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]

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
Starting pitcherKip BouknightSouth Carolina
Y
Y
Y
ABCA & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Starting pitcherLenny DiNardoStetson
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherJustin WayneStanford
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherJason AndersonIllinois
Y
—
—
Starting pitcherKyle CrowellHouston
—
Y
—
Starting pitcherAaron HeilmanNotre Dame
—
—
Y
Starting pitcherShane KomineNebraska
—
—
Y
Starting pitcherAdam JohnsonCal State Fullerton
—
—
Y
Relief pitcherCory ScottEast Carolina
Y
—
Y
22 saves in a single season (2000) (T-2nd in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcherCharlie ThamesTexas
—
Y
—
19 saves in a single season (2000) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
CatcherBrad CresseLSU
Y
Y
Y
Made BA team as designated hitter,[2] Johnny Bench Award,[2] 78 career HR (6th in Division I)[4]
CatcherDane SardinhaPepperdine
—
Y
—
First basemanTodd FaulknerAuburn
Y
Y
Y
Second basemanChase UtleyUCLA
Y
Y
—
5x All-Star,[5] 2008 World Series Champion,[5] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner[5]
Second basemanMatt EasterdayGeorgia Southern
—
—
Y
Third basemanMark TeixeiraGeorgia 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]
ShortstopTim HummelOld Dominion
—
Y
Y
ShortstopDarren FensterRutgers
Y
—
—
OutfielderGabe GrossAuburn
Y
Y
Y
OutfielderMitch JonesArizona State
Y
Y
Y
OutfielderBill ScottUCLA
Y
Y
Y
OutfielderFrank CorrStetson
Y
—
—
34 doubles in a single season (2000) (T-7th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderMike CampoPenn State
—
—
Y
OutfielderAl CorbeilFIU
—
—
Y
Designated hitterJason DuboisUNLV
Y
—
Y
Utility playerJeff BajenaruOklahoma
Y
—
—
20 saves in a single season (2000) (T-6th in Division I)[4]
Utility playerBen DigginsArizona
—
Y
—

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. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. "Chase Utley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. "Mark Teixeira". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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