2008 College Baseball All-America Team

2008 All-Americans included 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey (left) and Roger Clemens Award winner Aaron Crow (right).

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]

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2008 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 pitcherAaron CrowMissouri
Green tickY
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Roger Clemens Award[2] 43 consecutive scoreless innings (T-4th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcherBrian Matusz (2)San Diego
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Starting pitcherStephen StrasburgSan Diego State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
16.1 K/9 (3rd in Division I),[4] 5.33 H/9 (T-7th in Division I),[4] 23 strikeouts in a single game (March 11, 2008 vs. Utah Utes) (T-3rd in Division I),[4] 1st overall pick in 2010 Major League Baseball Draft[5]
Starting pitcherScott GorgenUC Irvine
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Starting pitcherChris HernandezMiami
Green tickY
Green tickY
Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Starting pitcherEric ArnettIndiana
Green tickY
Starting pitcherTim ClubbMissouri State
Green tickY
Starting pitcherShooter HuntTulane
Green tickY
Starting pitcherRob MusgraveWichita State
Green tickY
Relief pitcherScott BittleMississippi
Green tickY
Green tickY
Relief pitcherJoshua FieldsGeorgia
Green tickY
Green tickY
41 career saves (T-8th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcherAndrew CashnerTCU
Green tickY
Relief pitcherTyler ConnSouthern Miss
Green tickY
CatcherBuster PoseyFlorida State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Johnny Bench Award,[2] 2010 NL Rookie of the Year [6]
First basemanJustin SmoakSouth Carolina
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Second basemanJemile WeeksMiami
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Second basemanJosh SatinCal
Green tickY
Third basemanBrett Wallace (2)Arizona State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Third basemanJeremie TiceCollege of Charleston
Green tickY
ShortstopGordon BeckhamGeorgia
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderSawyer CarrollKentucky
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderChris ShehanGeorgia Southern
Green tickY
Green tickY
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OutfielderBrian Van KirkOral Roberts
Green tickY
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OutfielderCollin CowgillKentucky
Green tickY
OutfielderBlake DeanLSU
Green tickY
27 career sacrifice flies (Division I Record)[4]
OutfielderTim FedroffNorth Carolina
Green tickY
OutfielderBryan MillerTroy
Green tickY
Designated hitterYonder AlonsoMiami
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Designated hitterBen CarlsonMissouri State
Green tickY
Utility playerIke DavisArizona State
Green tickY
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See also

References

  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. "Buster Posey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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