# 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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 Prairie View A&M Panthers 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 | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Jackson State | 21 | 3 | .875 | – | E1 |
| Alcorn State | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | E2 |
| Alabama State | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | E3 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 10 | 14 | .487 | 11 | E4 |
| Alabama A&M | 1 | 23 | .042 | 20 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Southern | 17 | 7 | .708 | – | W1 |
| Prairie View A&M | 15 | 8 | .652 | 1.5 | W2 |
| Grambling | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4 | W3 |
| Texas Southern | 8 | 15 | .348 | 8.5 | W4 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 6 | 18 | .250 | 11 | – |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| W3 | Grambling | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Alcorn State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Alcorn State | 6 | E2 | Alcorn State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 7 | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 6 | E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 7 | | | | | | | |
| W1 | Southern | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W1 | Southern | 4 | | | | E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | Southern | 1 | | | | |
| W1 | Southern | 8 | | | | W1 | Southern | 1 | | | | |
| W3 | Grambling | 0 | W1 | Southern | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E2 | Alcorn State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 4 |
| E3 | Alabama State | 4 | | | | | | | | E4 | Mississippi Valley St. | 4 |
| E3 | Alabama State | 4 | | | | | | | | W2 | Prairie View A&M | 7 |
| W2 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | | | | | | | | W2 | Prairie View A&M | 7 |
| W2 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | E1 | Jackson State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W2 | Prairie View A&M | 2 | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Texas Southern | 0 | W2 | Prairie View A&M | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E1 | Jackson State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E1 | Jackson State | 7 | | | | W2 | Prairie View A&M | 0 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | W4 | Texas Southern | 2 | 5 | | | |
| E3 | Alabama State | 3 | | | | W4 | Texas Southern | 2 | 5 | | | |
| W4 | Texas Southern | 6 | W4 | Texas Southern | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Jackson State | 1 | | | | | | | |

## 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.