1998 College Baseball All-America Team

1998 All-Americans included 2006 World Series champion Jeff Weaver (left) and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Brad Wilkerson (right).

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. In 1998, there were six generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America , the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper , the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, The Sporting News , and USA Today Baseball Weekly . In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least four of these.

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
B	Baseball America [2]
C	Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [3]
N	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [4]
S	The Sporting News
U	USA Today Baseball Weekly [5]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Consensus All-American – selected by all six organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by four organizations

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	#	A	B	C	N	S	U	Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher	Jeff Austin	Stanford	5	—	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Baseball America Player of the Year
Starting pitcher	Chuck Crowder	Georgia Tech	1	—	—	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Seth Etherton	USC	6	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	The Sporting News Player of the Year
Starting pitcher	Mike Fischer	South Alabama	2	Y	Y	—	—	—	—
Starting pitcher	John Hendricks	Wake Forest	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Jason Jennings	Baylor	2	—	—	—	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Ryan Rupe	Texas A&M	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Alex Santos	Miami (FL)	5	Y	Y	—	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Jeff Weaver	Fresno State	2	—	—	Y	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Shane Wright	Texas Tech	3	Y	—	Y	Y	—	—
Relief pitcher	Josh Fogg	Florida	3	—	Y	Y	Y	—	—
Relief pitcher	Jack Krawczyk	USC	5	Y	—	Y	Y	Y	Y
Catcher	Josh Bard	Texas Tech	2	Y	—	—	Y	—	—
Catcher	Brad Cresse	LSU	1	—	—	—	—	Y	—
Catcher	Jeremy Salazar	Florida State	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Catcher	Sammy Serrano	Stetson	4	—	Y	Y	Y	—	Y
First baseman	Eddy Furniss	LSU	5	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	—	Dick Howser Trophy
Second baseman	Xavier Nady	California	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Second baseman	Jeff Pickler	Tennessee	6	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Shortstop	Adam Everett	South Carolina	1	—	Y	—	—	—	—
Shortstop	Bobby Hill	Miami (FL)	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Shortstop	Brian Roberts	North Carolina	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Shortstop / DH	Damon Thames	Rice	6	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA Player of the Year
Third baseman	Andrew Beinbrink	Arizona State	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Pat Burrell	Miami (FL)	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—	Golden Spikes Award First overall pick in the 1998 MLB Draft
Third baseman	Paul Day	Long Beach State	4	—	—	Y	Y	Y	Y
Third baseman	Aubrey Huff	Miami (FL)	2	—	Y	—	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Bo Robinson	Charlotte	1	Y	—	—	—	—	—
Outfielder	Brian Cox	Florida State	1	Y	—	—	—	—	—
Outfielder	Bubba Crosby	Rice	4	Y	Y	—	Y	—	Y
Outfielder	Mike Curry	South Carolina	1	—	Y	—	—	—	—
Outfielder	James Matan	Charlotte	2	—	—	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Kevin Mench	Delaware	5	Y	—	Y	Y	Y	Y	Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
Outfielder	Jeff Ryan	Wichita State	5	Y	—	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	Eric Valent	UCLA	3	—	Y	Y	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Brian Wiese	Mississippi State	1	—	—	—	Y	—	—
Designated hitter / 1B	Pat Magness	Wichita State	5	Y	—	Y	Y	Y	Y
Utility player	Brandon Inge	VCU	1	Y	—	—	—	—	—
Utility player	Brad Wilkerson	Florida	5	—	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Rotary Smith Award

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

1. "1998 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
3. "Louisville Slugger's All-America Baseball Teams". baseballnews.com. May 21, 1998. Archived from the original on September 16, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
4. "NCBWA announces 1998 All-America teams". SECSports.com. May 30, 1998. Archived from the original on January 18, 2000. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
5. "Stat pack: These stars play by the numbers". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 5, 2002. Retrieved August 11, 2025.