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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (NCBWA) – After two
rounds of voting by the organization, 71 baseball student-athletes
comprise the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s
22nd Annual All-America first, second and third
teams, as announced
on Wednesday.
Twenty-one different conferences are represented with nine conference
championship teams included. The three
All-America squads are
also made up of 14 conference players of the year, 12 conference
pitchers of the year
winners and 12 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 16 different categories, including batting
average (Keston
Hiura, UC Irvine, .442), hits per game (Adam Groesbeck, Air Force,
1.82), home runs (Jake
Adams, Iowa, 29), home runs per game (Adams,
Iowa, 0.48), on-base percentage (Hiura, UC Irvine, .567), RBI
per game (Niko Hulszier, Morehead State, 1.39), slugging percentage
(Brent Rooker, Mississippi State, .810),
total bases (Rooker,
Mississippi State, 201), walks (Seth Beer, Clemson, 2016 Dick Howser
Trophy recipient,
64), walks per game (D.J. Artis, Liberty, 1.19),
doubles (Rooker, Mississippi State, 30), hits allowed per nine
innings (Wyatt Marks, Louisiana, 4.40), strikeouts (JP Sears, The
Citadel, 142), strikeout to walk ratio (Casey
Mize, Auburn, 12.11),
strikeouts per nine innings (Marks, Louisiana, 15.17) and victories
(Jake Thompson,
Oregon State, 14).
Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 1996-2016 have featured
the likes of P Stephen Strasburg of San
Diego State, OF J.D.
Drew of Florida State, P-DH Jason Jennings of Baylor, 1B Mark Teixeira
of Georgia Tech,
RHP Mark Prior of Southern California, SS Khalil
Greene of Clemson, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern, 3B
Alex Gordon
of Nebraska, P David Price of Vanderbilt, P-DH Brad Lincoln of Houston,
C Buster Posey of
Florida State, catcher Mike Zunino of Florida,
3B Kris Bryant of San Diego, P-1B A.J. Reed from Kentucky; OF
Andrew Benintendi from Arkansas, OF Beer among others.
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2017 NCBWA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
| Pos. |
First Team |
School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Cl. |
Hometown |
| C |
Riley Adams |
San Diego |
6-4 |
225 |
Jr. |
Encinitas, Calif. |
| 1B |
Brent Rooker |
Mississippi State |
6-4 |
220 |
r-Jr. |
Germantown, Tenn. |
| 2B |
Braden Shewmake |
Texas A&M |
6-4 |
180 |
Fr. |
Wylie, Texas |
| 3B |
Jake Burger |
Missouri State |
6-2 |
210 |
Jr. |
Chesterfield,
Mo. |
| SS |
Jeremy Eierman |
Missouri State |
6-1 |
205 |
So. |
Warsaw, Mo. |
| OF |
Greg Deichmann |
LSU |
6-2 |
209 |
Jr. |
Metairie, La. |
| OF |
Stuart Fairchild |
Wake Forest |
6-0 |
205 |
Jr. |
Seattle, Wash. |
| OF |
Niko Hulsizer |
Morehead State |
6-1 |
210 |
So. |
Mohnton, Pa. |
| OF |
Matt Wallner |
Southern Miss |
6-5 |
220 |
Fr. |
Forest Lake,
Minn. |
| DH |
Keston Hiura |
UC Irvine |
5-11 |
190 |
Jr. |
Valencia, Calif. |
| UT |
Brendan McKay |
Louisville |
6-2 |
220 |
Jr. |
Darlington, Pa. |
| SP |
J.B. Bukauskas |
North Carolina |
6-0 |
201 |
Jr. |
Ashburn, Va. |
| SP |
Trey Cumbie |
Houston |
6-2 |
206 |
So. |
Lufkin, Texas |
| SP |
David Peterson |
Oregon |
6-3 |
235 |
Jr. |
Denver, Colo. |
| SP |
Jake Thompson |
Oregon State |
6-2 |
201 |
r-Jr. |
Florence, Ore. |
| RP |
Michael Byrne |
Florida |
6-2 |
205 |
So. |
Orlando, Fla. |
| RP |
Lincoln
Henzman |
Louisville |
6-2 |
205 |
Jr. |
Lexington, Ky. |
| RP |
Josh Hiatt |
North Carolina |
5-11 |
176 |
r-Fr. |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| RP |
Colton Hock |
Stanford |
6-5 |
235 |
Jr. |
Bloomsburg, Pa. |
| RP |
Kenyon Yovan |
Oregon |
6-3 |
222 |
Fr. |
Beaverton, Ore. |
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Second Team: C Ben Breazeale, Wake Forest,
Sr.; 1B Jake Adams, Iowa, Jr.; 2B Riley Mahan, Kentucky,
Jr.; 3B Drew Ellis, Louisville, Jr.; SS Jake Scheiner,
Houston, Jr.; OF Seth Beer, Clemson, So.; OF Adam
Groesbeck, Air Force, Sr.; OF Brandon Gutzler, Murray
State, r-Jr.; DH Alfonso Rivas, Arizona, So.; UT
Adam Haseley, Virginia, Jr.; SP Cory Abbott, Loyola
Marymount, Jr.; SP Miguel Ausua, Oral Roberts, Jr.;
SP Griffin Canning, UCLA, Jr.; SP Alex Faedo, Florida,
Jr.; SP Logan Gilbert, Stetson, So.; SP Jared Janczak,
TCU, r-So.; SP Alex Lange, LSU, Jr.; RP Ross Learnard,
Purdue, Jr.; RP Wyatt Marks, Louisiana, Jr.; RP
Troy Montemayor, Baylor, Jr.; RP Jake Mulholland,
Oregon State, Fr.; RP Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss,
So. |
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Third Team: C Evan Skoug, TCU, Jr.; C Travis
Watkins, East Carolina, r-Sr.; 1B Ben Fisher, Eastern
Kentucky, Sr.; 2B Carson Crites, Southeastern Louisiana,
Sr.; 3B Carl Stajduhar, New Mexico, Jr.; SS Logan
Warmoth, North Carolina, Jr.; Nick Madrigal, Oregon
State, So.; OF D.J. Artis, Liberty, So.; OF Bryce
Bowman, Western Carolina, r-So.; OF Noah Cummings,
Oral Roberts, Jr.; OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt,
Jr.; OF Brian Miller, North Carolina, Jr.; DH Ryan
Flick, Tennessee Tech, Jr.; UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska,
Jr.; UT Braden Zarbnisky, West Virginia, So.; SP
Drew Hemmerich, Norfolk State, Sr.; SP Brigham Hill,
Texas A&M, Jr.; SP Tyler Holton, Florida State,
So.; SP Gunner Leger, Louisiana, Jr.; SP Casey Mize,
Auburn, So.; SP Sean Mooney, St. John’s, Fr.; SP
JP Sears, The Citadel, Jr.; SP Bryan Shaffer, Maryland,
Jr.; RP Sam Bordner, Louisville, So.; RP Tommy Doyle,
Virginia, Sr.; #RP Alex Padilla, UIC, r-So.; RP
Spencer Price, Mississippi State, So.; RP Logan
Salow, Kentucky, Sr. |
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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.p>
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 (2001-2017)
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