1998 All-Americans included 2006 World Series champion Jeff Weaver (left) and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Brad Wilkerson (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 1998 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
PitcherJeff AustinStanford
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Baseball America POY[2]
PitcherSeth EthertonUSC
Green tickY
Green tickY
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PitcherMike FisherSouth Alabama
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherJosh FoggFlorida
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherJack KrawczykUSC
Green tickY
Green tickY
23 saves in a single season (1998) (Division I record),[4] 49 career saves (2nd in Division I)[4]
PitcherAlex SantosMiami
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherShane WrightTexas Tech
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherJeff Weaver (2)Fresno State
Green tickY
2006 World Series Champion[5]
CatcherSammy SerranoStetson
Green tickY
Green tickY
CatcherJosh BardTexas Tech
Green tickY
First basemanEddy Furniss (2) ♦LSU
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
80 career home runs (4th in Division I),[4] 689 total bases (3rd in Division I),[4] 308 career RBI (6th in Division I)[4]
Second basemanJeff PicklerTennessee
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Third basemanBo RobinsonUNC Charlotte
Green tickY
Third basemanAubrey HuffMiami
Green tickY
2008 Silver Slugger Award[6]
Third basemanPaul DayLong Beach State
Green tickY
ShortstopDamon ThamesRice
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Made BA team as DH;[2] ABCA POY[2]
ShortstopAdam EverettSouth Carolina
Green tickY
OutfielderBubba CrosbyRice
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderKevin MenchDelaware
Green tickY
Green tickY
Collegiate Baseball POY[2] 33 HR in a single season (1998) (9th in Division I),[4] 1.091 slugging percentage in a single season (1998) (4th in Division I),.[4] 875 career slugging percentage (4th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderJeff RyanWichita State
Green tickY
Green tickY
109 runs in a single season (1998) (T-6th in Division I),[4] 231 total bases in a single season (1998) (13th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderEric ValentUCLA
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderMike CurrySouth Carolina
Green tickY
OutfielderBrian CoxFlorida State
Green tickY
Designated hitterPat MagnessWichita State
Green tickY
Green tickY
309 career RBI (5th in Division I)[4]
Utility playerBrad Wilkerson (2) ♦Florida
Green tickY
Green tickY

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 9 10 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  5. "Jeff Weaver". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. "Aubrey Huff". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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