The 2024 NAIA baseball tournament was the 67th edition of the NAIA baseball championship. The 46-team tournament began on May 13 with Opening Round games across ten different sites and concluded with the 2024 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho that began on May 24 and ended on May 31.
After losing their first game of the World Series, Hope International (CA) rattled off five straight victories capped off by defeating Tennessee Wesleyan 14âÂÂ6 in the championship game for their first title in program history.
The 46 participating teams were selected from 191 eligible NAIA teams. The World Series host and 29 teams were awarded automatic bids as either champions and/or runners-up of their conferences, and 16 teams were selected at-large by the National Selection Committee. Teams were then placed into one of ten pre-determined Opening Round sites, with six sites consisting of five teams and four sites consisting of four teams, each of which is conducted via a double-elimination tournament. The winners of each of the Opening Round sites participated in the NAIA World Series.
A total of 46 teams entered the tournament, with LewisâÂÂClark State receiving an automatic bid into the Opening Round as World Series host. 29 automatic bids were determined by either winning their conference's regular season championship, conference tournament, and/or conference tournament runner-up. The other 16 bids were at-large, with selections determined by the NAIA Baseball National Selection Committee.
On May 1, the NAIA announced the ten opening round host sites, which were played from May 13âÂÂ16.
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Hosted by Central Methodist (MO) at Estes Baseball Field
Hosted by William Carey (MS) at Milton Wheeler Field
Hosted by Visit Kingsport at Hunter Wright Stadium
Hosted by Georgia Gwinnett at Grizzly Baseball Complex
Hosted by LewisâÂÂClark State (ID) at Harris Field
Hosted by Doane (NE) at Sherman Field
Hosted by LSUâÂÂShreveport at Pilot Field (May 13 and 16) and BPCC Baseball Field (May 14 and 15)
Hosted by Taylor (IN) at Winterholter Field
The first game of the Upland Bracket featured one of the largest comebacks in NAIA postseason history as IU-Southeast trailed Indiana Tech 11âÂÂ2 heading into the bottom of the 9th. After the first two batters got out, IU-Southeast proceeded to score 12 runs in the bottom of the 9th capped off by a Trevor Goodwin three-run walk-off home run to win 14âÂÂ11. All 12 runs IU-Southeast scored in the inning were unearned.
Hosted by Reinhardt (GA) at Ken White Baseball Field
Hosted by Cumberlands (KY) at Doyle Buhl Stadium
The NAIA World Series was held at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho from May 24 to 31. This is the first time since 1998 that the NAIA World Series did not feature LewisâÂÂClark State.
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All game times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time ().