwestern Oklahoma State University
May 1
Game 3	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	6-1	Ouachita Baptist University	Ouachita Baptist eliminated
Game 4	Arkansas Tech University	6-4	Harding University
May 2
Game 5	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	9-4	Harding University	Harding eliminated
Game 6	Arkansas Tech University	3-2	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	Northwestern Oklahoma St. eliminated

Finals

• Russellville, AR

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 7
Game 1	Arkansas Tech University	6-5	East Central University
May 8
Game 2	Arkansas Tech University	13-6	East Central University	Arkansas Tech advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Tommy Caya, Arkansas Tech
• Cole Dawson, Arkansas Tech
• Ashton Greenlee, Arkansas Tech
• Daniel Hutchison, Arkansas Tech
• Drew Vega, Arkansas Tech
• Tyler Akers, East Central
• Donovan Noble, East Central
• Ryan Strickland, East Central
• Kyle Holzer, Northwestern Oklahoma State
• Logan Sandoval, Northwestern Oklahoma State
• JJ Bush, Southeastern Oklahoma State
• Carter Olsen, Southeastern Oklahoma State

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