2006 College Baseball All-America Team

2006 All-Americans included 2011 World Series MVP David Freese (left) and 2x Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum (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 2006 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 Eddie Degerman Rice
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Starting pitcher Brad Lincoln Houston
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Made BA & CB teams as UT,[2] Made NCBWA team as DH[2]
ABCA POY[2]
Starting pitcher Andrew Miller North Carolina
Green tickY
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Baseball America POY,[2] Roger Clemens Award,[2] Hit 7 batters in a single game (April 1, 2005 vs. Virginia Cavaliers) (T-Division I record)[4]
Starting pitcher Wes Roemer Cal State Fullerton
Green tickY
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Starting pitcher Tim Lincecum Washington
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2x Cy Young Award winner, 4x MLB All-Star (2008-2011)[5]
Starting pitcher Wade LeBlanc Alabama
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Starting pitcher Nick Schmidt Arkansas
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Relief pitcher Don Czyz Kansas
Green tickY
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19 saves in a single season (2006) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher Cole St. Clair Rice
Green tickY
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Catcher Michael McKenry Middle Tennessee
Green tickY
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Catcher Matt Wieters Georgia Tech
Green tickY
Catcher Matt McBride Lehigh
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First baseman Ryan Strieby Kentucky
Green tickY
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Made BA team as Designated Hitter[2]
First baseman Mark Hamilton Tulane
Green tickY
First baseman Andy D'Allesio Clemson
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Second baseman Jim Negrych (2) Pittsburgh
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Second baseman Justin Turner Cal State Fullerton
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Second baseman Drew Saylor Kent State
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Third baseman Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt
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Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Third baseman Ronnie Bourquin Ohio State
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Third baseman David Freese South Alabama
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2011 World Series MVP, 2011 World Series Champion[6]
2011 NLCS MVP[6]
Third baseman Tyler Mach Oklahoma State
Green tickY
Shortstop Tom King Troy
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35 doubles in a single season (2006) (T-5th in Division I)[4]
Shortstop Ryan Khoury Utah
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Shortstop Brian Friday Rice
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Outfielder Kellen Kulbacki James Madison
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Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Outfielder Cole Gillespie Oregon State
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Outfielder Jacob Dempsey Winthrop
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Outfielder Tyler Colvin Clemson
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Outfielder Mike Goetz Milwaukee
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.428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder Drew Holder Dallas Baptist
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Designated hitter Chris Carlson New Mexico
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See also

References

  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 l m n o "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. ^ a b c d "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  5. ^ "Tim Lincecum". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. ^ a b "David Freese". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.