2007 College Baseball All-America Team

2007 All-Americans included 2008 Olympics Bronze Medalist Matt LaPorta (left) and 2x All-Star David Price (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 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					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	UNC Charlotte
Starting pitcher	Jacob Thompson	Virginia
Starting pitcher	Bryan Henry	Florida State		—		—
Starting pitcher	Preston Guilmet	Arizona	—		—	—
Starting pitcher	Anthony Shawler	Old Dominion	—	—		—
Starting pitcher	Brian Matusz	San Diego	—	—	—
Relief pitcher	Casey Weathers	Vanderbilt				—
Relief pitcher	Andrew Carignan	North Carolina	—	—	—
Relief pitcher	Luke Prihoda	Sam Houston State	—	—	—
Catcher	Ed Easley	Mississippi State		—	—	—	Johnny Bench Award[2]
Catcher	Sean Coughlin	Kentucky	—	—	—
Catcher	Matt Wieters (2)	Georgia Tech	—		—	—
First baseman	Brett Wallace	Arizona State	—
First baseman	Matt LaPorta (2)	Florida			—	—	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					Collegiate Baseball Co-POY
Third baseman	Pedro Alvarez (2)	Vanderbilt	—		—
Third baseman	Brandon Waring	Wofford		—		—
Shortstop	Todd Frazier	Rutgers
Outfielder	Kyle Russell	Texas
Outfielder	Robbie Widlansky	Florida Atlantic		—
Outfielder	Dominic de la Osa	Vanderbilt		—		—
Outfielder	Kellen Kulbacki (2)	James Madison	—		—		2006 Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Outfielder	Grant Desme	Cal Poly	—		—	—
Designated hitter	Kiel Roling	Arizona State		—	—	—
Designated hitter	Steven Hill	Stephen F. Austin	—	—		—
Designated hitter	Bobby Verbick	Sam Houston State	—	—	—
Utility player	Joe Savery	Rice

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "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. "David Price". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
5. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
6. "Team USA takes bronze with 8-4 win". USA Baseball. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.