2007 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]

2007 All-Americans included 2008 Olympics Bronze Medalist Matt LaPorta (left) and 2x All-Star David Price (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2007 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 or Dick Howser Trophy 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	David Price	Vanderbilt	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA & BA POY, Collegiate Baseball Co-POY[2] Roger Clemens Award,[2] 1st overall pick in 2007 MLB Draft, 2x MLB All-Star (2010-2011)[4]
Starting pitcher	Adam Mills	Charlotte	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Jacob Thompson	Virginia	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Bryan Henry	Florida State	Y	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Preston Guilmet	Arizona	—	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Anthony Shawler	Old Dominion	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Brian Matusz	San Diego	—	—	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Casey Weathers	Vanderbilt	Y	Y	Y	—
Relief pitcher	Andrew Carignan	North Carolina	—	—	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Luke Prihoda	Sam Houston State	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Ed Easley	Mississippi State	Y	—	—	—	Johnny Bench Award[2]
Catcher	Sean Coughlin	Kentucky	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Matt Wieters (2)	Georgia Tech	—	Y	—	—
First baseman	Brett Wallace	Arizona State	—	Y	Y	Y
First baseman	Matt LaPorta (2)	Florida	Y	Y	—	—	Made BA team as DH,[2] 74 career home runs (9th in Division I),[5] Bronze Medal at 2008 Olympics[6]
Second baseman	Tony Thomas, Jr.	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Collegiate Baseball Co-POY
Third baseman	Pedro Alvarez (2)	Vanderbilt	—	Y	—	Y
Third baseman	Brandon Waring	Wofford	Y	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Todd Frazier	Rutgers	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Kyle Russell	Texas	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Robbie Widlansky	Florida Atlantic	Y	—	Y	Y
Outfielder	Dominic de la Osa	Vanderbilt	Y	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Kellen Kulbacki (2)	James Madison	—	Y	—	Y	2006 Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Outfielder	Grant Desme	Cal Poly	—	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Kiel Roling	Arizona State	Y	—	—	—
Designated hitter	Steven Hill	Stephen F. Austin	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter	Bobby Verbick	Sam Houston State	—	—	—	Y
Utility player	Joe Savery	Rice	Y	Y	Y	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.
"David Price". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
"Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
"Team USA takes bronze with 8-4 win". USA Baseball. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 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.

[4] "David Price". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[records-5] "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

[6] "Team USA takes bronze with 8-4 win". USA Baseball. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

2007 College Baseball All-America Team

Key

All-Americans

See also

References