Doane with 96 points and eight first place votes is the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) baseball coaches' choice to win the 2012 league title. The Tigers, tri-champions of the GPAC regular season last spring, posted a 37-19 record in 2011 (16-6 in the GPAC). Doane was regular season champion with Hastings and Northwestern (all 16-6). Northwestern and Hastings were picked two-three in the 2012 early season poll, with the Red Raiders garnering the final three first place votes.
The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is pleased to announce that the 2012 GPAC Baseball Championship Tournament will be in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Haymarket Park and Sherman Field. The 2012 tournament is May 3-5.
The NAIA Baseball Coaches Association awarded Hastings Baseball Coach Jim Boeve the 2012 Robert E. "Ish" Smith Achievement Award at the Rawlings-NAIA Hall-of-Fame and Awards Luncheon on Friday at the Baseball Coaches Convention in Anaheim, California.
| (RV) Doane at | 3 |
| (RV) Texas Brownsville | 4 |
| (RV) Doane at | 2 |
| (RV) Texas Brownsville | 7 |
| (RV) Doane at | 3 |
| (RV) Texas Brownsville | 2 |
| (RV) Doane at | 0 |
| (RV) Texas Brownsville | 1 |
| Hastings vs | 10 |
| Rogers State | 7 |
| NAIA Opening Round - Lubbock Bracket (Losers Bracket) | |
| Doane vs | 2 |
| Fresno Pacific University | 9 |
| NAIA Opening Round - Oklahoma City Bracket (Losers Bracket) | |
| Hastings vs | 1 |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | 7 |
| NAIA Opening Round - Lubbock Bracket (Losers Bracket) | |
| Doane vs | 9 |
| Texas Brownsville | 2 |
| NAIA Opening Round - Oklahoma City Bracket | |
| Hastings vs | (7) | 1 |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | 11 | |
| NAIA Opening Round - Lubbock Bracket | ||
| Doane at | 5 |
| Oklahoma City University | 10 |
| NAIA Opening Round - Oklahoma City Bracket (Winners Bracket) | |
| Doane vs | 11 |
| Hastings | 3 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #14) - Lewis & Clark Park | |
| Midland vs | 2 |
| Doane | 14 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #15/Championship) - Lewis & Clark Park | |
| Midland vs | (8) | 15 |
| University of Sioux Falls | 5 | |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #9) - Lewis & Clark Park | ||
| Mount Marty vs | 4 |
| Hastings | 5 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #10) - Sioux City North High School | |
| Doane vs | (7) | 11 |
| Morningside | 1 | |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #11) - Lewis & Clark Park | ||
| Hastings vs | 14 |
| University of Sioux Falls | 13 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #12) - Lewis & Clark Park | |
| Doane vs | 5 |
| Midland | 4 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #13) - Lewis & Clark Park | |
| Hastings vs | 8 |
| Concordia | 1 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #1) - Sioux City North High School | |
| Doane vs | (5) | 11 |
| Mount Marty | 1 | |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #2) - South Sioux City Voss Field | ||
| Northwestern vs | 2 |
| University of Sioux Falls | 5 |
| GPAC Tournament (Game #3) - South Sioux City Voss Field | |
| Hastings at | 10:00am |
| (1) Oklahoma City University | CST |
| Hastings at | 12:00pm |
| Grand View University | CST |
| Hastings at | 12:00pm |
| Grand View University | CST |
| Hastings at | 3:00pm |
| (1) Oklahoma City University | CST |
| Hastings at | 11:00am |
| Regis University | CST |
| (RV) Doane at | 1:00pm |
| University of St. Mary | CST |
| (RV) Doane at | Game |
| University of St. Mary | 2 |
| Midland at | 3:30pm |
| Grand View University | CST |
| Metrodome | |
| Midland at | Game |
| Grand View University | 2 |
| Metrodome | |
| Grand View University at | 10:30am |
| Midland | CST |
| Metrodome | |
| Hastings at | 11:00am |
| Regis University | CST |
| Grand View University at | Game |
| Midland | 2 |
| Metrodome | |
| (RV) Doane at | 1:00pm |
| University of St. Mary | CST |
| (RV) Doane at | Game |
| University of St. Mary | 2 |
| Dickinson State University vs | 12:00pm |
| Dakota Wesleyan | CST |
| at the Metrodome | |
| Dickinson State University vs | 12:00pm |
| Dakota Wesleyan | CST |
| at the Metrodome | |
| Northwestern vs | 8:00pm |
| William Penn University | CST |
| Northwestern vs | Game |
| William Penn University | 2 |
| Dickinson State University vs | 7:30am |
| Dakota Wesleyan | CST |
| at the Metrodome | |
| Dickinson State University vs | Game |
| Dakota Wesleyan | 2 |
| at the Metrodome | |
