2000 College Baseball All-America Team

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

References

  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners". NCAA. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Division I Record Book". NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Chase Utley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Mark Teixeira". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.