INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2011 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.
The championship provides for eight regional sites – six sites will host six teams, the West region will host four teams and the South region will host eight teams. All regionals are double-elimination tournaments and will be played at on-campus sites May 19-23. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 28-June 4 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The finals will be hosted by Mount Olive College and the town of Cary, North Carolina.
Twenty conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2011 championship. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below:
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| California Collegiate Athletic Association | UC San Diego |
| Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | Wilmington (Del.) |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Winston-Salem State |
| Conference Carolinas | Mount Olive |
| East Coast Conference | Dowling |
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Grand Valley State |
| Great Lakes Valley Conference | Quincy |
| Gulf South Conference | Southern Arkansas |
| Heartland Conference | St. Mary’s (Texas) |
| Lone Star Conference | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | Central Missouri |
| Northeast-10 Conference | Adelphi |
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | St. Cloud State |
| Peach Belt Conference | UNC-Pembroke |
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Mercyhurst |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Mesa State |
| South Atlantic Conference | Wingate |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Stillman |
| Sunshine State Conference | Barry |
| West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Concord |
In the 2010 championship, Southern Indiana captured its first national championship title with a 6-4 victory against UC San Diego.
This year marks the 44th annual championship, and the third consecutive year that the finals have been held in Cary, North Carolina.
| Region/Seed | Location/School | Record |
|---|---|---|
| *Denotes host institution | ||
| Atlantic Region | Lancaster, Pa. | |
| 1 | *Millersville | 39-10 |
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 39-10 |
| 3 | Seton Hill | 33-13 |
| 4 | East Stroudsburg | 25-18 |
| 5 | Winston-Salem State | 30-23 |
| 6 | Concord | 26-24 |
| Central Region | St. Cloud, Minn. | |
| 1 | *St. Cloud State | 42-9 |
| 2 | Mesa State | 33-19 |
| 3 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 39-10 |
| 4 | Nebraska-Kearney | 35-17 |
| 5 | Winona State | 35-16 |
| 6 | Augustana (S.D.) | 30-22 |
| East Region | Rindge, N.H. | |
| 1 | Adelphi | 33-12-2 |
| 2 | *Franklin Pierce | 38-12 |
| 3 | Wilmington (Del.) | 37-10 |
| 4 | Southern Connecticut State | 38-6-1 |
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 36-12 |
| 6 | Dowling | 25-23 |
| Midwest Region | Normal, Ill. | |
| 1 | *Grand Valley State | 48-3 |
| 2 | Southern Indiana | 37-17 |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky | 34-19 |
| 4 | Quincy | 35-18 |
| 5 | Missouri S&T | 29-17 |
| 6 | Wayne State (Mich.) | 32-19 |
| South Region | Pensacola, Fla. | |
| 1 | *West Florida | 44-8 |
| 2 | Southern Arkansas | 36-14 |
| 3 | Harding | 41-12 |
| 4 | Barry | 35-15 |
| 5 | Nova Southeastern | 33-16 |
| 6 | Tampa | 35-15 |
| 7 | North Alabama | 35-12 |
| 8 | Stillman | 26-17 |
| Southeast Region | Mount Olive, N.C. | |
| 1 | *Mount Olive | 41-7 |
| 2 | Francis Marion | 37-14 |
| 3 | UNC-Pembroke | 42-10 |
| 4 | Columbus State | 32-17 |
| 5 | Catawba | 40-13 |
| 6 | Wingate | 34-20 |
| South Central Region | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 1 | *St. Mary’s (Texas) | 45-8 |
| 2 | Central Missouri | 45-8 |
| 3 | Emporia State | 42-10 |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 34-17 |
| 5 | Tarleton State | 35-13 |
| 6 | Incarnate Word | 35-16 |
| West Region | La Jolla, Calif. | |
| 1 | *UC San Diego | 41-13 |
| 2 | Western Oregon | 37-13 |
| 3 | Cal Poly Pomona | 33-21 |
| 4 | Sonoma State | 33-19 |
