1993 College Baseball All-America Team

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An

Collegiate Baseball selects All-American, Freshman All-American and High School All-American teams.[3] Baseball America magazine selects pre-season and post-season All-American teams and College Player of the Year honorees.[4][5]

Various organizations selected All-American lists of the best players for the 1993 NCAA Division I college baseball season. The ABCA, the magazine Baseball America, and Collegiate Baseball were the NCAA-sanctioned selectors.[6] This list only includes players selected to the post-season All-American first team for each selector. However, many All-American selections choose second, third, etc. teams from the remaining eligible candidates.

Accomplishments

The 1993 All-American class featured three

.

Kieschnick was both a 1991 and 1992 selection.[6] He won the 1992 & 1993 Dick Howser Trophy, while Varitek won it in 1994.[7] Varitek was honored by all three selectors in 1992 and 1994 and was player of the year in 1994. Walker, who won the 1993 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[8] was selected by all three organizations in 1994. Darren Dreifort repeated as a selection from the 1992 team. He won the 1993 Rotary Smith Award and the 1993 Golden Spikes Award, and Varitek won both awards in 1994.[9][10] Both Arizona State and Texas A&M had two players included on the team.

Walker led the

bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.039), but surrendered the most home runs (39).[16] That season, he was a member of the inaugural Arizona Diamondbacks roster. He was also a member of the Diamondbacks' 2001 World Series Championship team along with 1993 All-American Troy Brohawn.[16][17]

Key

ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association[7]
BA Baseball America[7]
CB
Collegiate Baseball[7]
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith Award as national Player of the Year[7]
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point[7]
Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame[18]

All-Americans

Below are the Division I players selected to the various NCAA-sanctioned lists.[19] The default list order is arranged by the position numbers used by official baseball scorekeepers (i.e., 1 – pitcher, 2 – catcher, etc.).

Position Name School ABCA BA CB Notes
Pitcher Darren Dreifort (2) ♦ Wichita State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Pitcher Dan Choi
Long Beach State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Pitcher Brian Anderson Wright State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
2001 World Series champion
Pitcher Jeff Granger Texas A&M
Green tickY
Green tickY
Pitcher Scott Christman Oregon State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Pitcher John Powell Auburn
Green tickY
602 career
strikeouts (Division I record)[20]
Pitcher Troy Brohawn Nebraska
Green tickY
2001 World Series champion
Pitcher Thad Chrismon North Carolina
Green tickY
41 career saves (8th in Division I),[20] 141 games (3rd in Division I)[20]
Pitcher Paul Thornton Georgia Southern
Green tickY
Catcher Jason Varitek (2) Georgia Tech
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
no-hitters[14]
First baseman Ryan McGuire UCLA
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Second baseman Todd Walker LSU
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
1993 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[8]
Third baseman Antonio Fernandez New Mexico
Green tickY
Third baseman Antone Williamson Arizona State
Green tickY
Third baseman George Arias Arizona
Green tickY
Shortstop Mark Loretta Northwestern
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Silver Slugger-winner[12]
Outfielder Eric Danapilis Notre Dame
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Outfielder Marc Sagmoen Nebraska
Green tickY
Green tickY
.451 career batting average (5th in Division I),.[20] 782 career batting average (20th in Division I)[20]
Outfielder Brian Thomas Texas A&M
Green tickY
Outfielder Vee Hightower Vanderbilt
Green tickY
Outfielder Pat Watkins East Carolina
Green tickY
Utility player Brooks Kieschnick (3) ♦ Texas
Green tickY
Green tickY
Made BA team as OF1993 POY (ABCA, BA, CB)[6] 1992 & 1993 Dick Howser Trophy[7]
Designated hitter
Paul LoDuca
Arizona State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
129 hits in a single season (1993) (T-7th in Division I),[20] 4x MLB All-Star (2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006)

See also

References

General
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Inline citations
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  18. ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
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