2001 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]

2001 All-Americans included MLB All-Star Mark Prior.

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2001 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, 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 NCBWA Notes
Starting pitcherMark PriorUSC
Y
Y
Y
Y
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] 202 strikeouts in a single season (2001) (T-14th in Division I),[4] 2003 MLB All-Star[5]
Starting pitcherDewon BrazeltonMiddle Tennessee
Y
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherAaron Heilman (2)Notre Dame
Y
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherKirk SaarloosCal State Fullerton
Y
—
Y
—
Starting pitcherNoah LowryPepperdine
—
Y
—
—
Starting pitcherJustin PopeUCF
—
Y
Y
—
Starting pitcherShane KomineNebraska
—
—
Y
—
510 career strikeouts (5th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcherLee GronkiewiczSouth Carolina
Y
—
Y
Y
19 saves in a single season (2001) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcherCasey ShumakerJacksonville
—
—
—
Y
CatcherKelly ShoppachBaylor
Y
Y
Y
Y
Johnny Bench Award[2]
First basemanJohn Van BenschotenKent State
Y
Y
Y
Y
Made NCBWA team as UT[2] 31 HR in a single season (2001) (T-16th in Division I)[4]
First basemanDan JohnsonNebraska
—
—
—
Y
.791 career slugging percentage (T-16th in Division I)[4]
Second basemanChris O'RiordanStanford
Y
—
—
Y
Second basemanMichael WoodsSouthern
—
Y
Y
—
Third basemanJeff BakerClemson
—
Y
Y
—
Third basemanJake GautreauTulane
Y
Y
—
Y
Made BA team as DH[2]
ShortstopChris BurkeTennessee
—
Y
Y
Y
105 runs in a single season (2001) (T-11th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderJohn-Ford GriffinFlorida State
Y
Y
Y
Y
OutfielderJohn ColeNebraska
Y
Y
—
—
OutfielderShelley DuncanArizona
—
Y
Y
—
OutfielderJason LawMonmouth
Y
—
Y
—
OutfielderRyan BrunnerNorthern Iowa
—
—
Y
—
OutfielderBrian BaronUCLA
—
—
Y
Y
Designated hitterScott HenleyGeorgia Southern
Y
—
—
—
Utility playerCory SullivanWake Forest
—
Y
Y
Y
Made NCBWA team as OF[2]

See also

References
  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. "Mark Prior". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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