2005 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 four different All-America selectors for the 2005 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).[2]

Key

ABCAAmerican Baseball Coaches Association
BABaseball America
CBCollegiate Baseball
NCBWANational Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy 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

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Starting pitcherLance BroadwayTCU
Starting pitcherLuke HochevarTennesseeRoger Clemens Award, 1st overall pick in 2006 MLB Draft[4]
Starting pitcherDallas BuckOregon State
Starting pitcherIan KennedyUSC
Starting pitcherMike PelfreyWichita State
Starting pitcherBrian BogusevicTulane
Starting pitcherCesar CarilloMiami24 consecutive wins (T-4th in Division I)[5]
Relief pitcherJ. Brent CoxTexas19 saves in a single season (2005) (T-15th in Division I)
Relief pitcherCraig HansenSt. John's
Relief pitcherNeil JamisonLong Beach State
Relief pitcherSteve KleenPepperdine
Relief pitcherErik MorrisonBall State
CatcherJeff ClementUSCJohnny Bench Award
CatcherBrad WillcuttSouthern Miss
First basemanMatt LaPortaFlorida74 career HR (9th in Division I), Bronze Medal at 2008 Olympics[6]
Second basemanCorey WimberleyAlcorn State.440 career batting average (T-9th in Division I)
Second basemanChris Campbell (baseball)College of Charleston355 career hits (T-12th in Division I)
Second basemanJim NegrychPittsburgh
Third basemanAlex Gordon (2)NebraskaABCA & Baseball America POY, 2011 Gold Glove Award[7]
ShortstopTyler GreeneGeorgia Tech
ShortstopSeth JohnstonTexas
OutfielderTrevor CroweArizona
OutfielderShane RobinsonFlorida StateCollegiate Baseball POY
OutfielderJacoby EllsburyOregon State2011 MLB All-Star, 2011 Gold Glove Award winner[8]
2011 Silver Slugger Award winner
OutfielderBrian PettwayMississippi
OutfielderBrett GardnerCollege of Charleston
OutfielderRyan PattersonLSU
Designated hitterRyan BraunMiami2011 NL MVP, 4x MLB All-Star (2008-2011)
4x Silver Slugger Award Winner (2008-2011)
2007 NL Rookie of the Year[9]
Designated hitterChris CarlsonNew Mexico
Designated hitterKris HarveyClemson
Utility playerMike CostanzoCoastal Carolina
Utility playerStephen Head (2)Mississippi

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. B0037HO8MY. 495.
  2. Web site: NCAA Baseball Award Winners. NCAA. 9 April 2012.
  3. Web site: College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. College Baseball Hall of Fame. 12 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Luke Hochevar. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
  5. Web site: Division I Record Book. NCAA. 14 April 2012.
  6. News: Team USA takes bronze with 8-4 win. 10 April 2012. USA Baseball. August 23, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120235/http://web.usabaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080823&content_id=35130&vkey=recap_usab. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Alex Gordon. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
  8. Web site: Jacoby Ellsbury. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
  9. Web site: Ryan Braun. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.