2003 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]

2003 All-Americans included 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia (left) and 2005 AL Rookie of the Year Huston Street (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2003 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	Jeff Niemann	Rice	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Stauffer (2)	Richmond	Y	—	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Scott Lewis	Ohio State	Y	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Jered Weaver	Long Beach State	Y	Y	Y	Y	213 strikeouts in a single season (2004) (6th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcher	David Marchbanks	South Carolina	—	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Vern Sterry	NC State	—	—	Y	—
Relief pitcher	Ryan Wagner	Houston	Y	Y	Y	—	16.8 K/9 in a single season (2003) (Division I record),[4] 4.83 career H/9 (3rd in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Huston Street	Texas	Y	—	—	—	2002 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[5] 41 career saves (T-8th in Division I),[4] 5.46 career H/9 (10th in Division I), 2005 AL Rookie of the Year[6]
Relief pitcher	Matt Dalton	Virginia Tech	—	—	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Steven Register	Auburn	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Ryan Garko	Stanford	Y	Y	Y	—	Johnny Bench Award[2]
Catcher	Landon Powell	South Carolina	—	—	—	Y
First baseman	Mike Aubrey	Tulane	Y	Y	—	—
First baseman	Billy Becher	New Mexico State	—	—	Y	Y	118 RBI in a single season (2003) (6th in Division I),[4] 32 HR in a single season (2003) (T-9th in Division I),.[4] 822 career slugging percentage (10th in Division I)[4]
Second baseman	Rickie Weeks (2)	Southern	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,.[2] 465 career batting average (Division I record),.[4] 927 career slugging percentage (Division I record),[4] 31 career triples (2nd in Division I),[4] 2011 MLB All-Star[7]
Third baseman	Jamie D'Antona	Wake Forest	Y	—	Y	Y
Third baseman	Brian Snyder	Stetson	—	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Dustin Pedroia	Arizona State	Y	—	Y	Y	34 doubles in a single season (2003) (T-7th in Division I),[4] 2008 AL MVP, 3x MLB All-Star,[8] 2x Gold Glove Award winner,[8] 2008 Silver Slugger Award winner,[8] 2007 AL Rookie of the Year[8]
Shortstop	Aaron Hill	LSU	—	Y	—	—	2009 MLB All-Star, 2009 Silver Slugger Award[9]
Outfielder	Dustin Majewski	Texas	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	David Murphy	Baylor	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Brad Snyder	Ball State	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Jeremy Cleveland	North Carolina	Y	—	—	—
Outfielder	Clint King	Southern Miss	Y	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Michael Brown	William & Mary	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Josh Anderson	Eastern Kentucky	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Jordan Foster	Lamar	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Clint King	Southern Miss	—	—	—	Y
Designated hitter	Jeremy West	Arizona State	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	Ryan Gordon	UNC Greensboro	—	—	Y	—
Utility player	Mitch Maier	Toledo	Y	Y	—	—	Made BA team as DH[2]
Utility player	Scott Beerer	Texas A&M	—	Y	Y	—
Utility player	Beau Hearod	Alabama	—	—	—	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. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
5. "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "Huston Street". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
7. "Rickie Weeks". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
8. "Dustin Pedroia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
9. "Aaron Hill". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.