2012 College All-America Team

Compiled by Aaron Fitt
June 22, 2012



DURHAM, N.C.—College Player of the Year Mike Zunino headlines Baseball America's 2012 College All-America team.

Few players have had more of an impact on college baseball over the last three years than Zunino, a junior catcher for Florida. His offensive numbers this spring were robust: He tied for fourth in the nation with 19 home runs, ranked 10th with 67 RBIs, third with 28 doubles, 11th with a .669 slugging percentage and fifth with 164 total bases. He finished the year hitting .322/.394/.669, and he did it while playing rock-solid defense behind the plate—baseball's most physically demanding position. His combination of offensive production, quality defense, superb leadership and remarkable durability (he started at catcher in 62 of Florida's 67 games) made Zunino the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, and it makes him BA's Player of the Year.

Zunino is the only member of BA's 2011 All-America first team to repeat as a first-teamer in 2012. Fittingly, the only other repeat All-American is the player Zunino edged out for Player of the Year honors—Florida State center fielder James Ramsey, a third-teamer last year who earns first-team honors this time around.

Zunino is one of just two members of our preseason first team (chosen by major league scouting directors) to appear on our postseason first team; the other is Stony Brook outfielder Travis Jankowski. Six other first-team preseason All-Americans made our second and third teams at the end of the season: Brian Johnson, Mark Appel, Kevin Gausman, Stephen Piscotty, Tyler Naquin and Marcus Stroman. Ramsey and Michael Wacha were second-teamers in the preseason who made our postseason teams, while Kris Bryant was a third-teamer in the preseason, but a first-teamer at season's end. Overall, just 11 preseason All-Americans made our postseason teams, down from 12 last year and 18 in 2010.

Florida, which set a record with seven preseason All-Americans, landed just two players on our postseason teams. Florida State is the only team with multiple first-teamers (Ramsey and closer Robert Benincasa). Stony Brook, which reached the College World Series for the first time in 2012, leads all schools with three All-Americans: Jankowski, second-teamer Willie Carmona and third-teamer Tyler Johnson. Florida, Florida State, Arizona, UCLA, Louisiana State, Texas A&M, Baylor, Stanford and New Mexico each landed two players on our All-America teams.

The four power conferences are represented fairly evenly on the three teams. The Pac-12 leads all conferences with eight All-Americans, followed by the SEC and Big 12 with six apiece, and the ACC with five.

In a banner year for seniors, eight seniors made BA's three All-America teams. That's twice as many as last year; in 2010, just one senior made the teams.

The staff of Baseball America selected the All-America teams after the first weekend of the College World Series.

