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 April 9, 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  5. "Mark Prior". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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