2000 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]

2000 All-Americans included four-time MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira (left) and five-time MLB All-Star Chase Utley (right).

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 2000 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
Starting pitcher	Kip Bouknight	South Carolina	Y	Y	Y	ABCA & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Starting pitcher	Lenny DiNardo	Stetson	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Justin Wayne	Stanford	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Jason Anderson	Illinois	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Kyle Crowell	Houston	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Aaron Heilman	Notre Dame	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Shane Komine	Nebraska	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Adam Johnson	Cal State Fullerton	—	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Cory Scott	East Carolina	Y	—	Y	22 saves in a single season (2000) (T-2nd in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Charlie Thames	Texas	—	Y	—	19 saves in a single season (2000) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Catcher	Brad Cresse	LSU	Y	Y	Y	Made BA team as designated hitter,[2] Johnny Bench Award,[2] 78 career HR (6th in Division I)[4]
Catcher	Dane Sardinha	Pepperdine	—	Y	—
First baseman	Todd Faulkner	Auburn	Y	Y	Y
Second baseman	Chase Utley	UCLA	Y	Y	—	5x All-Star,[5] 2008 World Series Champion,[5] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner[5]
Second baseman	Matt Easterday	Georgia Southern	—	—	Y
Third baseman	Mark Teixeira	Georgia Tech	Y	Y	Y	Baseball America POY,[2] 104 career runs in a single season (2000) (T-13th in Division I),[4] 2x MLB All-Star,[6] 2009 World Series Champion,[6] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[6] 3x Silver Slugger Award winner[6]
Shortstop	Tim Hummel	Old Dominion	—	Y	Y
Shortstop	Darren Fenster	Rutgers	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Gabe Gross	Auburn	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Mitch Jones	Arizona State	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Bill Scott	UCLA	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Frank Corr	Stetson	Y	—	—	34 doubles in a single season (2000) (T-7th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder	Mike Campo	Penn State	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Al Corbeil	FIU	—	—	Y
Designated hitter	Jason Dubois	UNLV	Y	—	Y
Utility player	Jeff Bajenaru	Oklahoma	Y	—	—	20 saves in a single season (2000) (T-6th in Division I)[4]
Utility player	Ben Diggins	Arizona	—	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. "Chase Utley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "Mark Teixeira". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.