2012 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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^[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[2]

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

	First round			Second round			Third Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
	5	Fresno State	8	5	Fresno State	15
	4	Hawaii	2	1	New Mexico State	8
							2	Sacramento State	8
							5	Fresno State	3
	6	Louisiana Tech	3	3	Nevada	5
	3	Nevada	4	2	Sacramento State	15
													5	Fresno State	9	4*
Loser's Bracket													2	Sacramento State	6	3*
	4	Hawaii	6
	6	Louisiana Tech	9
				6	Louisiana Tech	15
				1	New Mexico State	12
							3	Nevada	5
							6	Louisiana Tech	18
										6	Louisiana Tech	4
										5	Fresno State	6

* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[2]

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.^[2]

References

↑ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
1 2 3 4 "WAC Baseball Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship

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Tournament	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Playoff held from 1993–1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

No playoff or tournament in the years marked in grey.

2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments

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National	NCAA CWS

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