2017 All-America Teams

Oregon State and North Carolina entered the NCAA Tournament as the top two ranked teams in the country, and they combined to produce five first-team All-Americans.

Joining North Carolina with three honorees across all three All-America teams are Kentucky and Louisville. Seven schools—Florida, Louisiana State, Missouri State, Oregon State, Southern Mississippi, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest—had two players honored. In all, 35 schools are represented on the All-America teams.

Five players from the Preseason-All America first team also made the postseason first team: second baseman Nick Madrigal, third baseman Jake Burger, DH Keston Hiura, lefthander/first baseman Brendan McKay and righthander J.B. Bukauskas. Outfielders Adam Haseley and Stuart Fairchild were on the second team. In all, 13 players who made the Preseason All-America teams are again honored on the postseason teams.

McKay is now a three-time first-team All-American. Burger and Haseley are the only other players to repeat as All-Americans this season. Both were honored on the third-team last year.

The All-America team selected by Baseball America staff. Capsules by Teddy Cahill and Michael Lannana. Statistics compiled by Justin Perline

Editor’s Note: After a report surfaced in The Oregonian on Thursday morning that Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich pleaded guilty to sexually molesting a 6-year-old female family member when he was 15, Baseball America has decided to remove Heimlich from our All-America team.

C David Banuelos
Long Beach State

Banuelos is known mostly for his ability behind the plate, and he was named Big West Conference defensive player of the year. He shut down opponents’ running games, throwing out 18 of 29 (62 percent) basestealers. The junior took a step forward offensively this spring, hitting .297/.376/.484 with seven home runs to lead Beach to super regionals.

1B Brent Rooker
Mississippi State

An all-Southeastern Conference honoree a year ago, Rooker raised his game in his redshirt-junior season. He was the SEC player of the year and hit .395/.498/.827 with 23 home runs and 18 stolen bases, leading the country in slugging percentage and ranking second in hits. Rooker led Mississippi State to super regionals for the second year in a row.

2B Nick Madrigal
Oregon State

The sophomore has been the sparkplug for the best team in the country this spring. The Pacific-12 Conference player of the year, Madrigal makes the most of his 5-foot-8 frame, putting together disciplined at-bats and showcasing a dynamic offensive tool set. He hit .380/.443/.537, walked more than he struck out and made just four errors.

3B Jake Burger
Missouri State

Burger tapped into his prodigious power to hit more than 20 home runs for the second straight year, thus becoming the second Bear to have back-to-back 20-homer seasons. The Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, the junior helped Missouri State reach super regionals for the second time in three years by hitting .335/.451/.665 with 22 home runs.

SS Logan Warmoth
North Carolina

The Tar Heels shortstop carried a strong 2016 second half and summer in the Cape Cod League into this spring, where he showed improved power at the plate. Hitting a career-high 10 home runs and batting .336/.404/.554, Warmoth also fields the position well enough that most evaluators believe he’ll stick there at the next level.

OF Greg Deichmann
Louisiana State

Like Brent Rooker, Deichmann opted to return to school after being drafted last year. The junior hit .322/.430/.614 with a Louisiana State-high 19 home runs and showed greater selectivity at the plate. He also made a smooth transition from first base to right field, where he collected six assists and showed improved mobility.

OF Adam Haseley
Virginia

A two-way player throughout his career at Virginia, Haseley took a step forward offensively this season while holding down a spot in the Cavaliers’ rotation. The junior won the Atlantic Coast Conference batting title, hitting .390/.491/.659 with 10 stolen bases. He also hit a team-high 14 home runs, doubling his total from his first two college seasons.

OF Stuart Fairchild
Wake Forest

Fairchild led a high-powered Wake Forest offense, helping the Demon Deacons reach super regionals for the first time since 1999. He hit .359/.438/.645 with 17 home runs and 20 stolen bases, capped by a virtuoso regional performance. The junior also earns rave reviews in center field, where he did not make an error this season.

DH Keston Hiura
UC Irvine

An elbow injury has limited Hiura to DH duties since last April, but it hasn’t limited him any at the plate. He hit .442/.567/.693 with eight home runs, nine stolen bases and 50 walks. The Big West Conference player of the year was leading the country in batting and on-base percentage after winning the “slash-stat” triple crown in his conference.

