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 | Neal Heaton ♦ | Miami | 23 strikeouts in a single game (March 10, 1981, vs. Indiana State Sycamores, T-3rd in Division I),[3] NL All-Star[4] | ||||
| Pitcher | Steve Krueger | Arkansas | |||||
| Catcher | Scotti Madison | Vanderbilt | |||||
| First baseman | Keith Hagman | New Mexico | .551 batting average in a single season (1980) (Division I record (Min. 75 at-bats)),. 460 career batting average (2nd in Division I), 17 triples in a single season (1980) (Division I record) | ||||
| Second baseman | Tim Teufel | Clemson | |||||
| Third baseman | Jeff Smith | Delaware | |||||
| Shortstop | Dave Pagel | Central Michigan | |||||
| Outfielder | Terry Francona | Arizona | 2x World Series winner as manager of the Boston Red Sox[5] | ||||
| Outfielder | Dan Murphy | UNLV | |||||
| Outfielder | Mike Fuentes | Florida State | |||||
| Designated hitter | Matt Guldelfinger | Kansas |