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 | Earl Bass (2) | South Carolina | 23 consecutive wins (T-5th in Division I)[3] | ||||
| Pitcher | Jim Gideon (2) | Texas | 19 wins in a single season (1974) (T-3rd in Division I) | ||||
| Catcher | Rick Cerone | Seton Hall | |||||
| First baseman | Hank Small | South Carolina | |||||
| Second baseman | Randy Duarte | Iowa State | |||||
| Third baseman | Keith Moreland (2) | Texas | |||||
| Shortstop | Jerry Maddox | Arizona State | |||||
| Outfielder | Dennis Walling | Clemson | |||||
| Outfielder | Dave Stegman | Arizona | |||||
| Outfielder | Steve Kemp | USC | 1979 AL All-Star[4] | ||||
| Designated hitter | George Weicker | Davidson |