1995 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]

1995 All-Americans included five-time MLB All-Star Todd Helton (left) and current Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball head coach Darin Erstad (right).

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1995 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
Pitcher	Mark Redman	Oklahoma	Y	Y	Y	2003 World Series Champion,[4] 2006 MLB All-Star[4]
Pitcher	Ted Silva	Cal State Fullerton	Y	Y	Y
Pitcher	Matt Morris	Seton Hall	Y	Y	—	2x MLB All-Star[5]
Pitcher	Scott Winchester	Clemson	Y	—	Y
Pitcher	Ryan Halla	Auburn	Y	—	—	24 games started in a single season (1995) (Division I record)[6]
Pitcher	Jonathan Johnson	Florida State	—	Y	—
Pitcher	Kyle Peterson	Stanford	—	Y	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Pitcher	Jamey Price	Mississippi	—	—	Y
Pitcher	Jay Tessmer	Miami	—	—	Y	20 saves in a single season (1995) (T-6th in Division I)[6]
Pitcher	Evan Thomas	FIU	—	—	Y	220 strikeouts in a single season (1996) (4th in Division I)[6]
Catcher	A.J. Hinch (2)	Stanford	—	Y	Y	Bronze Medal in 1996 Olympics[7]
Catcher	Shane Gunderson	Minnesota	Y	—	—
First baseman	Steve Hacker	Missouri State	Y	—	Y	37 home runs in a single season (1995) (5th in Division I)[6]
Second baseman	Jason Totman	Texas Tech	Y	—	Y
Second baseman	Marlon Anderson	South Alabama	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Clint Bryant	Texas Tech	—	Y	Y
Third baseman	Toby Kominek	Central Michigan	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Gabe Alvarez	USC	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Mark Bellhorn	Auburn	Y	—	—	2004 World Series Champion[8]
Shortstop	Jason Adams	Wichita State	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Darin Erstad	Nebraska	Y	Y	Y	1st overall pick in 1995 Major League Baseball Draft, 2002 World Series Champion, 2x MLB All-Star,[9] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[9] 2000 Silver Slugger Award winner[9]
Outfielder	Mark Kotsay	Cal State Fullerton	Y	Y	Y	Made BA team as DH; Collegiate Baseball Co-POY
Outfielder	Jose Cruz, Jr. (2)	Rice	Y	Y	—	2003 Gold Glove Award winner[10]
Outfielder	Geoff Jenkins	USC	—	Y	Y	2008 World Series Champion,[11] 2003 MLB All-Star[11]
Outfielder	Shane Monahan (2)	Clemson	—	—	Y	137 hits in a single season (1994) (2nd in Division I)
Outfielder	Mark Wulfert	New Mexico	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Todd Tatlock	Indiana State	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	John Curl	Texas A&M	—	—	Y
Utility player	Todd Helton	Tennessee	Y	—	—	Made BA team as 1B,[2] ABCA & BA POY,[2] CB Co-POY,[2] 47 consecutive scoreless innings pitched (2nd in Division I),[6] 4.83 H/9, 5x MLB All-Star,[12] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner,[12] 3x Gold Glove Award winner[12]

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 8 April 2012.
3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. "Mark Redman". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
5. "Matt Morris". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
7. "A.J. Hinch". San Diego Padres. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
8. "Mark Bellhorn". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
9. "Darin Erstad". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
10. "Jose Cruz". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
11. "Geoff Jenkins". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
12. "Todd Helton". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.