2012 College Baseball All-America Team

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans in 2012. The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).^[1]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA	Baseball America[3]
CB	Collegiate Baseball[4]
NCBWA	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[5]
	Awarded the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy as national Player of the Year[1]
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point[1]
♦	Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame[6]

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	ABCA	BA	CB	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher	Heaney, AndrewAndrew Heaney	Oklahoma State
Starting pitcher	Rodon, CarlosCarlos Rodon	NC State
Starting pitcher	Stratton, ChrisChris Stratton	Mississippi State
Starting pitcher	Petree, NickNick Petree	Missouri State	—				CB POY[4]
Starting pitcher	Appel, MarkMark Appel	Stanford	—	—
Starting pitcher	Gausman, KevinKevin Gausman	LSU		—		—
Relief pitcher	Benincasa, RobertRobert Benincasa	Florida State	—		—
Relief pitcher	Morin, MikeMike Morin	North Carolina	—	—
Relief pitcher	Lopez, StefanStefan Lopez	SE Louisiana	—	—	—
Relief pitcher	Sherfy, JimmieJimmie Sherfy	Oregon		—	—	—
Catcher	Zunino, MikeMike Zunino (2)	Florida					Dick Howser Trophy,[7] Golden Spikes Award,[8] BA POY[3]
First baseman	Kallunki, GooseGoose Kallunki	Utah Valley		—
First baseman	Boyd, JayceJayce Boyd	Florida State		—	—	—
First baseman	Serritella, ChrisChris Serritella	Southern Illinois	—		—	—
Second baseman	Yarbrough, AlexAlex Yarbrough	Mississippi
Third baseman	Peterson, D. J.D. J. Peterson	New Mexico		—
Third baseman	Bryant, KrisKris Bryant	San Diego	—		—	—
Shortstop	Mejia, AlexAlex Mejia	Arizona		—		—
Shortstop	Rider, JimmyJimmy Rider	Kent State	—		—	—
Shortstop	Rodriguez, RichieRichie Rodriguez	Eastern Kentucky	—	—	—
Outfielder	Ramsey, JamesJames Ramsey	Florida State
Outfielder	Jankowski, TravisTravis Jankowski	Stony Brook			—
Outfielder	Rhymes, RaphRaph Rhymes	LSU		—
Outfielder	Poma, DannyDanny Poma	Hofstra	—	—
Outfielder	Gelalich, JeffJeff Gelalich	UCLA	—		—	—
Outfielder	Haniger, MitchMitch Haniger	Cal Poly		—	—	—
Designated hitter	Kassouf, DanielDaniel Kassouf	Appalachian State		—	—
Designated hitter	Backlund, NickNick Backlund	Mercer	—	—		—
Designated hitter	Ludy, JoshJosh Ludy	Baylor	—		—	—
Utility player	Gonzales, MarcoMarco Gonzales	Gonzaga			—	—
Utility player	Lorenzen, MichaelMichael Lorenzen	Cal State Fullerton	—	—	—
Utility player	Johnson, BrianBrian Johnson	Florida	—	—	—

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
2. "2012 ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans" (PDF). ABCA. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
3. "2012 College All-America Team". Baseball America. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
4. ""LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
5. "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2012 DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS" (PDF). NCBWA. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
6. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
7. "Florida's Zunino Wins 2012 Dick Howser Trophy". NCBWA. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
8. AP (6 July 2012). "Florida catcher Mike Zunino wins Golden Spikes Award". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 July 2012.