2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

American Baseball Championship August 2023 2012 Western Athletic Conference 2012_wac_baseball_championship_logo.jpg 150px 2012 WAC baseball tournament logo 6 Double-elimination HoHoKam Stadium Mesa, AZ 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 6th Jordan Luplow Fresno State 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 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs 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.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45966&SPID=4123&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205427974 WAC Baseball Tournament wacsports.com March 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121127061942/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45966&SPID=4123&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205427974&DB_OEM_ID=10100 November 27, 2012 deadhttps://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-02-24/conference-championship-central Conference Championship Central ncaa.org May 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120518115247/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-02-24/conference-championship-central May 18, 2012 dead 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 2012 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 11 7 .611 – 1 2012 Sacramento State Hornets Sacramento State 11 7 .611 – 2 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 11 7 .611 – 3 2012 Hawaii Rainbows Hawaii 10 8 .556 1 4 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 8 10 .444 2.5 5 2012 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 7 11 .389 4 6 2012 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 5 13 .278 6 – Results 2 no 2 5 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 8 4 2012 Hawaii Rainbows Hawaii 2 6 2012 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 3 3 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 4 4 Hawaii 6 6 Louisiana Tech 9 5 Fresno State 15 1 2012 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 8 3 Nevada 5 2 2012 Sacramento State Hornets Sacramento State 15 6 Louisiana Tech 15 1 New Mexico State 12 2 Sacramento State 8 5 Fresno State 3 3 Nevada 5 6 Louisiana Tech 18 6 Louisiana Tech 4 5 Fresno State 6 5 Fresno State 9 4* 2 Sacramento State 6 3* * - Indicates game required 13 innings. Conference championship WAC Championship(2) Sacramento State Hornetsvs.(5) Fresno State Bulldogs May 26, 2012, 6:00p.m. (MDT) Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona (5) Fresno State Fresno St. 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 9 9 4 (2) Sacramento State Sacramento St. 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 13 2 Gene Escat (3–0) Tyler Hoelzen (3–2) 668 May 27, 2012, 12:00p.m. (MDT) Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona (2) Sacramento State Sacramento St. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 (5) Fresno State Fresno St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 JD Salles (2–1) R.J. Davis (1–2) 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. References Tournament Category:United Athletic Conference baseball tournament