1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1989 NCAA Division I
baseball tournamentSeason| 1989

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Teams| 48
Finals site|

* Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
* Omaha, NE

Champions| Wichita State (1st title)
Runner-up| Texas (25th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Gene Stephenson (1st title)
MOP| Greg Brummett (Wichita State)

* ← 1988
* NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
* 1990 →

The 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty third year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The forty-third tournament's champion was Wichita State, coached by Gene Stephenson. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Brummett of Wichita State.

## Regionals

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The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

### Atlantic Regional

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at Tallahassee, FL[2][3]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Florida State| 13|
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| Rider| 7| | | Florida State| 8
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| | | | South Florida| 1| | |
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| Clemson| 6| | Florida State| 7|
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| Stetson| 2| | | | | Auburn| 6| | | | | |
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| | Clemson| 7| | | Florida State| 8| —
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| | | Auburn| 14| | | | | Clemson| 1| —
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| Auburn| 9| | | Auburn| 1|
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| South Florida| 3| | | | Clemson| 13| | | Clemson| 11| |
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| | Rider| 6| | | Stetson| 5| | |
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| Stetson| 13| | |
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### South Regional

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at Starkville, MS[4][5]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Mississippi State| 8|
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| Western Carolina| 0| | | Mississippi State| 11
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| | | | Nicholls State| 2| | |
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| Jacksonville| 3| | Mississippi State| 1|
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| Indiana State| 2| | | | | North Carolina| 2| | | | | |
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| | Jacksonville| 3| | | North Carolina| 0| 7
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| | | North Carolina| 8| | | | | Mississippi State| 6| 1
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| North Carolina| 8| | | Mississippi State| 11|
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| Nicholls State| 4| | | | Jacksonville| 4| | | Indiana State| 2| |
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| | Western Carolina| 3| | | Indiana State| 9| | |
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| Indiana State| 10| | |
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### Northeast Regional

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at Waterbury, CT[6][7][8]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Le Moyne| 0
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| | | Illinois| 7| |
| Le Moyne| 7| | | | | Illinois| 2|
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| Arkansas| 5| | | | | Arkansas| 9| | | Arkansas| 1
| | | George Washington| 2| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Arizona State| 0| |
| Arkansas| 8| | | | |
| Arizona State| 5| | |
| | | | Arkansas| 6
| George Washington| 0| | | | |
| | | Arizona State| 15| | | Le Moyne| 5
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| | | Penn| 4| | |
| Penn| 7| | | | | Arizona State| 2|
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| Illinois| 1| | | | | Le Moyne| 4| | | | |
| | | Penn| 16*| | | | | |
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| Le Moyne| 18| |
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### Central Regional

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at College Station, TX[9][10]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Texas A&M| 23|
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| Jackson State| 3| | | Texas A&M| 25
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| | | | BYU| 4| | |
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| LSU| 12| | Texas A&M| 17|
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| UNLV| 10| | | | | South Alabama| 5| | | | | |
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| | LSU| 4| | | Texas A&M| 5| 4*
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| | | South Alabama| 6| | | | | LSU| 13| 5*
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| South Alabama| 11*| | | South Alabama| 5|
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| BYU| 10*| | | | LSU| 13| | | LSU| 6| |
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| | Jackson State| 2| | | UNLV| 8| | |
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| UNLV| 13| | |
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### West I Regional

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at Tucson, AZ[11][12]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Arizona| 12|
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| Eastern Kentucky| 6| | | Arizona| 17
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| | | | Hawaii| 3| | |
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| Oklahoma| 5| | Arizona| 6|
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| Loyola Marymount| 2| | | | | Long Beach State| 10| | | | | |
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| | Oklahoma| 4| | | Long Beach State| 10| –
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| | | Long Beach State| 11| | | | | Arizona| 3| –
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| Long Beach State| 14| | | Arizona| 13|
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| Hawaii| 7| | | | Oklahoma| 5*| | | Loyola Marymount| 4| |
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| | Eastern Kentucky| 3| | | Loyola Marymount| 6*| | |
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| Loyola Marymount| 9| | |
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### West II Regional

