2002 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]

2002 All-Americans included 2002 MLB Draft #1 pick Bryan Bullington (left) and MLB All-Star Rickie Weeks (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2002 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	Bryan Bullington	Ball State	Y	Y	Y	Y	1st overall pick in 2002 MLB Draft[4]
Starting pitcher	Brad Sullivan	Houston	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Jeremy Guthrie	Stanford	Y	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Justin Simmons	Texas	Y	—	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Stauffer	Richmond	—	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Dave Bush	Wake Forest	Y	—	Y	—	38 career saves (T-12th in Division I),[5] 2003 MLB All-Star[6]
Relief pitcher	Blake Taylor	South Carolina	Y	—	—	Y	21 saves in a single season (2002) (T-4th in Division I)[5]
Relief pitcher	Royce Ring	San Diego State	—	Y	—	Y
Relief pitcher	John Tetuan	Wichita State	—	—	Y	—
Catcher	Jed Morris	Nebraska	Y	—	Y	Y
Catcher	Tony Richie	Florida State	—	Y	—	—
First baseman	Yaron Peters	South Carolina	Y	Y	—	—
First baseman	Nate Gold	Gonzaga	—	—	Y	—	33 HR in a single season (2002) (T-9th in Division I)[5]
First baseman	Vincent Sinisi	Rice	—	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Rickie Weeks	Southern	Y	Y	Y	Y	Made BA team as Designated hitter,.[2] 465 career batting average (Division I record),.[5] 927 career slugging percentage (Division I record),[5] 31 career triples (2nd in Division I),[5] 2011 MLB All-Star[7]
Second baseman	Russ Adams	North Carolina	—	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Jeff Baker (2)	Clemson	—	Y	—	Y
Third baseman	Ryan Barthelemy	Florida State	Y	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Khalil Greene	Clemson	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] 403 career hits (2nd in Division I),[5] 95 career doubles (2nd in Division I),[5] 668 career total bases (4th in Division I),[5] 134 hits in a single season (2002) (T-5th in Division I),[5] 250 total bases in a single season (2002) (T-6th in Division I)[5]
Outfielder	Steve Stanley	Notre Dame	Y	Y	Y	Y	385 career hits (3rd in Division I)[5]
Outfielder	Bob Malek	Michigan State	Y	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Vito Chiaravalloti	Richmond	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Sam Fuld	Stanford	Y	Y	—	—	356 career hits (11th in Division I)[5]
Outfielder	Joey Gomes	Santa Clara	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Ryan Kenning	New Mexico State	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Jeff Leise	Nebraska	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	David Trujillo	UNLV	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	Gabe Veloz	New Mexico State	—	—	Y	—
Utility player	Jesse Crain	Houston	—	Y	—	—
Utility player	Chris Maples	North Carolina	—	—	Y	—
Utility player	John McCurdy	Maryland	—	—	—	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 9 April 2012.
3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. "Bryan Bullington". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
5. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
6. "Mark Prior". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
7. "Rickie Weeks". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.