2001 College Baseball All-America Team

2001 All-Americans included MLB All-Star Mark Prior.

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.

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2001 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association
BA	Baseball America
CB	Collegiate Baseball
NCBWA	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
	Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith Award as national Player of the Year
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	ABCA	BA	CB	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher	Mark Prior	USC	Y	Y	Y	Y	ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY, 202 strikeouts in a single season (2001) (T-14th in Division I), 2003 MLB All-Star
Starting pitcher	Dewon Brazelton	Middle Tennessee	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Aaron Heilman (2)	Notre Dame	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Kirk Saarloos	Cal State Fullerton	Y	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Noah Lowry	Pepperdine	—	Y	—	—
Starting pitcher	Justin Pope	UCF	—	Y	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Shane Komine	Nebraska	—	—	Y	—	510 career strikeouts (5th in Division I)
Relief pitcher	Lee Gronkiewicz	South Carolina	Y	—	Y	Y	19 saves in a single season (2001) (T-15th in Division I)
Relief pitcher	Casey Shumaker	Jacksonville	—	—	—	Y
Catcher	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Johnny Bench Award
First baseman	John Van Benschoten	Kent State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Made NCBWA team as UT 31 HR in a single season (2001) (T-16th in Division I)
First baseman	Dan Johnson	Nebraska	—	—	—	Y	.791 career slugging percentage (T-16th in Division I)
Second baseman	Chris O'Riordan	Stanford	Y	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Michael Woods	Southern	—	Y	Y	—
Third baseman	Jeff Baker	Clemson	—	Y	Y	—
Third baseman	Jake Gautreau	Tulane	Y	Y	—	Y	Made BA team as DH
Shortstop	Chris Burke	Tennessee	—	Y	Y	Y	105 runs in a single season (2001) (T-11th in Division I)
Outfielder	John-Ford Griffin	Florida State	Y	Y	Y	Y
Outfielder	John Cole	Nebraska	Y	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Shelley Duncan	Arizona	—	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Jason Law	Monmouth	Y	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Ryan Brunner	Northern Iowa	—	—	Y	—
Outfielder	Brian Baron	UCLA	—	—	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Scott Henley	Georgia Southern	Y	—	—	—
Utility player	Cory Sullivan	Wake Forest	—	Y	Y	Y	Made NCBWA team as OF

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball