1999 College Baseball All-America Team

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  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.