1979 College Baseball All-America Team
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Tim_Wallach_2010_ALB.jpg/180px-Tim_Wallach_2010_ALB.jpg)
1979 All-Americans included 5x MLB All-Star Tim Wallach.
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American 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 American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]
Key
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year[2] | |
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 | Derek Tatsuno ♦ | Hawaii | 22 wins in a single season (1979) (T-Division I Record),[3] 234 strikeouts in a single season (1979) (Division I record),[3] 541 career strikeouts (2nd in Division I)[3] |
Pitcher | Jerry Don Gleaton | Texas | |
Catcher | Herb Orensky | Delaware | |
First baseman | Tim Wallach ♦ | Cal State Fullerton | 5x MLB All-Star,[4] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[4] 2x Silver Slugger Award winner[4] |
Second baseman | Mike Gates | Pepperdine | |
Third baseman | Murphy Su'a | BYU | |
Shortstop | Randy Ingle | Appalachian State | |
Outfielder | Mark Seeger | Northern Arizona | |
Outfielder | Mike Kelley | Mississippi State | |
Outfielder | Rob Townley | Long Beach State | |
Designated hitter | Mark Strucher | Georgia Southern |
See also
References
- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ a b "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Tim Wallach". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
- v
- t
- e
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024