1998 College Baseball All-America Team

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 1991 to 1999, there were three generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, and the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.^[1]

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association^[2]
B	Baseball America^[1]
C	Collegiate Baseball Newspaper^[3]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Unanimous All-American – selected by all 3 organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by 2 organizations

Position	Name	School	Status	#	A	B	C	Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher	Jeff Austin	Stanford	Consensus	2	—	Y	Y	Baseball America Player of the Year
Starting pitcher	Seth Etherton	USC	Unanimous	3	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Mike Fisher	South Alabama	Consensus	2	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Alex Santos	Miami (FL)	Consensus	2	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Jeff Weaver	Fresno State		1	—	—	Y
Starting pitcher	Shane Wright	Texas Tech	Consensus	2	Y	—	Y
Relief pitcher	Josh Fogg	Florida	Consensus	2	—	Y	Y
Relief pitcher	Jack Krawczyk	USC	Consensus	2	Y	—	Y
Catcher	Josh Bard	Texas Tech		1	Y	—	—
Catcher	Sammy Serrano	Stetson	Consensus	2	—	Y	Y
First baseman	Eddy Furniss	LSU	Unanimous	3	Y	Y	Y	Dick Howser Trophy
Second baseman	Jeff Pickler	Tennessee	Unanimous	3	Y	Y	Y
Shortstop	Adam Everett	South Carolina		1	—	Y	—
Shortstop / DH	Damon Thames	Rice	Unanimous	3	Y	Y	Y	ABCA Player of the Year
Third baseman	Paul Day	Long Beach State		1	—	—	Y
Third baseman	Aubrey Huff	Miami (FL)		1	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Bo Robinson	Charlotte		1	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Brian Cox	Florida State		1	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Bubba Crosby	Rice	Consensus	2	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Mike Curry	South Carolina		1	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Kevin Mench	Delaware	Consensus	2	Y	—	Y	Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
Outfielder	Jeff Ryan	Wichita State	Consensus	2	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Eric Valent	UCLA	Consensus	2	—	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Pat Magness	Wichita State	Consensus	2	Y	—	Y
Utility player	Brandon Inge	VCU		1	Y	—	—
Utility player	Brad Wilkerson	Florida	Consensus	2	—	Y	Y	Rotary Smith Award

^ ^a ^b "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
^ "1998 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
^ "Louisville Slugger's All-America Baseball Teams". baseballnews.com. May 21, 1998. Archived from the original on September 16, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2025.