2008 College Baseball All-America Team

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[edit]

ABCA  | American Baseball Coaches Association[2]

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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[edit]

Position | Name  | School | ABCA | BA | CB | NCBWA | Notes

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Starting pitcher | Aaron Crow | Missouri |

| Roger Clemens Award[2] 43 consecutive scoreless innings (T-4th in Division I)[4]
Starting pitcher | Brian Matusz (2) | San Diego |

Starting pitcher | Stephen Strasburg | San Diego State |

| 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 |

Starting pitcher | Chris Hernandez | Miami |

| Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Starting pitcher | Eric Arnett | Indiana |

Starting pitcher | Tim Clubb | Missouri State |

Starting pitcher | Shooter Hunt | Tulane |

Starting pitcher | Rob Musgrave | Wichita State |

Relief pitcher | Scott Bittle | Mississippi |

Relief pitcher | Joshua Fields | Georgia |

| 41 career saves (T-8th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher | Andrew Cashner | TCU |

Relief pitcher | Tyler Conn | Southern Miss |

Catcher | Buster Posey | Florida State |

| ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Johnny Bench Award,[2] 2010 NL Rookie of the Year[6]
First baseman | Justin Smoak | South Carolina |

Second baseman | Jemile Weeks | Miami |

Second baseman | Josh Satin | Cal |

Third baseman | Brett Wallace (2) | Arizona State |

Third baseman | Jeremie Tice | College of Charleston |

Shortstop | Gordon Beckham | Georgia |

Outfielder | Sawyer Carroll | Kentucky |

Outfielder | Chris Shehan | Georgia Southern |

Outfielder | Brian Van Kirk | Oral Roberts |

Outfielder | Collin Cowgill | Kentucky |

Outfielder | Blake Dean | LSU |

| 27 career sacrifice flies (Division I Record)[4]
Outfielder | Tim Fedroff | North Carolina |

Outfielder | Bryan Miller | Troy |

Designated hitter | Yonder Alonso | Miami |

Designated hitter | Ben Carlson | Missouri State |

Utility player | Ike Davis | Arizona State |

## See also[edit]

* Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495\. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
3. ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. ^ a b c d e f "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
5. ^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. ^ "Buster Posey". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

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2008 College Baseball All-America Team consensus selections

* P Aaron Crow
* P Scott Gorgen
* P Brian Matusz
* P Stephen Strasburg
* RP None
* C Buster Posey
* 1B Justin Smoak

* 2B Jemile Weeks
* 3B Brett Wallace
* SS Gordon Beckham
* O Sawyer Carroll
* O Chris Shehan
* DH Yonder Alonso
* U Ike Davis

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