2018 College Baseball All-America Team

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This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I baseball season. The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).

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Key

ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
BA Baseball America [2]
CB Collegiate Baseball [3]
NCBWA National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [4]
*Consensus All-American (selected by 3 or more selectors)
Dagger-14-plain.pngAwarded the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy as national Player of the Year

All-Americans

PositionNameSchoolABCABACBNCBWANotes
Starting pitcher Logan Gilbert Stetson Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Luke Heimlich Oregon State Green check.svgGreen check.svg National Pitcher of the Year Award winner
Starting pitcher Sean Hjelle Kentucky Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Nolan Hoffman Texas A&M Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Tyler Holton Florida State Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Blaine Knight Arkansas Green check.svg
Starting pitcher Casey Mize * Auburn Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Andre Pallante UC Irvine Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher John Rooney Hofstra Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Nick Sandlin * Southern Miss Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Starting pitcher Brady Singer Dagger-14-plain.png* Florida Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg Dick Howser Trophy winner
Relief pitcher Michael Byrne * Florida Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg Stopper of the Year Award winner
Relief pitcher Jack Little * Stanford Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Relief pitcher Seth Kinker Ohio State Green check.svg
Relief pitcher Chris Mauloni Jacksonville Green check.svg
Relief pitcher Kenyon Yovan Oregon Green check.svg
Catcher Joey Bart * Georgia Tech Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg Johnny Bench Award winner
Catcher Adley Rutschman Oregon State Green check.svg
Catcher J. T. Thomas Mercer Green check.svg
First baseman Luken Baker Texas Christian Green check.svg
First baseman Bren Spillane * Illinois Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
First baseman Andrew Vaughn * California Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg Golden Spikes Award winner
Second baseman Kody Clemens * Texas Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Second baseman Nick Madrigal Oregon State Green check.svg
Third baseman Johnny Aiello Wake Forest Green check.svg
Third baseman Jonathan India * Florida Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Shortstop Greg Cullen Niagara Green check.svg
Shortstop Jeremy Eierman Missouri State Green check.svg
Shortstop Terrin Vavra * Minnesota Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Seth Beer * Clemson Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Griffin Conine Duke Green check.svg
Outfielder Devlin Granberg Dallas Baptist Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Niko Hulsizer Morehead State Green check.svg
Outfielder Trevor Larnach * Oregon State Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Outfielder Andrew Moritz UNC Greensboro Green check.svg
Outfielder Bryant Packard * East Carolina Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Designated hitter Kevin Strohschein * Tennessee Tech Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Utility player Kevin Milam Saint Mary's Green check.svg
Utility player Brooks Wilson * Stetson Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgSelected by CB as a relief pitcher
John Olerud Award winner

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