2002 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]
The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2002 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
All-Americans
| Position |
Name |
School |
ABCA |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
Notes |
| Starting pitcher | Bryan Bullington | Ball State |  Y | Y | Y | Y | 1st overall pick in 2002 MLB Draft[4] |
| Starting pitcher | Brad Sullivan | Houston | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Starting pitcher | Jeremy Guthrie | Stanford | Y | Y | Y | — | |
| Starting pitcher | Justin Simmons | Texas | Y | — | Y | Y | |
| Starting pitcher | Tim Stauffer | Richmond | — | Y | Y | Y | |
| Starting pitcher | Dave Bush | Wake Forest | Y | — | Y | — | 38 career saves (T-12th in Division I),[5] 2003 MLB All-Star[6] |
| Relief pitcher | Blake Taylor | South Carolina | Y | — | — | Y | 21 saves in a single season (2002) (T-4th in Division I)[5] |
| Relief pitcher | Royce Ring | San Diego State | — | Y | — | Y | |
| Relief pitcher | John Tetuan | Wichita State | — | — | Y | — | |
| Catcher | Jed Morris | Nebraska | Y | — | Y | Y | |
| Catcher | Tony Richie | Florida State | — | Y | — | — | |
| First baseman | Yaron Peters | South Carolina | Y | Y | — | — | |
| First baseman | Nate Gold | Gonzaga | — | — | Y | — | 33 HR in a single season (2002) (T-9th in Division I)[5] |
| First baseman | Vincent Sinisi | Rice | — | — | — | Y | |
| Second baseman | Rickie Weeks | Southern | Y | Y | Y | Y | Made BA team as Designated hitter,.[2] 465 career batting average (Division I record),.[5] 927 career slugging percentage (Division I record),[5] 31 career triples (2nd in Division I),[5] 2011 MLB All-Star[7] |
| Second baseman | Russ Adams | North Carolina | — | Y | — | — | |
| Third baseman | Jeff Baker (2) | Clemson | — | Y | — | Y | |
| Third baseman | Ryan Barthelemy | Florida State | Y | — | Y | — | |
| Shortstop | Khalil Greene | Clemson | Y | Y | Y | Y | ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] 403 career hits (2nd in Division I),[5] 95 career doubles (2nd in Division I),[5] 668 career total bases (4th in Division I),[5] 134 hits in a single season (2002) (T-5th in Division I),[5] 250 total bases in a single season (2002) (T-6th in Division I)[5] |
| Outfielder | Steve Stanley | Notre Dame | Y | Y | Y | Y | 385 career hits (3rd in Division I)[5] |
| Outfielder | Bob Malek | Michigan State | Y | Y | Y | — | |
| Outfielder | Vito Chiaravalloti | Richmond | — | — | — | Y | |
| Outfielder | Sam Fuld | Stanford | Y | Y | — | — | 356 career hits (11th in Division I)[5] |
| Outfielder | Joey Gomes | Santa Clara | — | — | Y | — | |
| Outfielder | Ryan Kenning | New Mexico State | — | — | — | Y | |
| Outfielder | Jeff Leise | Nebraska | Y | — | — | — | |
| Designated hitter | David Trujillo | UNLV | Y | — | — | — | |
| Designated hitter | Gabe Veloz | New Mexico State | — | — | Y | — | |
| Utility player | Jesse Crain | Houston | — | Y | — | — | |
| Utility player | Chris Maples | North Carolina | — | — | Y | — | |
| Utility player | John McCurdy | Maryland | — | — | — | Y | |
See also
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