Wikiwand AI

List of Baseball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Student athlete award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Baseball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annual most outstanding singular college baseball athlete of the set of baseball athletes selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year. The following is a list of the annual selection by College Sports Communicators (CSC), known before the 2022–23 season as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Baseball Academic All-America selections. Between 1996 and 2011, one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including baseball. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year colleges.

Awarded forThe yearly outstanding college baseball Academic All-America team member
CountryUnited States and Canada
Presented byCollege Sports Communicators
Most recentNoah Sullivan, Mississippi State
Dagen Brewer, Pittsburg State
Bryan Carney, Olivet
Alex Johnson, Concordia–Nebraska
Quick facts Awarded for, Country ...
Baseball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
Awarded forThe yearly outstanding college baseball Academic All-America team member
CountryUnited States and Canada
Presented byCollege Sports Communicators
History
Most recentNoah Sullivan, Mississippi State
Dagen Brewer, Pittsburg State
Bryan Carney, Olivet
Alex Johnson, Concordia–Nebraska
Next ceremonyJuly 2027
WebsiteOfficial site
Close

Beginning in 2012, CSC revamped its award structure. The University Division was renamed "Division I". Since then, NCAA Divisions II and III have had their own separate All-Americans. The College Division consisted only of non-NCAA institutions through the 2017–18 school year, after which it was effectively replaced by an NAIA division restricted to members of that governing body.[1][a]

Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.[2] The districts are as follows: – District 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT), District 2 (DC, DE, KY, MD, NJ, PA, WV), District 3 (NC, TN, VA), District 4 (AL, FL, GA, PR, SC), District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH), District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY), District 7 (CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, TX), District 8 (AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR, UT, WA, Canada).[3] First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. Currently, all twelve Academic All-American teams (men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's track & field, men's baseball, women's softball, men's American football, women's volleyball, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's at-large teams) have four Academic All-Americans of the Year, one from each division. In each of the four divisions (NAIA, Division I, Division II, and Division III), one of the twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the Year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for that division.[4]

History

Baseball player cocking leg to stride into swing
Buster Posey (pictured in 2018), 2008 winner
baseball pitcher throwing ball
Mike Leake (pictured in 2014), 2009 winner
Coach in uniform
James Ramsey (pictured in 2023), 2012 winner
Baseball player standing in uniform
Jake Gelof (pictured in 2023), 2023 winner
Baseball player standing in uniform
Jac Caglianone (pictured in 2023), 2024 winner

As of January 31, 2025, Johns Hopkins University (32) has had the most baseball Academic All-America honorees, just ahead of Bucknell University (31) and Notre Dame University (30).[5] While Bucknell has had an athlete win this award, neither Notre Dame's nor Johns Hopkins' athletes have been recognized with this Academic All-America Team Members of the Year award.[6]

On August 7, 2012, Division III honoree Drew Golz of Wheaton College became the first Baseball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year to be named Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year. That same year Golz had been named Men's Soccer Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, becoming the first male student-athlete to be named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for two different sports in the same year.[7] The next day, Division II honoree Bryan Lippincott of Concordia University, St. Paul became the Division II Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.[8] Thus, for the 2011–12 academic calendar, baseball had the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for two of the four Divisions. The next baseball awardee to be named overall Academic All-America Team Member of the Year was John Coleman of Division III Clarkson University. Like Golz, Clarkson was named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, having been previously named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year in basketball. Coleman was the second male and third overall two-sport honoree, following Golz in 2011–12 and Cynthia Capp of West Virginia Wesleyan who earned the honor in volleyball (1990) and softball (1991).[9] The most recent baseball player to receive the overall award is Tyler Horner of Oregon Institute of Technology, aka Oregon Tech, who received both awards for 2025.

When the Division I level was known as the University Division, it had repeat back-to-back winners in 2000 and 2001 as well as 2002 and 2003 with Casey Myers (of Arizona State Sun Devils baseball)[10][11] followed by Jeff Leise (of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball).[12][13] In 2001 and 2002, Douglas Hargett of University of North Alabama was the first College Division repeat winner before the College Division was split.[11][12] Concordia's Bryan Lippincott's back-to-back tenure as Academic All-American of the Year for baseball, transversed the split from 2 divisions in 2011 to 4 in 2012.[14] Since Division II and Division III were split from NAIA, two-year and Canadian schools, Conner Combs repeated for the Division III East Texas Baptist Tigers in 2016 and 2017[15][16] and the aforementioned Tyler Horner repeated as NAIA baseball recipient for 2024 and 2025.

Tables of winners

Key
† Indicates winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.

All winners are American unless indicated otherwise.

