1999 College Baseball All-America Team

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]

1999 All-Americans included 4x MLB All-Star Ben Sheets (left) and 2002 Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito (right).

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1999 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).[2]

ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA Baseball America[2]
CB Collegiate Baseball[2]
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith Award as national Player of the Year[2]
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point[2]
Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame[3]

All-Americans

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Position Name School ABCA BA CB Notes
Pitcher Jay Gehrke Pepperdine
 Y
 Y
 Y
Pitcher Ben Sheets Louisiana-Monroe
 Y
 Y
 Y
4x MLB All-Star[4]
Pitcher Barry Zito USC
 Y
 Y
 Y
2002 Cy Young Award,[5] 3x MLB All-Star[5]
Pitcher Todd Moser FAU
 Y
 Y
Pitcher Mario Ramos Rice
 Y
 Y
Pitcher Kurt Ainsworth LSU
 Y
Pitcher Mike MacDougal Wake Forest
 Y
2003 All-Star[6]
Pitcher Brendan Belanger Texas
 Y
Catcher Josh Bard (2) Texas Tech
 Y
 Y
Catcher Chad Sutter Tulane
 Y
75 career HR (8th in Division I)[7]
First baseman Ken Harvey Nebraska
 Y
 Y
 Y
Made BA team as DH,[2] 2004 MLB All-Star[8]
First baseman Jon Palmieri Wake Forest
 Y
Second baseman Marshall McDougall Florida State
 Y
 Y
 Y
1999 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[9] 6 HR, 16 RBI and 25 total bases in a single game (May 9, 1999, vs. Maryland Terrapins) (Division I records),[7] 126 hits in a single season (1999), (T-9th in Division I),[7] 242 total bases in a single season (1999), (10th in Division I),[7] 104 runs in a single season (1999) (T-13th in Division I)[7]
Third baseman Ryan Gripp Creighton
 Y
Third baseman Xavier Nady California
 Y
Third baseman Hunter Bledsoe Vanderbilt
 Y
Third baseman Tagg Bozied San Francisco
 Y
Shortstop Willie Bloomquist Arizona State
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Daylan Holt Texas A&M
 Y
 Y
34 HR in a single season (1999) (T-7th in Division I)[7]
Outfielder Spencer Oborn Cal State Fullerton
 Y
 Y
Hit for the cycle twice in a single season (1998) (T-Division I record)[7]
Outfielder Keith Reed Providence
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Matt Cepicky Missouri State
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Matt Diaz Florida State
 Y
Outfielder Jeff Stallings Oral Roberts
 Y
Designated hitter Macky Waguespack Southeastern Louisiana
 Y
Utility player Jason Jennings Baylor
 Y
 Y
 Y
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
2002 NL Rookie of the Year[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "Ben Sheets". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Barry Zito". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "Mike MacDougal". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  8. ^ "Ken Harvey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  9. ^ "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  10. ^ "Jason Jennings". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.