2006 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]

2006 All-Americans included 2011 World Series MVP David Freese (left) and 2x Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2006 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 or Dick Howser Trophy 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	Eddie Degerman	Rice	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Brad Lincoln	Houston	Y	Y	Y	Y	Made BA & CB teams as UT,[2] Made NCBWA team as DH[2] ABCA POY[2]
Starting pitcher	Andrew Miller	North Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Baseball America POY,[2] Roger Clemens Award,[2] Hit 7 batters in a single game (April 1, 2005 vs. Virginia Cavaliers) (T-Division I record)[4]
Starting pitcher	Wes Roemer	Cal State Fullerton	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Lincecum	Washington	—	—	Y	Y	2x Cy Young Award winner, 4x MLB All-Star (2008-2011)[5]
Starting pitcher	Wade LeBlanc	Alabama	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Nick Schmidt	Arkansas	—	—	Y	—
Relief pitcher	Don Czyz	Kansas	Y	—	Y	Y	19 saves in a single season (2006) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Cole St. Clair	Rice	—	Y	—	Y
Catcher	Michael McKenry	Middle Tennessee	Y	—	—	Y
Catcher	Matt Wieters	Georgia Tech	—	Y	—	—
Catcher	Matt McBride	Lehigh	—	—	Y	—
First baseman	Ryan Strieby	Kentucky	Y	—	Y	—	Made BA team as Designated Hitter[2]
First baseman	Mark Hamilton	Tulane	—	Y	—	—
First baseman	Andy D'Allesio	Clemson	—	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Jim Negrych (2)	Pittsburgh	—	Y	—	Y
Second baseman	Justin Turner	Cal State Fullerton	Y	—	—	—
Second baseman	Drew Saylor	Kent State	—	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Pedro Alvarez	Vanderbilt	—	Y	—	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Third baseman	Ronnie Bourquin	Ohio State	—	—	—	Y
Third baseman	David Freese	South Alabama	Y	—	—	—	2011 World Series MVP, 2011 World Series Champion[6] 2011 NLCS MVP[6]
Third baseman	Tyler Mach	Oklahoma State	—	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Tom King	Troy	—	—	Y	Y	35 doubles in a single season (2006) (T-5th in Division I)[4]
Shortstop	Ryan Khoury	Utah	Y	—	—	—
Shortstop	Brian Friday	Rice	—	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Kellen Kulbacki	James Madison	Y	Y	Y	Y	Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Outfielder	Cole Gillespie	Oregon State	Y	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Jacob Dempsey	Winthrop	Y	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Tyler Colvin	Clemson	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Mike Goetz	Milwaukee	Y	—	—	—	.428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder	Drew Holder	Dallas Baptist	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Chris Carlson	New Mexico	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 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. "Tim Lincecum". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "David Freese". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.