1958 All-Americans included Missouri's Ray Uriarte.

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

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 Bob Wedin Connecticut
Pitcher Jack Rumohr Western Michigan
Catcher Ralph Holding Stanford
First baseman Frank Saia Harvard
Second baseman Bernie Parrish Florida
Third baseman Ray Uriarte Missouri
Shortstop Dick Howser (2) ♦ Florida State Namesake of Dick Howser Trophy & Florida State's Dick Howser Stadium, 1961 MLB All Star[3]
Outfielder Dick Griesser Arizona
Outfielder Ron Nieman Wisconsin
Outfielder Jerry Siegert USC

See also

References

  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dick Howser". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
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