1999 All-Americans included 4x MLB All-Star Ben Sheets (left) and 2002 Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito (right).

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1999 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).[2]

Key

ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA Baseball America[2]
CB Collegiate Baseball[2]
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith Award as national Player of the Year[2]
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point[2]
Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame[3]

All-Americans

Position Name School ABCA BA CB Notes
PitcherJay GehrkePepperdine
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherBen SheetsLouisiana-Monroe
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
4x MLB All-Star[4]
PitcherBarry ZitoUSC
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
2002 Cy Young Award,[5] 3x MLB All-Star[5]
PitcherTodd MoserFAU
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherMario RamosRice
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherKurt AinsworthLSU
Green tickY
PitcherMike MacDougalWake Forest
Green tickY
2003 All-Star[6]
PitcherBrendan BelangerTexas
Green tickY
CatcherJosh Bard (2)Texas Tech
Green tickY
Green tickY
CatcherChad SutterTulane
Green tickY
75 career HR (8th in Division I)[7]
First basemanKen HarveyNebraska
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Made BA team as DH,[2] 2004 MLB All-Star[8]
First basemanJon PalmieriWake Forest
Green tickY
Second basemanMarshall McDougallFlorida State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
1999 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[9] 6 HR, 16 RBI and 25 total bases in a single game (May 9, 1999, vs. Maryland Terrapins) (Division I records),[7] 126 hits in a single season (1999), (T-9th in Division I),[7] 242 total bases in a single season (1999), (10th in Division I),[7] 104 runs in a single season (1999) (T-13th in Division I)[7]
Third basemanRyan GrippCreighton
Green tickY
Third basemanXavier NadyCalifornia
Green tickY
Third basemanHunter BledsoeVanderbilt
Green tickY
Third basemanTagg BoziedSan Francisco
Green tickY
ShortstopWillie BloomquistArizona State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderDaylan HoltTexas A&M
Green tickY
Green tickY
34 HR in a single season (1999) (T-7th in Division I)[7]
OutfielderSpencer ObornCal State Fullerton
Green tickY
Green tickY
Hit for the cycle twice in a single season (1998) (T-Division I record)[7]
OutfielderKeith ReedProvidence
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderMatt CepickyMissouri State
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderMatt DiazFlorida State
Green tickY
OutfielderJeff StallingsOral Roberts
Green tickY
Designated hitterMacky WaguespackSoutheastern Louisiana
Green tickY
Utility playerJason JenningsBaylor
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
2002 NL Rookie of the Year[10]

See also

References

  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. "Ben Sheets". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Barry Zito". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. "Mike MacDougal". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  8. "Ken Harvey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  9. "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  10. "Jason Jennings". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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