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at Fresno, CA[13][14]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Wichita State| 4|
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| Portland| 0| | | Wichita State| 12
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| | | | Pepperdine| 1| | |
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| Fresno State| 9| | Wichita State| 5|
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| Notre Dame| 8| | | | | Michigan| 14| | | | | |
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| | Fresno State| 3| | | Michigan| 2| 5
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| | | Michigan| 5| | | | | Wichita State| 3| 9
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| Michigan| 4| | | Wichita State| 6|
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| Pepperdine| 3| | | | Fresno State| 11| | | Fresno State| 4| |
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| | Portland| 6*| | | Notre Dame| 4| | |
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| Notre Dame| 8*| | |
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### Midwest Regional

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at Austin, TX[15][16]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Texas| 2|
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| New Orleans| 0| | | Texas| 11
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| | | | USC| 8| | |
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| Oklahoma State| 6| | Texas| 8|
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| Sam Houston State| 5| | | | | Oklahoma State| 7| | | | | |
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| | Oklahoma State| 8*| | | Texas| 9| —
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| | | Western Michigan| 3*| | | | | New Orleans| 3| —
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| Western Michigan| 9| | | Oklahoma State| 2|
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| USC| 8| | | | Western Michigan| 5| | | New Orleans| 3| |
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| | Sam Houston State| 4| | | New Orleans| 6| | |
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| New Orleans| 8| | |
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### East Regional

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at Gainesville, FL[17][18]

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| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Miami (FL)| 7
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| | | Georgia Tech| 9| |
| Miami (FL)| 3| | | | | Georgia Tech| 16*|
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| Villanova| 1| | | | | Villanova| 18*| | | Villanova| 5
| | | Villanova| 10| | | | | |
| | | | | | | UCF| 2| |
| East Carolina| 6| | | | |
| Florida| 11| | |
| | | | Villanova| 1
| East Carolina| 6| | | | |
| | | Florida| 7| | | Miami (FL)| 4
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| | | UCF| 10| | |
| UCF| 6| | | | | UCF| 1|
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| Georgia Tech| 4| | | | | Miami (FL)| 10| | | | |
| | | Florida| 1| | | | | |
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| Miami (FL)| 9| |
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## College World Series

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### Participants

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Seeding | School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record

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1 | Florida State | Metro | 52–16 (14–4) | Mike Martin | 9
(last: 1987) | 2nd
(1970, 1986) | 13–18
2 | Texas | SWC | 51–17 (14–7) | Cliff Gustafson | 24
(last: 1987) | 1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) | 58–42
3 | Miami (FL) | n/a | 48–16 (n/a) | Ron Fraser | 10
(last: 1988) | 1st
(1982, 1985) | 23–17
4 | Wichita State | MVC | 63–15 (13–5) | Gene Stephenson | 2
(last: 1988) | 2nd
(1982) | 5–4
5 | Arkansas | SWC | 50–14 (17–4) | Norm DeBriyn | 3
(last: 1987) | 2nd
(1979) | 6–6
6 | LSU | SEC | 53–15 (18–9) | Skip Bertman | 2
(last: 1987) | 4th
(1987) | 3–4
7 | Long Beach State | Big West | 50–13 (17–4) | Dave Snow | 0
(last: none) | none | 0–0
8 | North Carolina | ACC | 41–16–1 (15–4) | Mike Roberts | 3
(last: 1978) | 3rd
(1978) | 2–6

### Results

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The teams in the CWS were divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. For the second time since the College World Series began in 1947, the series was not a true double elimination tournament. Instead, the winners of the two pools met in a single National Championship game. Texas came out of its pool with no losses. Wichita State came out of its pool with one loss. Wichita State defeated Texas in the Championship game. Because each team only had one loss, in the championships prior to 1988, the teams would have played a winner-take-all game for the championship. Therefore, when Texas lost the championship game, rather than play another game for the championship, Wichita State was crowned champion. This new format was adopted for television reasons for the final game. Later, the format was switched to a best of three series in 2003.

