2003 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]

2003 All-Americans included 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia (left) and 2005 AL Rookie of the Year Huston Street (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2003 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

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA	Baseball America[2]
CB	Collegiate Baseball[2]
NCBWA	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[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	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher	Jeff Niemann	Rice	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Stauffer (2)	Richmond	Y	—	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Scott Lewis	Ohio State	Y	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Jered Weaver	Long Beach State	Y	Y	Y	Y	213 strikeouts in a single season (2004) (6th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcher	David Marchbanks	South Carolina	—	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Vern Sterry	NC State	—	—	Y	—
Relief pitcher	Ryan Wagner	Houston	Y	Y	Y	—	16.8 K/9 in a single season (2003) (Division I record),[4] 4.83 career H/9 (3rd in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher	Huston Street	Texas	Y	—	—	—	2002 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[5] 41 career saves (T-8th in Division I),[4] 5.46 career H/9 (10th in Division I), 2005 AL Rookie of the Year[6]
Relief pitcher	Matt Dalton	Virginia Tech	—	—	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Steven Register	Auburn	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Ryan Garko	Stanford	Y	Y	Y	—	Johnny Bench Award[2]
Catcher	Landon Powell	South Carolina	—	—	—	Y
First baseman	Mike Aubrey	Tulane	Y	Y	—	—
First baseman	Billy Becher	New Mexico State	—	—	Y	Y	118 RBI in a single season (2003) (6th in Division I),[4] 32 HR in a single season (2003) (T-9th in Division I),.[4] 822 career slugging percentage (10th in Division I)[4]
Second baseman	Rickie Weeks (2)	Southern	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,.[2] 465 career batting average (Division I record),.[4] 927 career slugging percentage (Division I record),[4] 31 career triples (2nd in Division I),[4] 2011 MLB All-Star[7]
Third baseman	Jamie D'Antona	Wake Forest	Y	—	Y	Y
Third baseman	Brian Snyder	Stetson	—	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Dustin Pedroia	Arizona State	Y	—	Y	Y	34 doubles in a single season (2003) (T-7th in Division I),[4] 2008 AL MVP, 3x MLB All-Star,[8] 2x Gold Glove Award winner,[8] 2008 Silver Slugger Award winner,[8] 2007 AL Rookie of the Year[8]
Shortstop	Aaron Hill	LSU	—	Y	—	—	2009 MLB All-Star, 2009 Silver Slugger Award[9]
Outfielder	Dustin Majewski	Texas	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	David Murphy	Baylor	Y	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Brad Snyder	Ball State	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Jeremy Cleveland	North Carolina	Y	—	—	—
Outfielder	Clint King	Southern Miss	Y	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Michael Brown	William & Mary	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Josh Anderson	Eastern Kentucky	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Jordan Foster	Lamar	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Clint King	Southern Miss	—	—	—	Y
Designated hitter	Jeremy West	Arizona State	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	Ryan Gordon	UNC Greensboro	—	—	Y	—
Utility player	Mitch Maier	Toledo	Y	Y	—	—	Made BA team as DH[2]
Utility player	Scott Beerer	Texas A&M	—	Y	Y	—
Utility player	Beau Hearod	Alabama	—	—	—	Y

References

The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
"NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
"Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
"Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Huston Street". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Rickie Weeks". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Dustin Pedroia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Aaron Hill". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

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[1] The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.

[NCAA-2] "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[3] "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.

[records-4] "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

[5] "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[6] "Huston Street". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[Weeks-7] "Rickie Weeks". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[Pedroia-8] "Dustin Pedroia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[Hill-9] "Aaron Hill". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

2003 College Baseball All-America Team

Key

All-Americans

See also

References