1979 College Baseball All-America Team

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]

1979 All-Americans included 5x MLB All-Star Tim Wallach.

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.^[2]

Key

	Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year[2]
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	Notes
Pitcher	Derek Tatsuno ♦	Hawaii	22 wins in a single season (1979) (T-Division I Record),[3] 234 strikeouts in a single season (1979) (Division I record),[3] 541 career strikeouts (2nd in Division I)[3]
Pitcher	Jerry Don Gleaton	Texas
Catcher	Herb Orensky	Delaware
First baseman	Tim Wallach ♦	Cal State Fullerton	5x MLB All-Star,[4] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[4] 2x Silver Slugger Award winner[4]
Second baseman	Mike Gates	Pepperdine
Third baseman	Murphy Su'a	BYU
Shortstop	Randy Ingle	Appalachian State
Outfielder	Mark Seeger	Northern Arizona
Outfielder	Mike Kelley	Mississippi State
Outfielder	Rob Townley	Long Beach State
Designated hitter	Mark Strucher	Georgia Southern

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
3. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
4. "Tim Wallach". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 18, 2012.