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]
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point | |
| ♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
| width=10% | Position | width=15% | Name | width=15% | School | width=35% class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | Craig Swan | Arizona State | 47 career wins (T-5th in Division I) | ||||
| Pitcher | Dick Ruthven | Fresno State | 2x NL All-Star[3] | ||||
| Catcher | Ron Pruitt | Michigan State | |||||
| First baseman | Doug Ault | Texas Tech | |||||
| Second baseman | Rick Gremillion | Florida State | |||||
| Third baseman | Dave Roberts | Oregon | First overall pick in 1972 Major League Baseball Draft[4] | ||||
| Shortstop | Alan Bannister (2) ♦ | Arizona State | 13 triples in a single season (1971) (T-4th in Division I)[5] | ||||
| Outfielder | Paul Husband | Mississippi | |||||
| Outfielder | John Glenn | Arizona | |||||
| Outfielder | Fred Lynn ♦ | USC |