UT Brendan McKay
Louisville

For the third year in a row, McKay earns first-team All-America honors as a utility player. The Cardinals ace and cleanup hitter excelled in both roles. The junior was named Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year after going 9-3, 2.31 with 131 strikeouts in 97.1 innings on the mound and hitting .356/.476/.683 with 17 home runs at the plate.

SP J.B. Bukauskas
North Carolina

The North Carolina Friday starter has been a hot commodity since high school, boasting a fastball that can touch the upper 90s and the highest-graded slider in college. Bukauskas used those two pitches to carve through the Atlantic Coast Conference as its pitcher of the year, going 9-1, 2.53 with 116 strikeouts to 37 walks in 92.2 innings.

SP Steven Gingery
Texas Tech

Building off a solid freshman season in an Omaha club’s weekend rotation, Gingery seized Texas Tech’s ace role, going 10-1, 1.58 for the Big 12 Conference regular-season champs. The lefty struck out 107 to 29 walks in 91.1 innings, and with other members of his pitching staff battling injuries, Gingery proved to be a workhorse, thriving even in a hitter’s park.

SP Cory Abbott
Loyola Marymount

Few pitchers in college baseball made a leap like Abbott, who added a slider after watching video of Noah Syndergaard’s grip of the pitch and became one of the nation’s top starters for the Lions. He ranked in the top 15 in the country in wins, ERA, strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings (11.9), and threw in March the first prefect game in program history.

SP Jake Thompson
Oregon State

On almost any other staff, Thompson would be the ace. But at Oregon State, he’s one of several. Healthy for an entire season, Thompson went 13-0, 1.30 for the Beavers, striking out 106 n 110.2 innings. The redshirt junior has always had stuff, with a fastball that touches the mid-90s and a hard, biting slider. In 2017, he put that arsenal to good use.

RP Josh Hiatt
North Carolina

A year after not pitching for the Tar Heels—he redshirted after failing to make the roster—a determined Hiatt seized the closer’s role and allowed only one run in 30.2 Atlantic Coast Conference innings. He appeared in 17 of those 30 games. Hiatt posted 13 saves overall, with a 1.90 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 52 innings. His changeup is a legitimate plus pitch.

RP Wyatt Marks
Louisiana-Lafayette

Though the Ragin’ Cajuns didn’t advance to regional play this year, Marks is by no means to blame. The junior was as dominant as it gets in the back of the bullpen, leading the country with nine-inning ratios of 15.17 strikeouts and 4.4 hits. He struck out a whopping 100 batters in 59.1 innings, posting seven saves and a 2.28 ERA.

Baseball America has selected a College All-America team for more than 30 years. This year’s selections were made by BA staff after the regionals, weighing the performance of players throughout the spring. While our Preseason All-America teams, which are voted on by major league scouting directors, are forward looking, with an emphasis on talent and potential, these teams are meant to look at the results of the 2017 season. We take into account evaluations from countless coaches and scouts, as well as statistical performance to create the teams.

