Ohio Valley Conference

The Ohio Valley Conference was formed in 1948. Charter schools included Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, Louisville, Murray State, Western Kentucky, and current school Morehead State. Current member Tennessee Tech and former member Marshall were added in 1949.

2026 Schools

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Eastern Illinois University
• Lindenwood University
• Morehead State University
• Southeast Missouri State University
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• University of Southern Indiana
• Tennessee Technological University
• University of Tennessee at Martin
• Western Illinois University

• Tennessee State University (Dropped baseball 1993)

Conference Baseball Champions

Year	Season Champion	Tournament Champion
1949	Tennessee Technological University	--
1950	Eastern Kentucky University	--
1951	Eastern Kentucky University	--
1952	Western Kentucky University	--
1953	Western Kentucky University	--
1954	Eastern Kentucky University	--
1955	Tennessee Technological University	--
1956	Tennessee Technological University	--
1957	Morehead State University	--
1958	Murray State University	--
1959	Eastern Kentucky University Murray State University Middle Tennessee State University	--
1960	Eastern Kentucky University	--
1961	East Tennessee State University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1962	Eastern Kentucky University (East) Middle Tennessee State University (West)	Eastern Kentucky University
1963	Morehead State University (East) Murray State University (West)	Morehead State University / Murray State University
1964	Morehead State University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1965	Eastern Kentucky University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1966	Eastern Kentucky University (East) Murray State University (West)	Eastern Kentucky University
1967	Eastern Kentucky University (East) Murray State University (West)	Eastern Kentucky University
1968	Morehead State University (East) Middle Tennessee State University (West)	Middle Tennessee State University
1969	Morehead State University (East) Western Kentucky University (West)	Morehead State University
1970	Tennessee Technological University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1971*	--	Austin Peay State University
1972*	No Champion	--
1973	Morehead State University (East) Murray State University (West)	Morehead State University
1974	Morehead State University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1975	Eastern Kentucky University (East) Murray State University (West)	Murray State University
1976	Morehead State University (East) Middle Tennessee State University (West)	Middle Tennessee State University
1977	Morehead State University (East) Middle Tennessee State University (West)	Morehead State University
1978	East Tennessee State University (East) Western Kentucky University (West)	East Tennessee State University
1979	Morehead State University	Murray State University
1980	Western Kentucky University	Western Kentucky University
1981	Western Kentucky University (North) Middle Tennessee State University (South)	Middle Tennessee State University
1982	Eastern Kentucky University (North) Western Kentucky University (South)	Middle Tennessee State University
1983	Morehead State University (North) Middle Tennessee State University (South)	Morehead State University
1984	Eastern Kentucky University (North) Austin Peay State University (South)	Eastern Kentucky University
1985	Morehead State University (North) Murray State University (South)	Eastern Kentucky University
1986	Eastern Kentucky University (North) Middle Tennessee State University (South)	Eastern Kentucky University
1987	Eastern Kentucky University (North) Middle Tennessee State University (South)	Middle Tennessee State University
1988	Eastern Kentucky University (North) Tennessee Technological University (South)	Middle Tennessee State University
1989	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky University
1990	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State University
1991	Murray State University	Middle Tennessee State University
1992	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State University
1993	Middle Tennessee State University	Morehead State University
1994	Austin Peay State University	Middle Tennessee State University
1995	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State University
1996	Austin Peay State University Middle Tennessee State University	Austin Peay State University
1997	Tennessee Technological University Middle Tennessee State University	Tennessee Technological University
1998	Eastern Illinois University	Southeast Missouri State University
1999	Eastern Illinois University	Eastern Illinois University
2000	Eastern Kentucky University	Middle Tennessee State University
2001	Eastern Illinois University	Tennessee Technological University
2002	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri State University
2003	Austin Peay State University	Murray State University
2004	Austin Peay State University	Jacksonville State University
2005	Jacksonville State University	Austin Peay State University
2006	Samford University	Jacksonville State University
2007	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay State University
2008	Jacksonville State University	Eastern Illinois University
2009	Eastern Illinois University	Tennessee Technological University
2010	Tennessee Technological University	Jacksonville State University
2011	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay State University
2012	Austin Peay State University Eastern Kentucky University	Austin Peay State University
2013	Tennessee Technological University	Austin Peay State University
2014	Southeast Missouri State University	Jacksonville State University
2015	Southeast Missouri State University	Morehead State University
2016	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri State University
2017	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee Technological University
2018	Tennessee Technological University	Morehead State University
2019	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville State University
2020	Season cancelled in March
2021	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri State University
2022	Belmont University	Southeast Missouri State University
2023	Morehead State University	Eastern Illinois University
2024	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southeast Missouri State University
2025	Eastern Illinois University	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2026	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	University of Arkansas at Little Rock

* No conference competition in 1971-1972. Tournament held in 1971. 1961-1970, and 1972-1978 tournaments were a best-of-three series between division champions.

Source: Ohio Valley Conference & Wikipedia