2008 College Baseball All-America Team

2008 College Baseball
All-America Team
College Baseball All-America Team
2008 NCAA Division I baseball season
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2008 All-Americans included 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey (left) and Roger Clemens Award winner Aaron Crow (right).

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. In 2008, there were five recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and Rivals.com.

Key

A
 American Baseball Coaches Association[1]
B
 Baseball America[2]
C
 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper[3]
N
 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[4]
R
 Rivals.com[5]
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Unanimous All-American – selected by all 5 organizations
Consensus All-American – selected by 3 or 4 organizations

All-Americans

Position Name School Status # A B C N R Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher Tim Clubb Missouri State 1 — — Y — —
Starting pitcher Aaron Crow Missouri Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y
Starting pitcher Scott Gorgen UC Irvine Consensus 4 Y — Y Y Y
Starting pitcher Chris Hernandez Miami (FL) 2 Y — Y — —
Starting pitcher Shooter Hunt Tulane 1 — — — Y —
Starting pitcher Brian Matusz San Diego Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y
Starting pitcher Rob Musgrave Wichita State 1 — Y — — —
Starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg San Diego State Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y
Relief pitcher Scott Bittle Ole Miss Consensus 3 — Y — Y Y
Relief pitcher Andrew Cashner TCU 1 Y — — — —
Relief pitcher Tyler Conn Southern Miss 1 — — — Y —
Relief pitcher Josh Fields Georgia Consensus 3 — — Y Y Y
Catcher Buster Posey Florida State Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y





First baseman / DH Justin Smoak South Carolina Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y
Second baseman Josh Satin California 1 — Y — — —
Second baseman Jemile Weeks Miami (FL) Consensus 4 Y — Y Y Y
Shortstop Gordon Beckham Georgia Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y
Third baseman Jeremie Tice Charleston 1 — — Y — —
Third baseman Brett Wallace Arizona State Consensus 4 Y Y — Y Y
Outfielder Sawyer Carroll Kentucky Consensus 4 — Y Y Y Y
Outfielder Collin Cowgill Kentucky 1 — — — Y —
Outfielder Blake Dean LSU 1 — Y — — —
Outfielder Tim Fedroff North Carolina 2 Y — — — Y
Outfielder Brian Miller Troy 1 — — Y — —
Outfielder Chris Shehan Georgia Southern Consensus 3 Y Y — Y —
Outfielder Eric Thames Pepperdine 1 — — — — Y
Outfielder Brian Van Kirk Oral Roberts 2 Y — Y — —
Designated hitter Ben Carlson Missouri State 1 Y — — — —
Designated hitter / 1B Yonder Alonso Miami (FL) Consensus 4 — Y Y Y Y
Utility player Ike Davis Arizona State Unanimous 5 Y Y Y Y Y

See also

References

  1. ^ "2008 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "2008 First-Team College All-Americans". Baseball America. June 12, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "Louisville Slugger's All-America Baseball Teams". baseballnews.com. May 29, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  4. ^ "NCBWA Announces 2008 Pro-Line Athletic All-America Teams". sportswriters.net. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "2008 Rivals.com All-America teams". rivals.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
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