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]
| Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year | ||
| 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 |
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| Pitcher | Derek Tatsuno ♦ | Hawaii | 22 wins in a single season (1979) (T-Division I Record),[3] 234 strikeouts in a single season (1979) (Division I record), 541 career strikeouts (2nd in Division I) | ||||
| Pitcher | Jerry Don Gleaton | Texas | |||||
| Catcher | Herb Orensky | Delaware | |||||
| First baseman | Tim Wallach ♦ | Cal State Fullerton | 5x MLB All-Star,[4] 3x Gold Glove Award winner, 2x Silver Slugger Award winner | ||||
| Second baseman | Mike Gates | Pepperdine | |||||
| Third baseman | Murphy Su'a | BYU | |||||
| Shortstop | Randy Ingle | Appalachian State | |||||
| Outfielder | Mark Seeger | Northern Arizona | |||||
| Outfielder | Mike Kelley | Mississippi State | |||||
| Outfielder | Rob Townley | Long Beach State | |||||
| Designated hitter | Mark Strucher | Georgia Southern |