The 2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament took place at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 23 through 27. The final game was televised on ESPN3

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams in the conference standings participated, leaving three , , and out.

Samford went 4–0 to win the tournament, clinching the conference's automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and the school's first ever Regional appearance. 2012 also marks the school's first baseball championship since joining the Southern Conference in 2008.

Seeding Team W L Pct. GB Seed 21 9 .700 – 1 21 9 .700 – 2 20 10 .667 1 3 19 11 .633 2 4 16 14 .533 5 5 15 15 .500 6 6 The Citadel 13 17 .433 8 7 13 17 .433 8 8 10 20 .333 11 – 9 21 .300 12 – 8 22 .267 13 –

Appalachian State earned the tiebreaker over College of Charleston after winning the regular season series 8–6, 8–2, 3–8 The Citadel earned the tiebreaker over Furman after winning the regular season series 7–0, 3–1, 6–8

Results

As tournament host, game order and times would have been adjusted to allow Furman to play the 5:00 pm game as long as it remained in the winner's bracket. * denotes extra innings The first-round game between Georgia Southern and Elon tied the Southern Conference Tournament record for largest margin of victory at 17. The first round elimination game between Elon and College of Charleston broke the Southern Conference Tournament record with 39 combined hits (21 for Elon, 18 for College of Charleston). The championship game was a rematch of the 2011 championship game where Georgia Southern defeated Samford 1–0.

All-Tournament Team Position Player School SP Justin Hess Georgia Southern SP Josh Martin Samford RP C.K. Irby Samford C Chase Griffin Georgia Southern 1B Ryan Kinsella Elon 2B Tyler Avera Georgia Southern 2B Zeth Stone Samford SS Austin Allison Samford 3B Chris Ohmstede Furman OF Taylor Johnson Furman OF Phillip Ervin Samford OF Brandon Miller Samford DH Garren Palmer Georgia Southern Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerJosh MartinSamford

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