1998 College Baseball All-America Team

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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.

Contents

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

PositionNameSchool#ABCNSUOther awards and honors
Starting pitcher Jeff Austin Stanford 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Chuck Crowder Georgia Tech 1Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Seth Etherton USC 6Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Mike Fischer South Alabama 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher John Hendricks Wake Forest 1Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Jason Jennings Baylor 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Ryan Rupe Texas A&M 1Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Alex Santos Miami (FL) 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Jeff Weaver Fresno State 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Shane Wright Texas Tech 3Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Relief pitcher Josh Fogg Florida 3Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Relief pitcher Jack Krawczyk USC 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Catcher Josh Bard Texas Tech 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Catcher Brad Cresse LSU 1Green check.svg
Catcher Jeremy Salazar Florida State 1Green check.svg
Catcher Sammy Serrano Stetson 4Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
First baseman Eddy Furniss LSU 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Second baseman Xavier Nady California 1Green check.svg
Second baseman Jeff Pickler Tennessee 6Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Shortstop Adam Everett South Carolina 1Green check.svg
Shortstop Bobby Hill Miami (FL) 1Green check.svg
Shortstop Brian Roberts North Carolina 1Green check.svg
Shortstop / DH Damon Thames Rice 6Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Third baseman Andrew Beinbrink Arizona State 1Green check.svg
Third baseman Pat Burrell Miami (FL) 1Green check.svg
First overall pick in the 1998 MLB Draft
Third baseman Paul Day Long Beach State 4Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Third baseman Aubrey Huff Miami (FL) 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Third baseman Bo Robinson Charlotte 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Brian Cox Florida State 1Green check.svg
Outfielder Bubba Crosby Rice 4Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Mike Curry South Carolina 1Green check.svg
Outfielder James Matan Charlotte 2Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Kevin Mench Delaware 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Jeff Ryan Wichita State 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Eric Valent UCLA 3Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Brian Wiese Mississippi State 1Green check.svg
Designated hitter / 1B Pat Magness Wichita State 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Utility player Brandon Inge VCU 1Green check.svg
Utility player Brad Wilkerson Florida 5Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg

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.