FIRST TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Mike Zunino, Florida	Jr.	.322	.390	.678	239	53	77	19	31	31	47	9
1B	Chris Serritella, Southern Illinois	Jr.	.389	.461	.667	234	56	91	13	61	34	51	6
2B	Alex Yarbrough, Mississippi	Jr.	.380	.437	.508	250	43	95	3	43	22	24	4
3B	Kris Bryant, San Diego	So.	.366	.483	.671	213	59	78	14	57	39	38	9
SS	Jimmy Rider, Kent State	Sr.	.363	.429	.534	292	70	106	6	58	33	40	3
OF	Jeff Gelalich, UCLA	Jr.	.365	.458	.558	233	55	85	11	46	34	42	16
OF	Travis Jankowski, Stony Brook	Jr.	.422	.485	.636	258	78	109	5	46	24	22	36
OF	James Ramsey, Florida State	Sr.	.382	.519	.673	217	76	83	13	57	62	42	11
DH	Josh Ludy, Baylor	Sr.	.362	.455	.634	232	41	84	16	71	32	41	1
UT	Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga	So.	.325	.372	.430	151	23	49	2	29	11	21	0
Pos.	Name	Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Andrew Heaney, Oklahoma State	Jr.	8	2	1.60	15	6	0	118	74	22	140	.180
SP	Nick Petree, Missouri State	So.	10	4	1.01	16	3	0	115	85	36	114	.203
SP	Carlos Rodon, North Carolina State	Fr.	9	0	1.57	17	2	0	115	71	41	135	.176
SP	Chris Stratton, Mississippi State	Jr.	11	2	2.38	17	1	1	110	84	25	127	.211
RP	Robert Benincasa, Florida State	Jr.	4	2	1.35	31	0	15	40	24	7	56	.167
UT	Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga	So.	8	2	1.55	12	3	0	93	63	23	92	.201
SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Kevin Plawecki, Purdue	Jr.	.359	.445	.578	223	54	80	7	47	26	8	3
1B	D.J. Hicks, Central Florida	Jr.	.316	.438	.560	225	52	71	14	72	56	52	0
2B	Jamodrick McGruder, Texas Tech	Jr.	.358	.500	.503	193	54	69	2	27	45	35	39
3B	D.J. Peterson, New Mexico	So.	.419	.490	.734	248	57	104	17	78	33	29	1
SS	Alex Mejia, Arizona	Jr.	.361	.395	.494	249	52	90	3	52	14	22	6
OF	Michael Conforto, Oregon State	Fr.	.349	.438	.601	218	45	76	13	76	24	37	1
OF	Mitch Haniger, Cal Poly	Jr.	.346	.438	.626	211	48	73	13	64	36	32	6
OF	Brandon Miller, Samford	Sr.	.301	.395	.650	246	58	74	23	65	37	52	1
DH	William Carmona, Stony Brook	Jr.	.399	.470	.702	248	62	99	12	72	35	39	7
UT	Brian Johnson, Florida	Jr.	.314	.377	.419	194	24	61	6	41	11	34	0
		Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Mark Appel, Stanford	Jr.	10	2	2.56	16	5	0	123	97	30	130	.213
SP	Kevin Gausman, Louisiana State	So.	12	2	2.77	18	2	0	124	106	28	135	.229
SP	Kurt Heyer, Arizona	Jr.	12	2	2.22	18	7	0	146	142	25	110	.254
SP	Michael Wacha, Texas A&M	Jr.	9	1	2.06	16	2	0	113	95	20	116	.228
RP	Jimmie Sherfy, Oregon	So.	5	3	2.20	36	0	19	61	36	34	93	.172
UT	Brian Johnson, Florida	Jr.	8	5	3.90	17	1	0	90	87	18	73	.251
THIRD TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Mitchell Garver, New Mexico	Jr.	.377	.438	.612	268	68	101	10	57	25	28	6
1B	Goose Kallunki, Utah Valley	Sr.	.419	.481	.734	229	61	96	18	86	27	29	1
2B	Brock Hebert, Southeastern La.	Jr.	.374	.474	.511	227	58	85	2	37	30	34	36
3B	Trenton Moses, Southeast Mo. State	Jr.	.408	.531	.761	213	58	87	19	61	42	37	3
SS	Matt Wessinger, St. John's	Sr.	.348	.435	.486	247	62	86	6	48	34	30	34
OF	Tyler Naquin, Texas A&M	Jr.	.380	.458	.541	242	56	92	3	49	25	37	21
OF	Danny Poma, Hofstra	Sr.	.430	.500	.654	237	78	102	7	48	22	16	29
OF	Raph Rhymes, Louisiana State	Jr.	.431	.489	.530	232	44	100	4	53	22	13	2
DH	Patrick Kivlehan, Rutgers	Jr.	.392	.480	.693	189	47	74	14	50	22	40	24
UT	Stephen Piscotty, Stanford	Jr.	.329	.415	.467	246	44	81	5	56	30	23	4
		Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Tyler Johnson, Stony Brook	Sr.	12	1	1.94	15	5	0	98	85	25	48	.251
SP	Adam Plutko, UCLA	So.	11	3	2.56	17	2	0	113	86	45	92	.215
SP	Marcus Stroman, Duke	Jr.	6	5	2.39	14	1	0	98	83	26	136	.231
SP	Josh Turley, Baylor	Jr.	9	1	1.96	17	2	0	110	95	21	79	.227
RP	Michael Morin, North Carolina	Jr.	6	4	1.40	38	0	19	58	38	19	55	.191
UT	Stephen Piscotty, Stanford	Jr.	6	2	3.05	12	0	1	41	46	9	20	.280