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]

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

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Position Name School ABCA BA CB NCBWA Notes
Starting pitcher Andrew Heaney Oklahoma State
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Carlos Rodon NC State
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Chris Stratton Mississippi State
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Nick Petree Missouri State
 Y
 Y
 Y
CB POY[4]
Starting pitcher Mark Appel Stanford
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Kevin Gausman LSU
 Y
 Y
Relief pitcher Robert Benincasa Florida State
 Y
 Y
Relief pitcher Mike Morin North Carolina
 Y
 Y
Relief pitcher Stefan Lopez SE Louisiana
 Y
Relief pitcher Jimmie Sherfy Oregon
 Y
Catcher Mike Zunino (2) Florida
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Dick Howser Trophy,[7] Golden Spikes Award,[8] BA POY[3]
First baseman Goose Kallunki Utah Valley
 Y
 Y
 Y
First baseman Jayce Boyd Florida State
 Y
First baseman Chris Serritella Southern Illinois
 Y
Second baseman Alex Yarbrough Mississippi
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Third baseman D. J. Peterson New Mexico
 Y
 Y
 Y
Third baseman Kris Bryant San Diego
 Y
Shortstop Alex Mejia Arizona
 Y
 Y
Shortstop Jimmy Rider Kent State
 Y
Shortstop Richie Rodriguez Eastern Kentucky
 Y
Outfielder James Ramsey Florida State
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Travis Jankowski Stony Brook
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Raph Rhymes LSU
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Danny Poma Hofstra
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Jeff Gelalich UCLA
 Y
Outfielder Mitch Haniger Cal Poly
 Y
Designated hitter Daniel Kassouf Appalachian State
 Y
 Y
Designated hitter Nick Backlund Mercer
 Y
Designated hitter Josh Ludy Baylor
 Y
Utility player Marco Gonzales Gonzaga
 Y
 Y
Utility player Michael Lorenzen Cal State Fullerton
 Y
Utility player Brian Johnson Florida
 Y

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "2012 ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans" (PDF). ABCA. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "2012 College All-America Team". Baseball America. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ^ a b ""LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2012 DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS" (PDF). NCBWA. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 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 June 19, 2012.
  8. ^ AP (July 6, 2012). "Florida catcher Mike Zunino wins Golden Spikes Award". Washington Post. Retrieved July 7, 2012.[dead link]