2000 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]

2000 All-Americans included four-time MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira (left) and five-time MLB All-Star Chase Utley (right).

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 2000 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
Starting pitcher Kip Bouknight South Carolina
 Y
 Y
 Y
ABCA & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Starting pitcher Lenny DiNardo Stetson
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Justin Wayne Stanford
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Jason Anderson Illinois
 Y
Starting pitcher Kyle Crowell Houston
 Y
Starting pitcher Aaron Heilman Notre Dame
 Y
Starting pitcher Shane Komine Nebraska
 Y
Starting pitcher Adam Johnson Cal State Fullerton
 Y
Relief pitcher Cory Scott East Carolina
 Y
 Y
22 saves in a single season (2000) (T-2nd in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher Charlie Thames Texas
 Y
19 saves in a single season (2000) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Catcher Brad Cresse LSU
 Y
 Y
 Y
Made BA team as designated hitter,[2] Johnny Bench Award,[2] 78 career HR (6th in Division I)[4]
Catcher Dane Sardinha Pepperdine
 Y
First baseman Todd Faulkner Auburn
 Y
 Y
 Y
Second baseman Chase Utley UCLA
 Y
 Y
5x All-Star,[5] 2008 World Series Champion,[5] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner[5]
Second baseman Matt Easterday Georgia Southern
 Y
Third baseman Mark Teixeira Georgia Tech
 Y
 Y
 Y
Baseball America POY,[2] 104 career runs in a single season (2000) (T-13th in Division I),[4] 2x MLB All-Star,[6] 2009 World Series Champion,[6] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[6] 3x Silver Slugger Award winner[6]
Shortstop Tim Hummel Old Dominion
 Y
 Y
Shortstop Darren Fenster Rutgers
 Y
Outfielder Gabe Gross Auburn
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Mitch Jones Arizona State
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Bill Scott UCLA
 Y
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Frank Corr Stetson
 Y
34 doubles in a single season (2000) (T-7th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder Mike Campo Penn State
 Y
Outfielder Al Corbeil FIU
 Y
Designated hitter Jason Dubois UNLV
 Y
 Y
Utility player Jeff Bajenaru Oklahoma
 Y
20 saves in a single season (2000) (T-6th in Division I)[4]
Utility player Ben Diggins Arizona
 Y

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 i j "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. ^ a b c d e f "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Chase Utley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Mark Teixeira". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.