2011 College Baseball All-America Team Explained

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans in 2011. 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

PositionNameSchoolABCABACBNCBWANotes
Starting pitcherUCLAABCA, BA, and CB POY, 4.81 hits per nine innings (12th in Division I),[3] 203 strikeouts in a single season (2011) (13th in Division I)
Starting pitcherVirginiaMade NCBWA team as Utility player
Starting pitcherTexas
Starting pitcherConnecticut
Starting pitcherFlorida State
Starting pitcherFresno State
Starting pitcherVanderbilt
Starting pitcherSouth Carolina
Starting pitcherTexas A&M
Relief pitcherTexas4.52 H/9 (9th in Division I)
Relief pitcherKansas State
Relief pitcherVirginia
Relief pitcherGonzaga
CatcherJames MadisonMade BA team as Designated hitter; Johnny Bench Award
CatcherFlorida
CatcherWichita State
First basemanUtah
Western Carolina
Hawaii
Third basemanVanderbilt
Third basemanTroy
Third basemanNorth CarolinaBaseball America Freshman of the Year
Third basemanCollege of Charleston
ShortstopClemson
ShortstopJames Madison
OutfielderDallas Baptist39 doubles in a single season (2011) (Division I record)
OutfielderGeorgia Southern
OutfielderConnecticut
OutfielderLouisiana State
Stony Brook
Arizona State
Presbyterian
Utility playerEvansville
Utility playerBo ReederEast Tennessee State

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Baseball Award Winners. NCAA. April 8, 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.