2006 College Baseball All-America Team

2006 All-Americans included 2011 World Series MVP David Freese (left) and 2x Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum (right).

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]

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2006 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).^[2]

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All-Americans[]

Position	Name	School	ABCA	BA	CB	NCBWA	Notes
Starting pitcher		Rice	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Brad Lincoln	Houston	Y	Y	Y	Y	Made BA & CB teams as UT,[2] Made NCBWA team as DH[2] ABCA POY[2]
Starting pitcher	Andrew Miller	North Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Baseball America POY,[2] Roger Clemens Award,[2] Hit 7 batters in a single game (April 1, 2005 vs. Virginia Cavaliers) (T-Division I record)[4]
Starting pitcher	Wes Roemer	Cal State Fullerton	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starting pitcher	Tim Lincecum	Washington	—	—	Y	Y	2x Cy Young Award winner, 4x MLB All-Star (2008-2011)[5]
Starting pitcher	Wade LeBlanc	Alabama	—	—	Y	—
Starting pitcher	Nick Schmidt	Arkansas	—	—	Y	—
Relief pitcher		Kansas	Y	—	Y	Y	19 saves in a single season (2006) (T-15th in Division I)[4]
Relief pitcher		Rice	—	Y	—	Y
Catcher	Michael McKenry	Middle Tennessee	Y	—	—	Y
Catcher	Matt Wieters	Georgia Tech	—	Y	—	—
Catcher	Matt McBride	Lehigh	—	—	Y	—
First baseman	Ryan Strieby	Kentucky	Y	—	Y	—	Made BA team as Designated Hitter[2]
First baseman	Mark Hamilton	Tulane	—	Y	—	—
First baseman		Clemson	—	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Jim Negrych (2)	Pittsburgh	—	Y	—	Y
Second baseman	Justin Turner	Cal State Fullerton	Y	—	—	—
Second baseman		Kent State	—	—	Y	—
Third baseman	Pedro Alvarez	Vanderbilt	—	Y	—	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year[2]
Third baseman		Ohio State	—	—	—	Y
Third baseman	David Freese	South Alabama	Y	—	—	—	2011 World Series MVP, 2011 World Series Champion[6] 2011 NLCS MVP[6]
Third baseman		Oklahoma State	—	—	Y	—
Shortstop		Troy	—	—	Y	Y	35 doubles in a single season (2006) (T-5th in Division I)[4]
Shortstop		Utah	Y	—	—	—
Shortstop		Rice	—	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Kellen Kulbacki	James Madison	Y	Y	Y	Y	Collegiate Baseball POY[2]
Outfielder	Cole Gillespie	Oregon State	Y	Y	Y	—
Outfielder		Winthrop	Y	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Tyler Colvin	Clemson	—	—	—	Y
Outfielder		Milwaukee	Y	—	—	—	.428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I)[4]
Outfielder		Dallas Baptist	—	—	Y	—
Designated hitter		New Mexico	Y	—	Y	—

See also[]

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

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