2001 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]

2001 All-Americans included MLB All-Star Mark Prior.

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2001 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).[2]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA	Baseball America[2]
CB	Collegiate Baseball[2]
NCBWA	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[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	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher	Mark Prior	USC	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] 202 strikeouts in a single season (2001) (T-14th in Division I),[4] 2003 MLB All-Star[5]
Starting pitcher	Dewon Brazelton	Middle Tennessee	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Aaron Heilman (2)	Notre Dame	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Kirk Saarloos	Cal State Fullerton	Y	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Noah Lowry	Pepperdine	—	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Justin Pope	UCF	—	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Shane Komine	Nebraska	—	—	Y	—	510 career strikeouts (5th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Lee Gronkiewicz	South Carolina	Y	—	Y	Y	19 saves in a single season (2001) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Casey Shumaker	Jacksonville	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Johnny Bench Award[2]
First baseman	John Van Benschoten	Kent State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Made NCBWA team as UT[2] 31 HR in a single season (2001) (T-16th in Division I)[4]
First baseman	Dan Johnson	Nebraska	—	—	—	Y	.791 career slugging percentage (T-16th in Division I)[4]
Second baseman	Chris O'Riordan	Stanford	Y	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Michael Woods	Southern	—	Y	Y	—
Third baseman	Jeff Baker	Clemson	—	Y	Y	—
Third baseman	Jake Gautreau	Tulane	Y	Y	—	Y	Made BA team as DH[2]
Shortstop	Chris Burke	Tennessee	—	Y	Y	Y	105 runs in a single season (2001) (T-11th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder	John-Ford Griffin	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	John Cole	Nebraska	Y	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Shelley Duncan	Arizona	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Jason Law	Monmouth	Y	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Ryan Brunner	Northern Iowa	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Brian Baron	UCLA	—	—	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Scott Henley	Georgia Southern	Y	—	—	—
Utility player	Cory Sullivan	Wake Forest	—	Y	Y	Y	Made NCBWA team as OF[2]

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 9 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. "Mark Prior". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.