The 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place at Lee–Hines Field, on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA from May 16 through 20, 2012. The won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The double elimination tournament featured the top four teams from each division, leaving one team from each division out of the field.
Seeding The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. Alcorn State claimed the second seed from the East by tiebreaker over Alabama State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 21 3 .875 – E1 14 10 .583 7 E2 14 10 .583 7 E3 10 14 .487 11 E4 1 23 .042 20 –West Division 17 7 .708 – W1 15 8 .652 1.5 W2 13 11 .542 4 W3 8 15 .348 8.5 W4 6 18 .250 11 –
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Name School C Evan Richard Prairie View A&M P Daniel Castillo Prairie View A&M P/DH Stef Hernandez Prairie View A&M SS James Fontenot Prairie View A&M OF Allen Cheek Mississippi Valley State 1B Joseph Germaine Mississippi Valley State 2B Edmund Cheatham Mississippi Valley State P Trey Lacy Mississippi Valley State 1B Anthony Dilligard Texas Southern 3B Lacy Jackson Texas Southern P Brian Foster Southern OF Wilmy Marerro Southern
Most Valuable Player Evan Richard was named Most Valuable Player. Richard was a catcher for Prairie View A&M.
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