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]

Key
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
Position Name School ABCA BA CB Notes
PitcherJay GehrkePepperdine
Y
Y
Y
PitcherBen SheetsLouisiana-Monroe
Y
Y
Y
4x MLB All-Star[4]
PitcherBarry ZitoUSC
Y
Y
Y
2002 Cy Young Award,[5] 3x MLB All-Star[5]
PitcherTodd MoserFAU
Y
—
Y
PitcherMario RamosRice
Y
—
Y
PitcherKurt AinsworthLSU
—
Y
—
PitcherMike MacDougalWake Forest
—
Y
—
2003 All-Star[6]
PitcherBrendan BelangerTexas
—
—
Y
CatcherJosh Bard (2)Texas Tech
Y
Y
—
CatcherChad SutterTulane
—
—
Y
75 career HR (8th in Division I)[7]
First basemanKen HarveyNebraska
Y
Y
Y
Made BA team as DH,[2] 2004 MLB All-Star[8]
First basemanJon PalmieriWake Forest
—
Y
—
Second basemanMarshall McDougallFlorida 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 basemanRyan GrippCreighton
Y
—
—
Third basemanXavier NadyCalifornia
—
Y
—
Third basemanHunter BledsoeVanderbilt
—
—
Y
Third basemanTagg BoziedSan Francisco
—
—
Y
ShortstopWillie BloomquistArizona State
Y
Y
Y
OutfielderDaylan HoltTexas A&M
Y
Y
—
34 HR in a single season (1999) (T-7th in Division I)[7]
OutfielderSpencer ObornCal State Fullerton
Y
—
Y
Hit for the cycle twice in a single season (1998) (T-Division I record)[7]
OutfielderKeith ReedProvidence
Y
Y
—
OutfielderMatt CepickyMissouri State
—
Y
Y
OutfielderMatt DiazFlorida State
Y
—
—
OutfielderJeff StallingsOral Roberts
—
—
Y
Designated hitterMacky WaguespackSoutheastern Louisiana
Y
—
—
Utility playerJason JenningsBaylor
Y
Y
Y
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
2002 NL Rookie of the Year[10]

See also

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