# 2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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.

## 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 |
| 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

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 5 | Fresno State | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Fresno State | 8 | 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hawaii | 2 | | | | 2 | Sacramento State | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Fresno State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Nevada | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | Sacramento State | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nevada | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nevada | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Fresno State | 9 | 4* |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Sacramento State | 6 | 3* |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | Fresno State | 6 | |
| | | | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 15 | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hawaii | 6 | 1 | New Mexico State | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

## Conference championship

WAC Championship :
| (2) Sacramento State Hornets | vs. | (5) Fresno State Bulldogs |
May 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (5) Fresno State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| (2) Sacramento State | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| WP: Gene Escat (3–0) LP: Tyler Hoelzen (3–2) Attendance: 668 |||||||||||||
May 27, 2012, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
| (2) Sacramento State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| (5) Fresno State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: JD Salles (2–1) LP: R.J. Davis (1–2) Attendance: 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.