First Team
Pos. Name, School	Yr	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C David Banuelos, Long Beach State	Jr.	.297	.376	.484	192	31	57	7	29	17	42	5
1B Brent Rooker, Mississippi State	R-Jr.	.395	.498	.827	243	57	96	23	82	45	54	18
2B Nick Madrigal, Oregon State	So.	.380	.443	.537	216	49	82	4	34	21	13	15
3B Jake Burger, Missouri State	Jr.	.333	.448	.662	240	69	80	22	65	42	36	3
SS Logan Warmoth, North Carolina	Jr.	.336	.404	.554	271	60	91	10	49	28	47	18
OF Greg Deichmann, Louisiana State	Jr.	.322	.430	.614	233	49	75	19	69	47	51	5
OF Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest	Jr.	.359	.438	.645	248	64	89	17	67	29	49	20
OF Adam Haseley, Virginia	Jr.	.390	.491	.659	223	68	87	14	56	44	21	10
DH Keston Hiura, UC Irvine	Jr.	.442	.567	.693	199	48	88	8	42	50	38	9
UT Brendan McKay, Louisville	Jr.	.356	.476	.683	202	54	72	17	56	45	35	2
Pos. Name, School	Yr	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP J.B. Bukauskas, North Carolina	Jr.	9	1	2.53	15	0	0	93	62	37	116	.188
SP Steven Gingery, Texas Tech	So.	10	1	1.58	15	0	0	91	60	29	107	.186
SP Cory Abbott, Loyola Marymount	Jr.	11	2	1.74	15	2	0	98	61	28	130	.173
SP Jake Thompson, Oregon State	R-Jr.	13	0	1.30	17	1	0	111	69	34	106	.180
RP Josh Hiatt, North Carolina	R-Fr.	4	2	1.90	32	0	13	52	31	20	64	.168
RP Wyatt Marks, Louisiana-Lafayette	Jr.	2	1	2.28	30	0	7	59	29	25	100	.144
UT Brendan McKay, Louisville	Jr.	9	3	2.31	15	0	0	97	61	33	131	.178
Second Team
Pos. Name, School	Yr	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C Joey Morgan, Washington	Jr.	.324	.427	.500	182	28	59	5	45	30	35	1
1B Evan White, Kentucky	Jr.	.368	.450	.627	204	47	75	9	40	24	31	5
2B Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M	Fr.	.333	.377	.545	255	42	85	11	67	14	28	11
3B Drew Ellis, Louisville	R-So.	.362	.453	.695	213	52	77	17	55	37	37	6
SS Kevin Merrell, South Florida	Jr.	.384	.464	.569	216	48	83	7	38	29	31	19
OF Garrett McCain, Oklahoma State	Jr.	.388	.491	.549	224	53	87	4	43	29	33	19
OF Will Robertson, Davidson	Sr.	.336	.404	.648	244	58	82	18	44	19	29	4
OF Matt Wallner, Southern Mississippi	Fr.	.336	.463	.655	235	56	79	19	63	45	50	4
DH J.J. Matijevic, Arizona	Jr.	.383	.436	.633	240	57	92	10	65	23	38	9
UT Taylor Braley, Southern Mississippi	Jr.	.313	.461	.587	230	62	72	17	61	63	50	6
Pos. Name, School	Yr	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP Tyler Holton, Florida State	So.	10	2	2.22	16	2	0	105	63	25	132	.166
SP Alex Faedo, Florida	Jr.	7	2	2.80	15	0	0	96	81	32	113	.225
SP Alex Lange, Louisiana State	Jr.	9	5	2.87	16	4	0	103	94	34	124	.240
SP Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt	Jr.	5	5	2.98	15	1	0	97	74	28	113	.210
RP Lincoln Henzman, Louisville	Jr.	3	0	1.30	24	0	16	35	17	8	35	.147
RP Colton Hock, Stanford	Jr.	6	1	2.08	27	0	16	48	36	11	35	.211
UT Taylor Brayley, Southern Mississippi	Jr.	7	2	3.40	14	0	0	82	81	22	78	.263
Third Team
Pos. Name, School	Yr	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C Daulton Varsho, Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Jr.	.362	.490	.643	199	47	72	11	39	46	39	10
1B Gavin Sheets, Wake Forest	Jr.	.322	.429	.634	227	55	73	20	81	44	33	1
2B Riley Mahan, Kentucky	Jr.	.339	.396	.626	254	56	86	15	67	22	52	9
3B Jake Scheiner, Houston	Jr.	.346	.432	.667	243	50	84	18	64	27	41	8
SS Jeremy Eierman, Missouri State	So.	.312	.430	.671	237	66	74	22	67	39	57	15
OF D.J. Artis, Liberty	So.	.359	.532	.552	181	58	65	6	45	62	30	23
OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt	Jr.	.312	.379	.569	253	58	79	15	52	24	71	19
OF Tristan Pompey, Kentucky	So.	.368	.471	.554	258	70	95	10	44	45	54	9
DH Jake Adams, Iowa	Jr.	.335	.417	.747	245	55	82	29	72	29	57	5
UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska	Jr.	.297	.439	.349	195	52	58	1	16	39	31	20
Pos. Name, School	Yr	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP Griffin Canning, UCLA	Jr.	7	4	2.34	17	4	0	119	93	32	140	.213
SP David Peterson, Oregon	Jr.	11	4	2.51	15	1	0	100	88	15	140	.237
SP J.P. Sears, The Citadel	Jr.	7	3	2.64	14	2	0	95	69	27	142	.204
SP Casey Mize, Auburn	So.	8	2	2.04	13	2	0	84	66	9	109	.210
RP Michael Byrne, Florida	So.	2	4	1.69	31	0	16	59	46	10	66	.215
RP Nate Harris, Louisiana Tech	Sr.	9	1	2.31	22	3	8	94	79	11	94	.226
UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska	Jr.	8	2	3.42	14	1	0	84	86	9	57	.265