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]
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA. [2]
Awarded the Golden Spikes 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 |
♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
Position | Name | School | Notes |
Pitcher | Neal Heaton ♦ | Miami | 23 strikeouts in a single game (March 10, 1981, vs. Indiana State Sycamores, T-3rd in Division I), [3] NL All-Star [4] |
Pitcher | Steve Krueger | Arkansas | |
Catcher | Scotti Madison | Vanderbilt | |
First baseman | Keith Hagman | New Mexico | .551 batting average in a single season (1980) (Division I record (Min. 75 at-bats)),. [3] 460 career batting average (2nd in Division I), [3] 17 triples in a single season (1980) (Division I record) [3] |
Second baseman | Tim Teufel | Clemson | |
Third baseman | Jeff Smith | Delaware | |
Shortstop | Dave Pagel | Central Michigan | |
Outfielder | Terry Francona | Arizona | 2x World Series winner as manager of the Boston Red Sox [5] |
Outfielder | Dan Murphy | UNLV | |
Outfielder | Mike Fuentes | Florida State | |
Designated hitter | Matt Guldelfinger | Kansas |