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).

Key

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

All-Americans

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
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, Golden Spikes Award, BA POY
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

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball