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

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References