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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (NCBWA) – After two
rounds of voting by the organization, 75 baseball student-athletes
comprise the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's
21st Annual All-America first, second and third teams, as announced
on Wednesday.
Nineteen different conferences are represented and 11 conference
championships teams. The three All-America squads are also made
up of 14 conference players of the year, 10 conference pitchers
of the year winners and 10 first-round draft picks in the recent
Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Members of this year's team lead or are tied for the lead nationally
in 18 different categories, including batting average (Greg Cullen,
Niagara, .458), hits (Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist, 112), hits
per game (Ryan Ward, Bryant, 1.80), runs (Matt Sanders, Troy, 90),
runs per game (Sanders, 1.43), home runs (Spender Torkelson 25),
home runs per game (Bren Spillane, Illinois, 0.46), on-base percentage
(Cullen, .556), RBI (Chase Chambers, Tennessee Tech, 84), slugging
percentage (Spillane, .903), total bases (Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee
Tech, 184), hits allowed per nine innings (John Rooney, Hofstra,
4.83), strikeouts (Logan Gilbert, Stetson, 163), strikeout to walk
ratio (Clayton Andrews, Long Beach State, 35.8), victories (Luke
Heimlich, Oregon State, 16), ERA (Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss, 1.06),
saves (Chris Mauloni, Jacksonville; Brooks Wilson, Stetson, 20)
and WHIP (Sandlin, 0.71).
Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 1996-2017 have featured
the likes of P Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State, OF J.D. Drew
of Florida State, 1B Mark Teixeira of Georgia Tech, RHP Mark Prior
of Southern California, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern, 3B Alex
Gordon of Nebraska, P David Price of Vanderbilt, C Buster Posey
of Florida State, 3B Anthony Rendon of Rice, C Mike Zunino of Florida,
3B Kris Bryant of San Diego, P-1B A.J. Reed from Kentucky; OF Andrew
Benintendi from Arkansas, OF Seth Beer of Clemson and UTL Brendan
McKay from Louisville among others.
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2018 NCBWA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
| Pos. |
First Team |
School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Cl. |
Hometown |
| C |
Joey Bart |
Georgia Tech |
6-3 |
225 |
Jr. |
Buford, Ga. |
| 1B |
Bren Spillane |
Illinois |
6-5 |
210 |
Jr. |
Wheeling, Ill. |
| 1B |
Andrew Vaughn |
California |
6-1 |
214 |
So. |
Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| 2B |
Kody Clemens |
Texas |
6-2 |
185 |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
| 3B |
Jonathan India |
Florida |
6-0 |
200 |
Jr. |
Coral Springs,
Fla. |
| SS |
Terrin Vavra |
Minnesota |
6-0 |
190 |
Jr. |
Menomonie, Wis. |
| OF |
Devlin Granberg |
Dallas Baptist |
6-2 |
224 |
Sr. |
Hudson, Colo. |
| OF |
Seth Beer |
Clemson |
6-3 |
195 |
Jr. |
Suwanee, Ga. |
| OF |
Trevor Larnach |
Oregon State |
6-4 |
210 |
Jr. |
Pleasant Hill,
Calif. |
| OF |
Bryant Packard |
East Carolina |
6-3 |
210 |
So. |
Greenville, N.C. |
| DH |
Kevin Strohschein |
Tennessee Tech |
6-0 |
205 |
Jr. |
McDonough, Ga. |
| UT |
Brooks Wilson |
Stetson |
6-3 |
209 |
Sr. |
Lakeland, Fla. |
| SP |
Logan Gilbert |
Stetson |
6-6 |
225 |
Jr. |
Apopka, Fla. |
| SP |
Luke Heimlich |
Oregon State |
6-1 |
197 |
Sr. |
Puyallup, Wash. |
| SP |
Casey Mize |
Auburn |
6-3 |
220 |
Jr. |
Springville,
Ala. |
| SP |
Nick Sandlin |
Southern Miss |
5-11 |
170 |
Jr. |
Evans, Ga. |
| SP |
Brady Singer |
Florida |
6-5 |
210 |
Jr. |
Eustis, Fla. |
| SP |
Andre Pallante |
UC Irvine |
6-3 |
203 |
So. |
San Clemente,
Calif. |
| SP |
Blaine Knight |
Arkansas |
6-3 |
170 |
Jr. |
Bryant, Ark. |
| RP |
Michael Byrne |
Florida |
6-3 |
210 |
Jr. |
Orlando, Fla. |
| RP |
Nolan Hoffman |
Texas A&M |
6-4 |
190 |
Jr. |
Lincoln, Neb. |
| RP |
Seth Kinker |
Ohio State |
6-1 |
205 |
Sr. |
Huntington, W.
