1981 College Baseball All-America Team

1981 All-Americans included Bobby Meacham.

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 1981 to 1990, there were three generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America , and The Sporting News . In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least two of these.

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
B	Baseball America [2]
T	The Sporting News [3]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Consensus All-American – selected by all three organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by two organizations

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	#	A	B	T	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	Tony Arnold	Texas	2	Y	Y	—
Pitcher	Kendall Carter	Arizona State	1	—	Y	—
Pitcher	Neal Heaton	Miami (FL)	3	Y	Y	Y	Baseball America Pitcher of the Year
Pitcher	Mike Moore	Oral Roberts	1	—	—	Y	First overall pick in the 1981 MLB Draft
Pitcher	Frank Viola	St. John's	1	—	Y	—
Catcher	Frank Castro	Miami (FL)	1	—	—	Y
Catcher	Tom Nieto	Oral Roberts	2	Y	Y	—
First baseman	Phil Stephenson	Wichita State	3	Y	Y	Y
Second baseman	Bobby Doerrer	Southern Illinois	1	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Byron Horn	Eastern Michigan	1	Y	—	—
Second baseman	Jeff Ronk	California	1	—	Y	—
Shortstop	Dan Davidsmeier	USC	1	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Bobby Meacham	San Diego State	2	—	Y	Y
Third baseman	Tim Pyznarski	Eastern Illinois	1	—	—	Y
Third baseman	Mike Sodders	Arizona State	2	Y	Y	—	Baseball America Player of the Year
Outfielder	Joe Carter	Wichita State	2	—	Y	Y	The Sporting News Player of the Year
Outfielder	John Christensen	Cal State Fullerton	1	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Mike Fuentes	Florida State	2	Y	Y	—	Golden Spikes Award
Outfielder	Mark Gillaspie	Mississippi State	1	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Dave Leeper	USC	1	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Kevin McReynolds	Arkansas	1	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Kevin Romine	Arizona State	1	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Jeff Ledbetter	Florida State	1	—	—	Y
Designated hitter	Phil Strom	Utah	1	Y	—	—
Designated hitter	Franklin Stubbs	Virginia Tech	1	—	Y	—

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "1981 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
3. "What Happens to College All-America Selections?". SABR. 1982. Retrieved July 11, 2025.