1959 NAIA World Series

1959 NAIA
baseball tournament

1959 NAIA World Series
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Kokernot Field Alpine, Texas
Champions	Southern (1st title)
Winning coach	Robert Henry Lee (1st title)
MVP	Roger Repoz (Western Washington)

The 1959 NAIA World Series was the third annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

The tournament was played at Kokernot Field in Alpine, Texas, near the campus of Sul Ross State College.

Southern defeated Omaha in the championship series, 10–2, to win the Jaguars' first NAIA World Series. With the change in tournament format, Southern was the first team to win the NAIA World Series despite losing a tournament game.

Western Washington player Roger Repoz was named tournament MVP.

The tournament field decreased in size from the 1958 event, shrinking from twelve back to eight teams. Furthermore, the format of the tournament changed from single-elimination to double-elimination.

Bracket

	Upper round 1				Upper round 2				Upper final								Final
	Omaha	15
	Paterson State	5
					Omaha	4
					Rollins	11
	Arkansas State Teachers	5
	Rollins	16
									Rollins	3
									Southern	8
	Southern Illinois	2
	Western Washington	3
					Western Washington	5
					Southern	7
	Southern	4
	Sul Ross State	3															Southern	9
																	Omaha	17
	Lower round 1				Lower round 2				Lower round 3				Lower final
					Western Washington	6
	Paterson State	11			Arkansas State Teachers	3							Rollins	11
	Arkansas State Teachers	12							Western Washington	4			Omaha	13
									Omaha	12
					Omaha	6
	Southern Illinois	5			Southern Illinois	1
	Sul Ross State	0

See also

• 1959 NCAA University Division baseball tournament