2012 College Baseball All-America Team

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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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "2012 ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans" (PDF). ABCA. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2012 College All-America Team". Baseball America. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ""LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2012 DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS" (PDF). NCBWA. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
^ "Florida's Zunino Wins 2012 Dick Howser Trophy". NCBWA. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ AP (July 6, 2012). "Florida catcher Mike Zunino wins Golden Spikes Award". Washington Post. Retrieved July 7, 2012.^{[dead link]}