1970 College Baseball All-America Team

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]

1970 All-Americans included National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Schmidt.

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]

Key

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

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	Notes
Pitcher	Burt Hooton (2) ♦	Texas
Pitcher	Brent Strom	USC
Catcher	Arnold Holtberg	Princeton
First baseman	Doug Howard	BYU
Second baseman	Dave Yates	Delaware
Third baseman	Pete Duncan	Washington State
Shortstop	Mike Schmidt	Ohio	National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee,[3] 3x NL MVP,[3] 1980 World Series MVP,[3] 12x MLB All Star,[3] 10x Gold Glove Award winner,[3] 6x Silver Slugger Award winner,[3] 1983 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[3]
Outfielder	Gene Hiser	Maryland
Outfielder	Steve Mikulic	Arizona
Outfielder	Sam Ewing	Tennessee

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
3. "Mike Schmidt". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 17 April 2012.