2008 College Baseball All-America Team

2008 All-Americans included 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey (left) and Roger Clemens Award winner Aaron Crow (right).

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 2006 to 2010, there were five generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and Rivals.com. In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least three 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]
R
Rivals.com[5]
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Consensus All-American – selected by all five organizations
Consensus All-American – selected by three or four organizations

All-Americans

Position Name School # A B C N R Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher Tim Clubb Missouri State 1 Green tickY
Starting pitcher Aaron Crow Missouri 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Starting pitcher Scott Gorgen UC Irvine 4 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Starting pitcher Chris Hernandez Miami (FL) 2 Green tickY Green tickY
Starting pitcher Shooter Hunt Tulane 1 Green tickY
Starting pitcher Brian Matusz San Diego 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Starting pitcher Rob Musgrave Wichita State 1 Green tickY
Starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg San Diego State 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Relief pitcher Scott Bittle Ole Miss 3 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Relief pitcher Andrew Cashner TCU 1 Green tickY
Relief pitcher Tyler Conn Southern Miss 1 Green tickY
Relief pitcher Josh Fields Georgia 3 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Catcher Buster Posey Florida State 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY





First baseman / DH Justin Smoak South Carolina 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Second baseman Josh Satin California 1 Green tickY
Second baseman Jemile Weeks Miami (FL) 4 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Shortstop Gordon Beckham Georgia 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Third baseman Jeremie Tice Charleston 1 Green tickY
Third baseman Brett Wallace Arizona State 4 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Outfielder Sawyer Carroll Kentucky 4 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Outfielder Collin Cowgill Kentucky 1 Green tickY
Outfielder Blake Dean LSU 1 Green tickY
Outfielder Tim Fedroff North Carolina 2 Green tickY Green tickY
Outfielder Brian Miller Troy 1 Green tickY
Outfielder Chris Shehan Georgia Southern 3 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Outfielder Eric Thames Pepperdine 1 Green tickY
Outfielder Brian Van Kirk Oral Roberts 2 Green tickY Green tickY
Designated hitter Ben Carlson Missouri State 1 Green tickY
Designated hitter / 1B Yonder Alonso Miami (FL) 4 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Utility player Ike Davis Arizona State 5 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

  1. ^ "2008 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "2008 First-Team College All-Americans". Baseball America. June 12, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "Louisville Slugger's All-America Baseball Teams". baseballnews.com. May 29, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  4. ^ "NCBWA Announces 2008 Pro-Line Athletic All-America Teams". sportswriters.net. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "2008 Rivals.com All-America teams". rivals.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2025.