1999 College Baseball All-America Team

1999 All-Americans included 4x MLB All-Star Ben Sheets (left) and 2002 Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito (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 1999 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
Pitcher	Jay Gehrke	Pepperdine
Pitcher	Ben Sheets	Louisiana-Monroe				4x MLB All-Star[4]
Pitcher	Barry Zito	USC				2002 Cy Young Award,[5] 3x MLB All-Star[5]
Pitcher	Todd Moser	FAU		—
Pitcher	Mario Ramos	Rice		—
Pitcher	Kurt Ainsworth	LSU	—		—
Pitcher	Mike MacDougal	Wake Forest	—		—	2003 All-Star[6]
Pitcher	Brendan Belanger	Texas	—	—
Catcher	Josh Bard (2)	Texas Tech			—
Catcher	Chad Sutter	Tulane	—	—		75 career HR (8th in Division I)[7]
First baseman	Ken Harvey	Nebraska				Made BA team as DH,[2] 2004 MLB All-Star[8]
First baseman	Jon Palmieri	Wake Forest	—		—
Second baseman	Marshall McDougall	Florida State				1999 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[9] 6 HR, 16 RBI and 25 total bases in a single game (May 9, 1999 vs. Maryland Terrapins) (Division I records),[7] 126 hits in a single season (1999), (T-9th in Division I),[7] 242 total bases in a single season (1999), (10th in Division I),[7] 104 runs in a single season (1999) (T-13th in Division I)[7]
Third baseman	Ryan Gripp	Creighton		—	—
Third baseman	Xavier Nady	California	—		—
Third baseman	Hunter Bledsoe	Vanderbilt	—	—
Third baseman	Tagg Bozied	San Francisco	—	—
Shortstop	Willie Bloomquist	Arizona State
Outfielder	Daylan Holt	Texas A&M			—	34 HR in a single season (1999) (T-7th in Division I)[7]
Outfielder	Spencer Oborn	Cal State Fullerton		—		Hit for the cycle twice in a single season (1998) (T-Division I record)[7]
Outfielder	Keith Reed	Providence			—
Outfielder	Matt Cepicky	Missouri State	—
Outfielder	Matt Diaz	Florida State		—	—
Outfielder	Jeff Stallings	Oral Roberts	—	—
Designated hitter	Macky Waguespack	Southeastern Louisiana		—	—
Utility player	Jason Jennings	Baylor				ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2] 2002 NL Rookie of the Year[10]

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. "Ben Sheets". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
5. "Barry Zito". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "Mike MacDougal". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
7. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
8. "Ken Harvey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
9. "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
10. "Jason Jennings". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.