Two-division era (1988–2011)

More information Year, University Division ...
Baseball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year (1988–2011)
Year University Division College Division
Winner School Winner School
1988 Wesley Bliven[14][17] Santa Clara Greg Slappey[14][17] Georgia Southwestern
1989 Burke Masters[14][18] Mississippi State Bill Holmes[14][18] Marietta
1990 Joe Markulike[14][19] Bucknell Sittichoke Huckuntod[14][19] Central Missouri
1991 Joey Hamilton[14][20] Mississippi State Kevin Kluemper[14][20] Rose–Hulman
1992 Charlie Giaudrone[14][21] Wichita State Howard Forman[14][21] Trenton State
1993 Aaron Gries[14][22] Evansville Matt Cannon[14][22] Aurora
1994 Tommy Minor[14][23] Fresno State Eric Miller[14][23] Pittsburg State
1995 Mike Drumwright[14][24] Wichita State Matt Kechely[14][24] Nebraska Wesleyan
1996 Clint Bryant[14][25] Texas Tech Brian Mazurek[14][25] St. Francis Fighting Saints baseball
1997 Andy Matko[14][26] Wright State Bryan Welder[14][26] Augustana (IL)
1998 Charley Carter[14][27] Baylor James Rinne[14][27] Illinois Wesleyan
1999 Hunter Bledsoe[14][28] Vanderbilt David Bradley[14][28] Marietta
2000 Casey Myers[14][10] Arizona State Andy Reeb[14][10] St. Francis (IL)
2001 Casey Myers[14][11] Arizona State Douglas Hargett[14][11] North Alabama
2002 Jeff Leise[14][12] Nebraska Douglas Hargett[14][12] North Alabama
2003 Jeff Leise[14][13] Nebraska Kyle Foster[14][13] Emory
2004 Wade Townsend[14][29] Rice Brady Endl[14][29] Wisconsin–Whitewater
2005 Chris Looze[14][30] George Mason Eric Cirella[14][30] Salve Regina
2006 Philip Coker[14][31] Charleston Adam Deurfeldt[14][31] Central (IA)
2007 Aaron Ivey[14][32] Oklahoma Casey Jirsa[14][32] Ashland
2008 Buster Posey[14][33] Florida State Gabe MacDougall[14][33] Lynn
2009 Michael Leake[14][34] Arizona State Jon Alia[14][34] Cal State Dominguez Hills
2010 Jim Klocke[14][35] Southeast Missouri State Matt Schuld[14] St. Thomas (MN)
2011 Matt Rice[14][36] Western Kentucky Bryan Lippincott[14] Concordia (MN)
Close

Four-division era (2012–present)

More information Year, Division I ...
Baseball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year (2012–present)
Year Division I Division II Division III College/NAIA[b]
Winner School Winner School Winner School Winner School
2012 James Ramsey[14][37] Florida State Bryan Lippincott†[14][37] Concordia (MN) Drew Golz†[14][37] Wheaton (IL) Chad Carman[14][37] Oklahoma City
2013 LB Dantzler[14][38] South Carolina Taylor Rakes[14][38] Tusculum Brandon Toughey[14][38] Baldwin Wallace Alan Spanel[14][38] Doane
2014 Tim Colwell[14][39] North Dakota State Austin Kaiser[14][39] Colorado Mesa Travis Mason[14][39] St. Norbert EJ Grochowalsk[14][39] Davenport
2015 Sam Koenig[40][41] Wisconsin-Milwaukee Michael Jurgella[42][41] St. Cloud State John Coleman†[43][41] Clarkson Josh DeGraaf[44][41] Taylor
2016 Cole Gruber[45][46] Nebraska Omaha Christian Binger[47][46] Southwest Baptist Conner Combs[15][46] East Texas Baptist Canada Alex Webb[48][46] British Columbia
2017 Ben Fisher[49][50] Eastern Kentucky Tyler Falk[51][50] Clarion Conner Combs[16][50] East Texas Baptist Glen McClain[52][16] Indiana Tech
2018 Devlin Granberg[53][54] Dallas Baptist Jacob Blank[55][54] Augustana (SD) Spencer Badia[56][54] Baldwin Wallace Augie Isaacson[57][54] Friends
2019 Trevor Ezell[58] Arkansas Mason Janvrin[59] Central Missouri Mike Aiello[60] Wisconsin–Whitewater Glen McClain[61] Indiana Tech
2020 Canada Nick Howie[62] Eastern Kentucky Aaron Anderson[63] Flagler Derek Manning[64] Elizabethtown Troy Puga[65] Friends
2021 Brendan Beck[66] Stanford Haydn McGeary[67] Colorado Mesa Matt Mulhearn[68] Webster Hunter Dollander[69] Georgia Gwinnett
2022 Aaron Anderson[70] Liberty Connor Hamilton[70] Slippery Rock Ryan Enos[70] Oswego State Peyton Crispin[70] Oklahoma City
2023 Jake Gelof[14][71] Virginia Alex Epp[14][71] William Jewell Tyler Horvat[14][71] Washington & Jefferson Eric Maffie[14][71] St. Francis (IL)
2024 Jac Caglianone[72] Florida Alex Epp[72] William Jewell Matt Scolan[72] Wisconsin–Whitewater Tyler Horner[72] Oregon Tech
2025 Noah Sullivan[73] Mississippi State Nathan Culley[73] Minnesota State Jason Gilman[73] Kean Tyler Horner† (2)[73][74] Oregon Tech
2026 Noah Sullivan[75] Mississippi State Dagen Brewer[75] Pittsburg State Bryan Carney[75] Olivet Alex Johnson[75] Concordia–Nebraska
Close

See also

Footnotes

  1. [a]
    The College Division still exists within the CoSIDA Academic All-America program, but awards are only presented in CoSIDA's "at-large" category, encompassing sports in which the organization does not select a dedicated Academic All-America team. See CoSIDA's official calendar for announcement of its 2019–20 Academic All-America honorees.
  2. [b]
    College Division, 2011–19; NAIA, 2018–present

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks