The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of
college baseball
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in the United States organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) began in the spring of 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the
1995 College World Series
The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Serie ...
. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
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, at
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
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as a double-elimination tournament.
Cal State Fullerton
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claimed the championship for the second time.
Realignment
*6 schools (
Cleveland State,
UIC,
Northern Illinois
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Economics
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,
Green Bay,
Milwaukee
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, and
Wright State departed the
Mid-Continent Conference
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for the
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
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The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...
.
*
Colgate departed the
Patriot League to become an Independent.
Format changes
*With the addition of six schools, the Midwestern Collegiate Conference divided into East and West Divisions.
*The
Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions.
*The
Patriot League also dissolved its divisions and did not host a Tournament for the 1995 season.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
The 1995 season marked the forty-ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
. The College World Series was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
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. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Cal State Fullerton claiming their third championship with an 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.
Bracket
Award winners
All-America team
References
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