2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 23 and ended on May 26 or 27. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, AZ. Fifth seeded Fresno State won their sixth and final tournament championship and claimed the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Bulldogs joined the Mountain West Conference after the 2012 season.

2012 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

2012 WAC baseball tournament logo
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	HoHoKam Stadium Mesa, AZ
Champions	Fresno State (6th title)
MVP	Jordan Luplow (Fresno State)

2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	7		.611			35	–	22		.614
Nevada  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			32	–	25		.561
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			31	–	26		.544
Hawaii  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			30	–	25		.545
Fresno State  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	10		.444			28	–	26		.519
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			27	–	28		.491
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			22	–	29		.431
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 26, 2012 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
New Mexico State	11	7	.611	–	1
Sacramento State	11	7	.611	–	2
Nevada	11	7	.611	–	3
Hawaii	10	8	.556	1	4
Fresno State	8	10	.444	2.5	5
Louisiana Tech	7	11	.389	4	6
San Jose State	5	13	.278	6	–

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						5	Fresno State	15
	5	Fresno State	8			1	New Mexico State	8
	4	Hawaii	2								2	Sacramento State	8
											5	Fresno State	3
						3	Nevada	5
	6	Louisiana Tech	3			2	Sacramento State	15
	3	Nevada	4
																					5	Fresno State	9	4*
																					2	Sacramento State	6	3*
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																6	Louisiana Tech	4
											3	Nevada	5			5	Fresno State	6
						6	Louisiana Tech	15			6	Louisiana Tech	18
	4	Hawaii	6			1	New Mexico State	12
	6	Louisiana Tech	9

* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

Conference championship

WAC Championship
(2) Sacramento State Hornets	vs.	(5) Fresno State Bulldogs

May 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(5) Fresno State	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	9	9	4
(2) Sacramento State	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	13	2
WP: Gene Escat (3–0)   LP: Tyler Hoelzen (3–2) Attendance: 668

May 27, 2012, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
(2) Sacramento State	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0
(5) Fresno State	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0
WP: JD Salles (2–1)   LP: R.J. Davis (1–2) Attendance: 584

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Name	School
Brent Hottman	Sacramento State
Austin Wynns	Fresno State
Alex Williams	Louisiana Tech
Derrick Chung	Sacramento State
Tanner Rust	New Mexico State
Trent Garrison	Fresno State
David Del Grande	Sacramento State
Aaron Judge	Fresno State
Jordan Luplow	Fresno State
Dallas Chadwick	Sacramento State
Thomas Harlan	Fresno State

Most Valuable Player

Jordan Luplow was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Luplow was a right fielder for Fresno State.