1978 College Baseball All-America Team

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1978 All-Americans included 1988 NL MVP Kirk Gibson.

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1978 NCAA Division I 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 .

Contents

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

PositionNameSchool#ATOther awards and honors
Pitcher Bill Bordley USC 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Pitcher Rod Boxberger USC 1Green check.svg
Pitcher Greg Norris North Carolina 1Green check.svg
Catcher Chris Bando Arizona State 1Green check.svg
Catcher Dave Van Gorder USC 1Green check.svg
First baseman Ron Johnson Fresno State 1Green check.svg
First baseman Don Troyan St. John's 1Green check.svg
Second baseman Bob Horner Arizona State 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg

First overall pick in the 1978 MLB Draft
Shortstop Hubie Brooks Arizona State 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Shortstop Greg Cypret Missouri 1Green check.svg
Third baseman John Marquardt South Carolina 1Green check.svg
Third baseman Bill Springman Oral Roberts 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Kirk Gibson Michigan State 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Mark Johnston South Alabama 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Steve Michael Arizona State 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Dave Stieb Southern Illinois 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Mike Stenhouse Harvard 1Green check.svg
Designated hitter Steve Balboni Eckerd 1Green check.svg
Designated hitter Tim Lollar Arkansas 1Green check.svg

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

  1. "1978 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.