1999 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 1999 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=10%	Position	width=15%	Name	width=15%	School	width=5%	ABCA	width=5%	BA	width=5%	CB	width=30% class="unsortable"	Notes
Pitcher	Jay Gehrke	Pepperdine
Pitcher	Ben Sheets	Louisiana-Monroe				4x MLB All-Star[4]
Pitcher	Barry Zito	USC				2002 Cy Young Award, 3x MLB All-Star[5]
Pitcher	Todd Moser	FAU
Pitcher	Mario Ramos	Rice
Pitcher	Kurt Ainsworth	LSU
Pitcher	Mike MacDougal	Wake Forest				2003 All-Star[6]
Pitcher	Brendan Belanger	Texas
Catcher	Josh Bard (2)	Texas Tech
Catcher	Chad Sutter	Tulane				75 career HR (8th in Division I)[7]
First baseman	Ken Harvey	Nebraska				Made BA team as DH, 2004 MLB All-Star[8]
First baseman	Jon Palmieri	Wake Forest
Second baseman	Marshall McDougall	Florida State				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), 126 hits in a single season (1999), (T-9th in Division I), 242 total bases in a single season (1999), (10th in Division I), 104 runs in a single season (1999) (T-13th in Division I)
Third baseman	Ryan Gripp	Creighton
Third baseman	Xavier Nady	California
Third baseman	Hunter Bledsoe	Vanderbilt
Third baseman	Tagg Bozied	San Francisco
Shortstop	Willie Bloomquist	Arizona State
Outfielder	Daylan Holt	Texas A&M				34 HR in a single season (1999) (T-7th in Division I)
Outfielder	Spencer Oborn	Cal State Fullerton				Hit for the cycle twice in a single season (1998) (T-Division I record)
Outfielder	Keith Reed	Providence
Outfielder	Matt Cepicky	Missouri State
Outfielder	Matt Diaz	Florida State
Outfielder	Jeff Stallings	Oral Roberts
Designated hitter	Macky Waguespack	Southeastern Louisiana
Utility player	Jason Jennings	Baylor				ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY 2002 NL Rookie of the Year[10]

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: Ben Sheets. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
5. Web site: Barry Zito. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
6. Web site: Mike MacDougal. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
7. Web site: Division I Record Book. NCAA. 14 April 2012.
8. Web site: Ken Harvey. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
9. Web site: Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series. Baseball Almanac. 9 April 2012.
10. Web site: Jason Jennings. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.