2023 College Baseball All-Americans: First, Second, Third Teams

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Baseball America presents its 2023 College All-America teams, which include 20 players who competed in the College World Series.

Louisiana State leads the way with three first-team All-Americans in third baseman Tommy White, outfielder Dylan Crews and righthander Paul Skenes.

The first team roster is as follows, and writeups are included below. The second and third teams are located at the bottom of the post.

First Team

Kyle Teel, C, Virginia

Teel was the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year after hitting .418/.484/.673 with 13 home runs. He started every game the last two seasons. In addition to his offensive prowess, the junior is one of the best defensive catchers in the country and managed the Virginia pitching staff to a 3.77 ERA that ranked fourth in the nation.

Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic

Schanuel was named Conference USA player of the year and hit .447/.615/.868 with 19 home runs and 14 stolen bases. The junior led the nation in on-base percentage and ranked second in batting and slugging. His feel for hitting and power stands out and he is projected to be the first first-rounder in Florida Atlantic history.

JJ Wetherholt, 2B, West Virginia

Wetherholt was named Big 12 Conference player of the year and hit .449/.517/.787 with 16 home runs and 36 stolen bases. The sophomore led the nation in batting and tied the West Virginia program record with 101 hits. Wetherholt’s pure hitting ability makes him one of the best prospects in the 2024 class.

Tommy White, 3B, Louisiana State

White excelled this spring after transferring to LSU and is one of three Tigers on the first team. Hitting behind Dylan Crews, White batted .377/.439/.750 with 22 home runs and 97 RBIs. The sophomore stands out for his feel and power at the plate, and he’s lived up to lofty expectations after his 27-homer Freshman of the Year season for North Carolina State.

Matt Shaw, SS, Maryland

Shaw was named Big Ten Conference player of the year and hit .341/.445/.697 with 24 home runs and 18 stolen bases. This season he broke the Maryland career home run mark (53) and walked (43) more than he struck out (42). The junior projects to be the Terrapins’ first first-rounder since 2002 and could be the program’s highest drafted player.

Dylan Crews, OF, Louisiana State

Crews was named Southeastern Conference player of the year, becoming the first player in SEC history to win the award in back-to-back years. He hit .433/.570/.732 with 17 home runs. The junior led the SEC in both batting and OBP and could set LSU’s single-season record for batting. He is the favorite to be the first pick of the draft.

Wyatt Langford, OF, Florida

Langford was hitting .373/.498/.769 with 18 home runs, and he had walked 51 times and struck out 41. He leads the Gators in both batting and with a 1.267 OPS, even with the presence of Jac Caglianone in the Florida lineup. The righthanded-
hitting Langford, a junior, is in the mix at the top of the draft thanks to his feel for hitting and power.

Alberto Rios, OF, Stanford

Rios was named Pacific-12 Conference player of the year and was hitting .387/.491/.715 with 18 home runs. He drew 38 walks against 36 strikeouts. The junior had taken just eight plate appearances in his first two college seasons before breaking into the Cardinal’s lineup this spring and turning into one of the best stories in the country.

Jac Caglianone, DH, Florida

After being limited by injury in 2022, Caglianone broke out as a two-way player as a sophomore. While his pitching can’t be overlooked—7-3, 3.78 in 16 starts with 81 strikeouts and 49 walks in 69 innings—he made a mark on the Florida record book as a hitter this season. He hit .336/.402/.766 with 31 home runs, a new program record.

Tanner Hall, SP, Southern Mississippi

Hall was named Sun Belt Conference pitcher of the year for a second straight season. The 6-foot-1 junior went 12-4, 2.48 in 18 starts this season, with 124 strikeouts and 33 walks in 112.1 innings. He has one of the best changeups in the country and stands out for his sharp control. Hall’s 1.04 WHIP ranked top 20 in the nation.

Josh Hartle, SP, Wake Forest

Coming out of high school in North Carolina, Hartle was one of the best prospects in the 2021 prep class to make it to campus. This year, the sophomore realized that potential. Hartle went 11-2, 2.80 with 131 strikeouts and 20 walks in 96.1 innings. Together with Wake Forest teammate Rhett Lowder, he formed the nation’s best 1-2 punch.

Rhett Lowder, SP, Wake Forest

Lowder was named Atlantic Coast Conference pitcher of the year for the second straight season—the first to do so since Danny Hultzen in 2010-11. Lowder went 15-0, 1.92 in 17 starts with 131 strikeouts and 21 walks in 108 innings. While he’s not the most overpowering pitcher, he has solid stuff and incredible feel on the mound.

Paul Skenes, SP, Louisiana State

Skenes was named Southeastern Conference pitcher of the year. The junior went 12-2, 1.77 with 188 strikeouts and 18 walks in 107 innings. He had more strikeouts in a season than any pitcher since UCLA’s Trevor Bauer, who had 203 in 2011, and dominated hitters with a fastball that regularly exceeds 100 mph and a devastating slider.

Cade Denton, RP, Oral Roberts

Denton was named Summit League pitcher of the year and helped lead the Golden Eagles to their first College World Series appearance since 1978. The junior went 2-1, 1.85 in 33 relief appearances. His 15 saves were the most in the nation and tied for the program’s record. Denton struck out 78 batters and walked 11 in 58.1 innings.

Andrew Walters, RP, Miami

Walters had the chance to begin his professional career a year ago, when he was also a first-team All-American, but he opted to return for a fourth season of college baseball at Miami. He again was the best reliever in the country and went 4-0, 1.21 with 12 saves in 28 appearances. He struck out 72 batters and walked seven in 44.2 innings.

Caden Grice, UT, Clemson

Grice was a big reason why Clemson stormed to the No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The junior went 8-1, 3.35 with 101 strikeouts in 78 innings and emerged as the Tigers’ top starter. At the plate, he hit .307/.411/.618 with a team-high 18 home runs. He mostly played first base but also saw some time in center field.