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1986 College Baseball All-America Team

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1986 All-Americans included five-time MLB All-Star Matt Williams.

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.

The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1986 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).

Key

ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association
BA Baseball America
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point
Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

All-Americans

Position Name School ABCA BA Notes
Pitcher Greg Swindell Texas Green tickY Green tickY 1989 MLB All-Star, 14 career shutouts (Division I record), 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I), 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)
Pitcher Mike Loynd Florida State Green tickY Green tickY BA Pitcher of the Year, 223 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (3rd in Division I), 20 wins in a single season (1986) (T-Division I record)
Pitcher Rick Raether Miami Green tickY Green tickY
Pitcher Alex Sanchez Miami Green tickY
Pitcher Richie Lewis Florida State Green tickY 520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I), 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)
Catcher Doug Duke Alabama Green tickY Green tickY
First baseman Rick Bernardo Maine Green tickY
First baseman George Canale Virginia Tech Green tickY 76 career home runs (7th in Division I)
Second baseman Scott Cerny UC Santa Barbara Green tickY Green tickY
Second baseman Luis Alicea Florida State Green tickY
Third baseman Jeff King Arkansas Green tickY First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
Third baseman Robin Ventura Oklahoma State Green tickY NCAA record 58-game hit streak, 302 career RBI (7th in Division I), 107 runs in a single season (1986) (T-9th in Division I),. 792 career slugging percentage (T-14th in Division I),. 428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I), 2x MLB All-Star, 6x Gold Glove Award winner, Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics
Shortstop Matt Williams UNLV Green tickY Green tickY 5x All-Star, 4x Gold Glove Award winner, 4x Silver Slugger Award winner, 2001 World Series champion
Outfielder Casey Close Michigan Green tickY Green tickY BA POY
Outfielder Thomas Howard Ball State Green tickY Green tickY
Outfielder Gary Cooper (2) BYU Green tickY 320 career runs (2nd in Division I), 359 career hits (10th in Division I)
Outfielder Todd Azar Old Dominion Green tickY
Designated hitter Kevin Burdick Oklahoma Green tickY
Designated hitter Craig Cooper Georgia Southern Green tickY
Utility player Winfred Johnson East Carolina Green tickY Career .776 slugging percentage (22nd in Division I)

See also

References

  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "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. "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  6. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  7. AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  8. ^ "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  9. "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  10. ^ "Matt Williams". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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