1970 College Baseball All-America Team

1970 All-Americans included National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Schmidt.

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. From 1964 to 1980, there were two generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association and The Sporting News .

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
T	The Sporting News [2]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Consensus All-American – selected by both organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by one organization

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	#	A	T	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	Steve Dunning	Stanford	1	—	Y	The Sporting News Player of the Year
Pitcher	Burt Hooton	Texas	1	Y	—
Pitcher	Brent Strom	USC	2	Y	Y
Catcher	Tom Harmon	Texas	1	—	Y
Catcher	Arnold Holtberg	Princeton	1	Y	—
First baseman	Doug Howard	BYU	1	Y	—
First baseman	Pete Varney	Harvard	1	—	Y
Second baseman	Dick Nichols	Florida State	1	—	Y
Second baseman	Dave Yates	Delaware	1	Y	—
Shortstop	Lee Richard	Southern	1	—	Y
Shortstop	Mike Schmidt	Ohio	1	Y	—
Third baseman	Dan Adams	Ole Miss	1	—	Y
Third baseman	Pete Duncan	Washington State	1	Y	—
Outfielder	Sam Ewing	Tennessee	2	Y	Y
Outfielder	Gene Hiser	Maryland	2	Y	Y
Outfielder	Dave Kingman	USC	1	—	Y
Outfielder	Steve Mikulic	Arizona	1	Y	—

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

1. "1970 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
2. "What Happens to College All-America Selections?". SABR. 1982. Retrieved July 11, 2025.