The 2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 17 through 20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and no conference team was invited.
Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 22 8 .733 17 12 .586 15 15 .500 15 15 .500 14 16 .467 6 23 .207
Results
All-Tournament Team The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team. Name Class POS Team Gerremy Goldsberry Jr. OF Air Force Mike Thiessen Jr. OF Air Force Michael Tufte Jr. RHP Air Force Matt Carson Fr. OF BYU Michael Davies So. C BYU Mark Okano Jr. OF New Mexico Billy Montgomery Jr. OF San Diego State Chad Redfern Fr. OF San Diego State Ryan Olson So. LHP UNLV
Most Valuable Player Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.
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