1998 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]

1998 All-Americans included 2006 World Series champion Jeff Weaver (left) and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Brad Wilkerson (right).

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
Pitcher	Jeff Austin	Stanford	—	Y	Y	Baseball America POY[2]
Pitcher	Seth Etherton	USC	Y	Y	Y
Pitcher	Mike Fisher	South Alabama	Y	Y	—
Pitcher	Josh Fogg	Florida	—	Y	Y
Pitcher	Jack Krawczyk	USC	Y	—	Y	23 saves in a single season (1998) (Division I record),[4] 49 career saves (2nd in Division I)[4]
Pitcher	Alex Santos	Miami	Y	Y	—
Pitcher	Shane Wright	Texas Tech	Y	—	Y
Pitcher	Jeff Weaver (2)	Fresno State	—	—	Y	2006 World Series Champion[5]
Catcher	Sammy Serrano	Stetson	—	Y	Y
Catcher	Josh Bard	Texas Tech	Y	—	—
First baseman	Eddy Furniss (2) ♦	LSU	Y	Y	Y	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 baseman	Jeff Pickler	Tennessee	Y	Y	Y
Third baseman	Bo Robinson	UNC Charlotte	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Aubrey Huff	Miami	—	Y	—	2008 Silver Slugger Award[6]
Third baseman	Paul Day	Long Beach State	—	—	Y
Shortstop	Damon Thames	Rice	Y	Y	Y	Made BA team as DH;[2] ABCA POY[2]
Shortstop	Adam Everett	South Carolina	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Bubba Crosby	Rice	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Kevin Mench	Delaware	Y	—	Y	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]
Outfielder	Jeff Ryan	Wichita State	Y	—	Y	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]
Outfielder	Eric Valent	UCLA	—	Y	Y
Outfielder	Mike Curry	South Carolina	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Brian Cox	Florida State	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Pat Magness	Wichita State	Y	—	Y	309 career RBI (5th in Division I)[4]
Utility player	Brad Wilkerson (2) ♦	Florida	—	Y	Y

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. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
5. "Jeff Weaver". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "Aubrey Huff". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.