1976 College Baseball All-America Team
National Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor
.An
athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]
From 1947 to 1980, the
NCAA.[2]
Key
| Player (x) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point |
| ♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
All-Americans
| Position | Name | School | Notes |
| Pitcher | Floyd Bannister ♦ | Arizona State | 186 innings pitched in a single season (1976) (Division I record), 1976 Major League Baseball Draft[5]
|
| Pitcher | Richard Wortham |
Texas | 50 career wins (2nd in Division I)[3] |
| Catcher | Jerry Willeford | Houston | |
| First baseman | Rick Honeycutt | Tennessee | 2× MLB All-Star[6] |
| Second baseman | Greg Vogel | Penn State | |
| Third baseman | Guillermo Bonilla |
Florida State | |
| Shortstop | Paul Molitor | Minnesota | MVP,[7] 1987 Hutch Award, 1993 Babe Ruth Award, 1997 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, 1998 Branch Rickey Award
|
| Outfielder | Ken Landreaux | Arizona State | 1980 AL All-Star[8] |
| Outfielder | Dave Stegman (2) | Arizona | |
| Outfielder | John Northrup | Central Michigan | |
| Designated hitter | Bill Ewing | Wyoming |
See also
References
- ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ "Floyd Bannister". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
- ^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ "Rick Honeycutt". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Paul Molitor". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
- ^ "Ken Landreaux". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.