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 United States 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 two different All-America selectors for the 1982 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).[2]
Key
| ABCA | American Baseball Coaches Association[2] |
| BA | Baseball America[2] |
| Awarded the Golden Spikes 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 | Notes |
| Pitcher | Bryan Duquette | Hawaii |  | | |
| Pitcher | Randy Graham | Fresno State | | | |
| Pitcher | Jon Furman | Pepperdine | — | | |
| Pitcher | Don Heinkel | Wichita State | — | | 51 career wins (Division I record),[4] 39 career complete games[4] |
| Pitcher | Joe Kucharski | South Carolina | | — | |
| Pitcher | Bryan Oelkers | Wichita State | — | | BA Pitcher of the Year[2] |
| Catcher | Robbie Wine | Oklahoma State | | — | |
| Catcher | Charlie O'Brien | Wichita State | — | | |
| First baseman | Phil Stephenson (2) ♦ | Wichita State | | | Made BA team as DH,[2] 420 career runs (Division I record),[4] 418 career hits (Division I record),[4] 730 total bases (Division I record),[4] 206 career SB (Division I record),[4] 300 career BB (Division I record),[4] 91 career doubles (3rd in Division I),[4] 322 career RBI (3rd in Division I)[4] |
| First baseman | Steve Stanicek | Nebraska | — | | |
| Second baseman | Mark Wasinger | Old Dominion | | | |
| Third baseman | Keith Mucha | Oral Roberts | — | | |
| Third baseman | Jim Stewart | Virginia Tech | | — | |
| Shortstop | Augie Schmidt | New Orleans | | | |
| Outfielder | Jim Paciorek | Michigan | | | |
| Outfielder | John Morris | Seton Hall | | | |
| Outfielder | Jeff Ledbetter | Florida State | | | BA POY,[2] 346 career RBI (Division I record),[4] 97 career HR (2nd in Division I),[4] 704 career total bases (2nd in Division I),[4] 42 HR in a single season (1982) (2nd in Division I),[4] 273 total bases in a single season (1982) (2nd in Division I),[4] 124 RBI in a single season (1982) (4th in Division I)[4] |
| Designated hitter | Mike Rubel | Cal State Fullerton | | — |
See also
References
- ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ↑ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
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