2008 All-Americans included 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey (left) and Roger Clemens Award winner Aaron Crow (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 four different All-America selectors for the 2008 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	Aaron Crow	Missouri	Y	Y	Y	Y	Roger Clemens Award[2] 43 consecutive scoreless innings (T-4th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcher	Brian Matusz (2)	San Diego	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Stephen Strasburg	San Diego State	Y	Y	Y	Y	16.1 K/9 (3rd in Division I),[4] 5.33 H/9 (T-7th in Division I),[4] 23 strikeouts in a single game (March 11, 2008 vs. Utah Utes) (T-3rd in Division I),[4] 1st overall pick in 2010 Major League Baseball Draft[5]
Starting pitcher	Scott Gorgen	UC Irvine	Y	—	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Chris Hernandez	Miami	Y	—	Y	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Starting pitcher	Eric Arnett	Indiana	—	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Clubb	Missouri State	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Shooter Hunt	Tulane	—	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Rob Musgrave	Wichita State	—	Y	—	—
Relief pitcher	Scott Bittle	Mississippi	—	Y	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Joshua Fields	Georgia	—	—	Y	Y	41 career saves (T-8th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Andrew Cashner	TCU	Y	—	—	—
Relief pitcher	Tyler Conn	Southern Miss	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Buster Posey	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2] Johnny Bench Award,[2] 2010 NL Rookie of the Year[6]
First baseman	Justin Smoak	South Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y
Second baseman	Jemile Weeks	Miami	Y	—	Y	Y
Second baseman	Josh Satin	Cal	—	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Brett Wallace (2)	Arizona State	Y	Y	—	Y
Third baseman	Jeremie Tice	College of Charleston	—	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Gordon Beckham	Georgia	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Sawyer Carroll	Kentucky	—	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Chris Shehan	Georgia Southern	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Brian Van Kirk	Oral Roberts	Y	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Collin Cowgill	Kentucky	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Blake Dean	LSU	—	Y	—	—	27 career sacrifice flies (Division I Record)[4]
Outfielder	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina	Y	—	—	—
Outfielder	Bryan Miller	Troy	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Yonder Alonso	Miami	—	Y	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Ben Carlson	Missouri State	Y	—	—	—
Utility player	Ike Davis	Arizona State	Y	Y	Y	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References