Va. |
| RP |
Jack Little |
Stanford |
6-4 |
190 |
So. |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
| RP |
Chris Mauloni |
Jacksonville |
6-2 |
205 |
Fr. |
Jacksonville,
Fla. |
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Second Team: C Alex Holderbach, Eastern Kentucky,
Jr.; 1B Chase Chambers, Tennessee Tech, Sr.; 2B
Nick Madrigal, Oregon State, Jr.; 3B Luke Reynolds,
Southern Miss, Jr.; 3B Josh Jung, Texas Tech, So.;
SS Greg Cullen, Niagara, Jr.; OF Matt Wallner, Southern
Miss, So.; OF Grant Little, Texas Tech, So.; OF
Steele Walker, Oklahoma, Jr.; OF Justin Dirden,
Southeast Missouri State, Jr.; DH Drew Millas, Missouri
State, So.; UT Clayton Andrews, Long Beach State,
Jr.; SP Kyle Brnovich, Elon, So.; SP Colton Eastman,
Cal State Fullerton, Jr.; SP Joey Murray, Kent State,
Jr.; SP Ryan Tapani, Creighton, Sr.; SP Travis Moths,
Tennessee Tech, Sr.; SP Sean Mooney, St. John’s,
So.; SP Adam Wolfe, Louisville, Jr.; RP Robert Broom,
Mercer, Jr.; RP Zach Schneider, Florida Atlantic,
Jr.; RP Ryley Gilliam, Clemson, Jr.; RP Ethan DeCaster,
Duke, Fr.; RP Jake Hohensee, Nebraska, Sr. |
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Third Team: C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State,
So.; C JJ Schwarz, Florida, Sr.; 1B Spencer Torkelson,
Arizona State, Fr.; 2B Chase Strumpf, UCLA, So.;
3B Alec Bohm, Wichita State, Jr.; SS David Garza,
Tennessee Tech, Sr.; SS Matt Sanders, Troy, Sr.;
OF Joey Denison, Troy, r-Sr.; OF Ryan Ward, Bryant,
r-Fr.; OF Josh Stowers, Louisville, Jr.; OF Brett
Kinneman, NC State, Jr.; OF Andrew Moritz, UNC Greensboro,
Jr.; DH Chase Cockrell, Ole Miss, Jr.; UT Aaron
Schunk, Georgia, So.; UT Matt Lloyd, Indiana, Jr.;
SP John Rooney, Hofstra, Jr.; SP Ryan Campbell,
UIC, Sr.; SP Chris Holba, East Carolina, Jr.; SP
Joey Gonzalez, Stetson, Jr.; SP Ryan Rolison, Ole
Miss, So.; SP Kris Bubic, Stanford, Jr.; SP Brian
Brown, NC State, Sr.; RP Parker Caracci, Ole Miss,
r-So.; RP Joe O’Donnell, NC State, r-Sr.; RP Jake
Mulholland, Oregon State, So.; RP Durbin Feltman,
TCU, Jr.; RP Clark Cota, UNCW, Jr. |
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Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of
college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and
publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit
the association's official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.
For more information on the NCAA Division I All-America team,
contact NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro of West
Virginia University at 304-293-2821.
Related link:
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NCBWA All-America Teams (2001-18)
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