#### Bracket

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Florida State | 4 | | | |
| 8 | North Carolina | 2 |
| | 1 | Florida State | 4 |
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| | | 4 | Wichita State | 2 |
| 4 | Wichita State | 3 |

| 5 | Arkansas | 1 |
| | 1 | Florida State | 4 | 9 |
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| | | 4 | Wichita State | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 3 | |

| 5 | Arkansas | 7 |
| | 5 | Arkansas | 4 |
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| | | 4 | Wichita State | 8 |
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| | 4 | Wichita State | 5 |
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| | | 2 | Texas | 3 |
| 2 | Texas | 7 | | |

| 7 | Long Beach State | 1 |
| | 2 | Texas | 12 |
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| | | 3 | Miami (FL) | 2 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | 5 |

| 6 | LSU | 2 |
| | 2 | Texas | 12 | — |
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| 7 | Long Beach State | 5 | |

| 6 | LSU | 8 |
| | 6 | LSU | 6 |
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| | | 3 | Miami (FL) | 3 |

#### Game results

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Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes

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June 2 | Game 1 | Florida State | 4–2 | North Carolina |
Game 2 | Wichita State | 3–1 | Arkansas |
June 3 | Game 3 | Texas | 7–1 | Long Beach State |
Game 4 | Miami (FL) | 5–2 | LSU |
June 4 | Game 5 | Arkansas | 7–3 | North Carolina | North Carolina eliminated
Game 6 | LSU | 8–5 | Long Beach State | Long Beach State eliminated
June 5 | Game 7 | Florida State | 4–2 | Wichita State |
Game 8 | Texas | 12–2 | Miami (FL) |
June 6 | Game 9 | Wichita State | 8–4 | Arkansas | Arkansas eliminated
Game 10 | LSU | 6–3 | Miami (FL) | Miami eliminated
June 7 | Game 11 | Wichita State | 7–4 | Florida State |
June 8 | Game 12 | Texas | 12–7 | LSU | Louisiana State eliminated
June 9 | Game 13 | Wichita State | 12–9 | Florida State | Florida State eliminated
June 10 | Final | Wichita State | 5–3 | Texas | Wichita State wins CWS

### All-Tournament Team

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The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position | Player | School

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P | Greg Brummett (MOP) | Wichita State
Jim Newlin | Wichita State
C | Eric Wedge | Wichita State
1B | David Lowery | Texas
2B | Rocky Rau | Florida State
3B | Craig Newkirk | Texas
SS | Pat Meares | Wichita State
OF | Jim Audley | Wichita State
Arthur Butcher | Texas
Todd Dreifort | Wichita State
DH | Scott Bryant | Texas

### Notable players

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* Arkansas: Bubba Carpenter, Mike Oquist, Scott Pose, Phil Stidham
* Florida State: Chris Brock, Matt Dunbar, Gar Finnvold, Eduardo Pérez, Marc Ronan
* Long Beach State: Kyle Abbott, Darrell Sherman, Tom Urbani, Dan Berthel
* LSU: Paul Byrd, Curt Leskanic, Ben McDonald, John O'Donoghue, Chad Ogea, Keith Osik, Russ Springer
* Miami (FL): Jorge Fábregas, Alex Fernández, Joe Grahe, Oscar Múñoz, F.P. Santangelo
* North Carolina: Jim Dougherty, Jesse Levis, Brad Woodall
* Texas: Kirk Dressendorfer, Shane Reynolds
* Wichita State: Greg Brummett, P. J. Forbes, Tyler Green, Mike Lansing, Pat Meares, Eric Wedge
* George Washington Colonials: John Flaherty

## See also

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* 1989 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
* 1989 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
* 1989 NAIA World Series

## References

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