2010 College Baseball All-America Team Explained

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans in 2010. The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).[1]

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[2]

All-Americans

PositionName SchoolABCABACBNCBWANotes
Starting pitcherDrew PomeranzMississippi
Starting pitcherChris SaleFlorida Gulf CoastCollegiate Baseball POY
Starting pitcherDanny Hultzen (2)Virginia
Starting pitcherMatt PurkeTCUBaseball America Freshman of the Year
Starting pitcherSeth BlairArizona State
Starting pitcherBarret LouxTexas A&M
Starting pitcherDaniel Bibona (2)UC Irvine
Starting pitcherAlex WimmersOhio State
Starting pitcherCole GreenTexas
Starting pitcherAnthony MeoCoastal Carolina
Relief pitcherChance RuffinTexas
Relief pitcherKevin AricoVirginia
Relief pitcherNeil HollandLouisville
CatcherYasmani GrandalMiami
First basemanHunter MorrisAuburn
First basemanPaul HoilmanEast Tennessee State
Zack MacPheeArizona State14 triples in a single season (2010) (3rd in Division I)[3]
Ryan WrightLouisville
Third basemanAnthony RendonRiceABCA and Baseball America POY
2009 Baseball America Freshman of the Year
Third basemanGarrett WittelsFIU
ShortstopChristian ColonCal State Fullerton
ShortstopRyan SoaresGeorge Mason
ShortstopJedd GyorkoWest Virginia
OutfielderGary BrownCal State Fullerton
OutfielderAlex DickersonIndiana
OutfielderChris DuffyUCFMade BA team as DH
OutfielderJeremy BaltzSt. John's
OutfielderMichael ChoiceTexas-Arlington
OutfielderTaylor DugasAlabama
OutfielderChad OberackerTennessee Tech
C. J. CronUtah
A.J. Kirby-JonesTennessee Tech
Utility playerKolbrin VitekBall State
Utility playerMike McGeeFlorida State

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Baseball Award Winners. NCAA. April 9, 2012.
  2. Web site: College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. College Baseball Hall of Fame. April 12, 2012.
  3. Web site: Division I Record Book. NCAA. April 14, 2012.