1995 College Baseball All-America Team Explained

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 three different All-America selectors for the 1995 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).^[2]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association
BA	Baseball America
CB	Collegiate Baseball
	Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith 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^[3]

All-Americans

width=15%	Position	width=20%	Name	width=20%	School	width=5%	ABCA	width=5%	BA	width=5%	CB	width=30% class="unsortable"	Notes
Pitcher	Mark Redman	Oklahoma				2003 World Series Champion, 2006 MLB All-Star^[4]
Pitcher	Ted Silva	Cal State Fullerton
Pitcher	Matt Morris	Seton Hall				2x MLB All-Star^[5]
Pitcher	Scott Winchester	Clemson
Pitcher	Ryan Halla	Auburn				24 games started in a single season (1995) (Division I record)^[6]
Pitcher	Jonathan Johnson	Florida State
Pitcher	Kyle Peterson	Stanford				Baseball America Freshman of the Year
Pitcher	Jamey Price	Mississippi
Pitcher	Jay Tessmer	Miami				20 saves in a single season (1995) (T-6th in Division I)
Pitcher	Evan Thomas	FIU				220 strikeouts in a single season (1996) (4th in Division I)
Catcher	A. J. Hinch (2)	Stanford				Bronze Medal in 1996 Olympics^[7]
Catcher	Shane Gunderson	Minnesota
First baseman	Steve Hacker	Missouri State				37 home runs in a single season (1995) (5th in Division I)
Second baseman	Jason Totman	Texas Tech
Second baseman	Marlon Anderson	South Alabama
Third baseman		Texas Tech
Third baseman	Toby Kominek	Central Michigan
Shortstop	Gabe Alvarez	USC
Shortstop	Mark Bellhorn	Auburn				2004 World Series Champion^[8]
Shortstop	Jason Adams	Wichita State
Outfielder	Darin Erstad	Nebraska				1st overall pick in 1995 Major League Baseball Draft, 2002 World Series Champion, 2x MLB All-Star, 3x Gold Glove Award winner, 2000 Silver Slugger Award winner^[9]
Outfielder	Mark Kotsay	Cal State Fullerton				Made BA team as DH; Collegiate Baseball Co-POY
Outfielder	Jose Cruz, Jr. (2)	Rice				2003 Gold Glove Award winner^[10]
Outfielder	Geoff Jenkins	USC				2008 World Series Champion, 2003 MLB All-Star^[11]
Outfielder	Shane Monahan (2)	Clemson				137 hits in a single season (1994) (2nd in Division I)
Outfielder	Mark Wulfert	New Mexico
Designated hitter	Todd Tatlock	Indiana State
Designated hitter	John Curl	Texas A&M
Utility player	Todd Helton	Tennessee				Made BA team as 1B, ABCA & BA POY, CB Co-POY, 47 consecutive scoreless innings pitched (2nd in Division I), 4.83 H/9, 5x MLB All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger Award winner, 3x Gold Glove Award winner^[12]

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

Notes and References

1. Book: The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. B0037HO8MY. 495.
2. Web site: NCAA Baseball Award Winners. NCAA. 8 April 2012.
3. Web site: College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. College Baseball Hall of Fame. 12 April 2012.
4. Web site: Mark Redman. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
5. Web site: Matt Morris. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
6. Web site: Division I Record Book. NCAA. 14 April 2012.
7. Web site: A. J. Hinch. San Diego Padres. 9 April 2012.
8. Web site: Mark Bellhorn. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
9. Web site: Darin Erstad. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
10. Web site: Jose Cruz. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
11. Web site: Geoff Jenkins. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.
12. Web site: Todd Helton. Baseball-Reference. 9 April 2012.