2012 College Baseball All-America Team

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 2011 to 2014, there were five generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America , Collegiate Baseball Newspaper , the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and Perfect Game. In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least three of these.

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
B	Baseball America [2]
C	Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [3]
N	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [4]
P	Perfect Game [5]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Consensus All-American – selected by all five organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by three or four organizations

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	#	A	B	C	N	P	Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher	Mark Appel	Stanford	2	—	—	Y	Y	—	National Pitcher of the Year
Starting pitcher	Kevin Gausman	LSU	3	Y	—	Y	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Andrew Heaney	Oklahoma State	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Nick Petree	Missouri State	3	—	Y	Y	Y	—	Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
Starting pitcher	Carlos Rodon	NC State	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Chris Stratton	Mississippi State	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Relief pitcher	Robert Benincasa	Florida State	3	—	Y	—	Y	Y
Relief pitcher	Stefan Lopez	Southeastern Louisiana	1	—	—	—	Y	—	Stopper of the Year
Relief pitcher	Mike Morin	North Carolina	3	—	—	Y	Y	Y
Relief pitcher	Jimmie Sherfy	Oregon	1	Y	—	—	—	—
Catcher	Mike Zunino	Florida	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Dick Howser Trophy Golden Spikes Award Baseball America Player of the Year Johnny Bench Award
First baseman	Jayce Boyd	Florida State	2	Y	—	—	—	Y
First baseman	Goose Kallunki	Utah Valley	3	Y	—	Y	Y	—
First baseman	Chris Serritella	Southern Illinois	1	—	Y	—	—	—
Second baseman	Alex Yarbrough	Ole Miss	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Shortstop	Alex Mejia	Arizona	3	Y	—	Y	—	Y
Shortstop	Jimmy Rider	Kent State	1	—	Y	—	—	—
Shortstop	Richie Rodriguez	Eastern Kentucky	1	—	—	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Kris Bryant	San Diego	1	—	Y	—	—	—
Third baseman	D. J. Peterson	New Mexico	4	Y	—	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Jeff Gelalich	UCLA	1	—	Y	—	—	—
Outfielder	Mitch Haniger	Cal Poly	1	Y	—	—	—	—
Outfielder	Travis Jankowski	Stony Brook	4	Y	Y	—	Y	Y	ABCA Player of the Year
Outfielder	Danny Poma	Hofstra	2	—	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	James Ramsey	Florida State	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA Player of the Year Senior CLASS Award
Outfielder	Raph Rhymes	LSU	4	Y	—	Y	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Nick Backlund	Mercer	1	—	—	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Daniel Kassouf	Appalachian State	2	Y	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Josh Ludy	Baylor	1	—	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	Richie Shaffer	Clemson	1	—	—	—	—	Y
Utility player	Marco Gonzales	Gonzaga	2	Y	Y	—	—	—
Utility player	Brian Johnson	Florida	2	—	—	—	Y	Y	John Olerud Award
Utility player	Michael Lorenzen	Cal State Fullerton	1	—	—	Y	—	—

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

1. "2012 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
2. "2012 College All-America Team". Baseball America. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
3. ""LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
4. "NCBWA Announces 2012 Division I All-America Teams" (PDF). sportswriters.net. June 13, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
5. "PG College All-Americans". Perfect Game. June 25, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2025.