2008 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]

2008 All-Americans included 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey (left) and Roger Clemens Award winner Aaron Crow (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2008 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

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA	Baseball America[2]
CB	Collegiate Baseball[2]
NCBWA	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[2]
	Awarded the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy 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

Position	Name	School	ABCA	BA	CB	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher	Aaron Crow	Missouri	Y	Y	Y	Y	Roger Clemens Award[2] 43 consecutive scoreless innings (T-4th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcher	Brian Matusz (2)	San Diego	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Stephen Strasburg	San Diego State	Y	Y	Y	Y	16.1 K/9 (3rd in Division I),[4] 5.33 H/9 (T-7th in Division I),[4] 23 strikeouts in a single game (March 11, 2008 vs. Utah Utes) (T-3rd in Division I),[4] 1st overall pick in 2010 Major League Baseball Draft[5]
Starting pitcher	Scott Gorgen	UC Irvine	Y	—	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Chris Hernandez	Miami	Y	—	Y	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Starting pitcher	Eric Arnett	Indiana	—	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Clubb	Missouri State	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Shooter Hunt	Tulane	—	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Rob Musgrave	Wichita State	—	Y	—	—
Relief pitcher	Scott Bittle	Mississippi	—	Y	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Joshua Fields	Georgia	—	—	Y	Y	41 career saves (T-8th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Andrew Cashner	TCU	Y	—	—	—
Relief pitcher	Tyler Conn	Southern Miss	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Buster Posey	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2] Johnny Bench Award,[2] 2010 NL Rookie of the Year[6]
First baseman	Justin Smoak	South Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y
Second baseman	Jemile Weeks	Miami	Y	—	Y	Y
Second baseman	Josh Satin	Cal	—	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Brett Wallace (2)	Arizona State	Y	Y	—	Y
Third baseman	Jeremie Tice	College of Charleston	—	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Gordon Beckham	Georgia	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Sawyer Carroll	Kentucky	—	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Chris Shehan	Georgia Southern	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Brian Van Kirk	Oral Roberts	Y	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Collin Cowgill	Kentucky	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Blake Dean	LSU	—	Y	—	—	27 career sacrifice flies (Division I Record)[4]
Outfielder	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina	Y	—	—	—
Outfielder	Bryan Miller	Troy	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Yonder Alonso	Miami	—	Y	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Ben Carlson	Missouri State	Y	—	—	—
Utility player	Ike Davis	Arizona State	Y	Y	Y	Y

References

The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
"NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
"Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
"1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Buster Posey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

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[1] The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.

[NCAA-2] "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[3] "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.

[records-4] "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

[5] "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[6] "Buster Posey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

2008 College Baseball All-America Team

Key

All-Americans

See also

References