1997 College Baseball All-America Team

1997 All-Americans included six-time MLB All-Star Lance Berkman (left) and 2002 World Series MVP Troy Glaus (right).

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]

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1997 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).^[2]

Key

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	ABCA	BA	CB	Notes
Pitcher	Matt Anderson	Rice	Y	Y	Y	1st overall pick in 1997 MLB Draft[4]
Pitcher	Dan Reichert	Pacific	Y	Y	Y
Pitcher	Chris Enochs	West Virginia	Y	—	Y
Pitcher	Jason Gooding	Texas Tech	Y	—	Y
Pitcher	Jason Navarro	Tulane	Y	—	—
Pitcher	Clay Eason	North Carolina State	—	—	Y
Pitcher	Jim Parque	UCLA	—	Y	—
Pitcher	Kyle Peterson (2)	Stanford	—	Y	—
Pitcher	Ara Petrosian	Long Beach State	—	—	Y
Pitcher	Jeff Weaver	Fresno State	—	Y	—	2006 World Series Champion[5]
Catcher	Giuseppe Chiaramonte	Fresno State	Y	—	Y
Catcher	Matthew LeCroy	Clemson	—	Y	—
First baseman	Lance Berkman	Rice	Y	Y	Y	41 HR in a single season (1997) (3rd in Division I),[6] 134 RBI in a single season (1997) (2nd in Division I),[6] 263 total bases in a single season (1997) (4th in Division I),[6] 109 runs in a single season (1997) (T-6th in Division I),[6] 1.031 slugging percentage in a single season (1997) (8th in Division I),[6] 6x MLB All-Star,[7] 2011 World Series Champion,[7] 2011 NL Comeback Player of the Year[7]
Second baseman	Keith Ginter	Texas Tech	Y	—	Y
Second baseman	Tom Sergio	North Carolina State	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Pat Burrell (2)	Miami	Y	Y	Y	Made BA team as DH, 1996 CWS Most Outstanding Player,.[8] 886 career slugging percentage (3rd in Division I),.[6] 442 career batting average (8th in Division I),[6] 1st overall pick in 1998 MLB Draft,[9] 2008 World Series Champion,[10] 2010 World Series Champion[10]
Third baseman	Troy Glaus	UCLA	—	Y	—	34 HR in a single season (1997) (T-7th in Division I),[6] 4x MLB All-Star,[11] 3x Silver Slugger Award winner[11] 2002 World Series Champion,[11] 2002 World Series MVP[11]
Shortstop	Brandon Larson	LSU	Y	Y	—	40 HR in a single season (1997) (4th in Division I),[6] 118 RBI in a single season (1997) (T-6th in Division I),[6] 250 total bases in a single season (1997) (T-6th in Division I),[6]
Shortstop	Adam Kennedy	Cal State Northridge	—	—	Y	254 total bases in a single season (1997) (5th in Division I),[6] 2002 World Series Champion[12]
Outfielder	J.D. Drew (2)	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] Only Division I player with at least 30 HR and 30 SB in a single season (1997),[6] 110 runs in a single season (1997) (T-4th in Division I),[6] 31 HR in a single season (T-16th in Division I),[6] 2008 MLB All-Star,[13] 2007 World Series Champion[13]
Outfielder	Jeff Guiel (2)	Oklahoma State	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Mike Marchiano	Fordham	Y	—	Y	1.034 slugging percentage in a single season (1997) (6th in Division I),.[6] 793 career slugging percentage (13th in Division I)[6]
Outfielder	Roberto Vaz	Alabama	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Jeremy Morris	Florida State	—	Y	—	36 doubles in a single season (1996) (T-2nd in Division I),[6]
Outfielder	Brad Wilkerson ♦	Florida	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Ryan Bordernick	South Carolina	Y	—	—
Utility player	Tim Hudson	Auburn	Y	Y	Y	3x MLB All-Star[14] 2010 NL Comeback Player of the Year,[14] 2011 Hutch Award[14]
Utility player	Mike Frank	Santa Clara	—	—	Y
Utility player	Mark Maberry	Tennessee Tech	—	—	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References