1957 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]

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]

Key

Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point
♦ Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

All-Americans

Position Name School Notes
PitcherEd DrapchoPenn State
PitcherDoug WeissCalifornia
CatcherElmer Kohorst (2)Notre Dame
First basemanFred FrickieAlabama
Second basemanKen TipperyMichigan
Third basemanMarsh McLeanAmherst
ShortstopDick Howser ♦Florida StateNamesake of Dick Howser Trophy & Florida State's Dick Howser Stadium, 1961 MLB All Star[3]
OutfielderJack DavisMissouri
OutfielderBill OlsonUSC
OutfielderTom ClarksonArizona

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners". NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dick Howser". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 13 April 2012.