1996 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1996 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	College Park (Charleston) Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Georgia Southern (1st title)
MVP	Mark Hamiln (Georgia Southern)
← 1995 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament 1997 →

1996 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#14 Georgia Southern †‡^y	17	–	3	.850	46	–	14	.767
Western Carolina	17	–	7	.708	32	–	24	.571
Furman	15	–	9	.625	26	–	29	.473
The Citadel	13	–	10	.565	33	–	26	.559
Appalachian State	12	–	10	.545	27	–	19	.587
East Tennessee State	11	–	12	.478	26	–	24	.520
VMI	7	–	16	.304	17	–	29	.370
Davidson	6	–	18	.250	16	–	33	.327
Marshall	4	–	17	.190	7	–	35	.167

† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1996; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, SC from April 30 through May 3. Top seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Eagles first tournament win, having joined the league for the 1991 season. This was the final tournament held at College Park, as Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park opened and hosted the tournament beginning in 1997.

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so Marshall was not in the field.

* - Indicates extra innings.