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National Honors

Jan 1, 2018

All-Americans

Name Position Outlet Year
Joe Chez -- ABCA (1st) 1952
John Shepard C ABCA (1st) 1953
Warren Goodrich SS ABCA (1st) 1954
Pete Middlekauff 1B ABCA (1st) 1965
Jim Hibbs C TSN (1st) 1966
Mark Marquess 1B ABCA (1st), TSN (1st) 1967
Frank Duffy SS TSN (1st), ABCA (2nd) 1967
Mike Shomaker C ABCA (2nd) 1967
Steve Dunning P TSN (1st) 1970
Mike Dotterer OF BA (3rd) 1981
Mike Dotterer OF BA (2nd) 1982
Eric Hardgrave DH BA (2nd) 1982
Mike Aldrete 1B BA (3rd) 1982
Eric Hardgrave DH ABCA (1st) 1983
Rick Lundblade 1B BA (2nd) 1985
Jeff Ballard P BA (3rd) 1985
Jack McDowell P BA (2nd) 1986
Jack McDowell P BA (3rd) 1987
Ed Sprague 3B BA (2nd) 1988
Paul Carey OF BA (2nd) 1989
Stan Spencer P ABCA (1st), BA (1st), TSN (1st) 1990
Jeffrey Hammonds OF BA (1st), TSN (1st) 1990
Tim Griffin 3B BA (2nd) 1990
Paul Carey OF BA (2nd) 1990
David McCarty 1B CB (1st) 1991
Roger Burnett SS CB (3rd) 1991
Jeffrey Hammonds OF BA (1st), CB (1st) 1992
A.J. Hinch C BA (3rd) 1994
Jason Middlebrook  P CB (3rd) 1994
Kyle Peterson P BA (1st), CB (3rd) 1995
A.J. Hinch C BA (1st), CB (1st) 1995
A.J. Hinch C ABCA (1st), BA (2nd), CB (2nd) 1996
Kyle Peterson P BA (1st) 1997
Jeff Austin P BA (1st), TSN (1st) 1998
Jason Young P NCBWA (1st), BA (2nd), CB (2nd) 1999
Justin Wayne  P BA (1st), CB (1st), ABCA (1st), TSN (1st), BW (1st) 2000
Joe Borchard OF BA (2nd) 2000
Chris O'Riordan 2B BA (2nd) 2000
Chris O'Riordan 2B NCBWA (1st) 2001
Jeremy Guthrie P BA (3rd) 2001
Sam Fuld OF BA (1st), CB (3rd), NCBWA (3rd) 2002
Jeremy Guthrie P BA (1st), CB (1st), NCBWA (2nd) 2002
Carlos Quentin OF NCBWA (3rd) 2002
Ryan Garko C ABCA (1st), BA (1st), CB (1st), BW (1st) 2003
Carlos Quentin OF BA (2nd) 2003
John Hudgins P CB (2nd), BA (3rd) 2003
Jed Lowrie 2B ABCA (1st), BA (1st), CB (1st), BW (1st), NCBWA (3rd) 2004
Danny Putnam OF ABCA (1st), BA (1st) 2004
Mark Romanczuk P CB (3rd) 2004
Jed Lowrie 2B BW (1st), ABCA (3rd), NCWBA (3rd) 2005
Chris Minaker SS ABCA (2nd), NCWBA (3rd) 2006
Jason Castro C ABCA (3rd) 2008
Stephen Piscotty 3B BA (3rd) 2012
Mark Appel P CB (1st), NCBWA (1st), BA (2nd), ABCA (3rd) 2012
Mark Appel P ABCA (1st), CB (1st), NCBWA (1st), BA (2nd) 2013
Alex Blandino 3B BA (2nd) 2014
Colton Hock P NCBWA (1st), ABCA (1st), BA (2nd), CB (2nd), PG (3rd) 2017
Jack Little P D1 (1st), BA (1st), NCBWA (1st), PG (1st) 2018
Kris Bubic P NCBWA (3rd) 2018
Will Matthiessen  P/DH ABCA (3rd), PG (HM) 2019

Golden Spikes Award Finalists

Name Year
John Verducci 1985
Jack McDowell 1987
Ed Sprague 1988
David McCarty 1991
Jeffrey Hammonds 1992
A.J. Hinch 1996
Jeff Austin 1988
Justin Wayne 2000
Jeremy Guthrie 2002
Carlos Quentin 2003
Mark Appel 2012

College World Series Most Ouststanding Player

Name Position Year
Paul Carey OF 1987
Lee Plemel P 1988
John Hudgins P 2003

All-College World Series

Name Position Year
Mark Marquess 1B 1967
Dick Swan 2B 1967
Paul Carey OF 1987
David Esquer SS 1987
Mark Machtolf DH 1987
Lee Plemel P 1988
Doug Robbins C 1988
Ron Witmeyer 1B 1988
Jeffrey Hammonds OF 1990
Troy Paulsen 2B 1990
Jeff Austin P 1997
John Gall 1B 1999
Joe Borchard OF 2000
Edmund Muth OF 2000
Craig Thompson 1B 2000
Jeff Bruksch P 2001
Sam Fuld OF 2001
Ryan Garko C 2001
Sam Fuld OF 2002
Jonny Ash 3B 2003
Ryan Garko C 2003
John Hudgins P 2003
Danny Putnam OF 2003
Carlos Quentin OF 2003
Jason Castro C 2008

Freshman All-America

Name Position Outlet Year
Paul Carey OF BA (1st) 1987
Roger Burnett SS BS (2nd) 1989
Jeffrey Hammonds OF BA (1st) 1990
Brian Sackinsky P BA (2nd) 1990
Dusty Allen  1B BA (1st) 1992
A.J. Hinch C BA (1st) 1993
Jason Middlebrook P CB (1st) 1994
Kyle Peterson P CB (1st), BA (1st) 1995
Joe Kilburg OF CB (HM) 1995
Chad Hutchinson  P CB (1st), BA (1st) 1996
Jeff Austin P CB (1st), BA (1st) 1996
Jody Gerut OF BA (2nd), CB (HM) 1996
Edmund Muth OF BA (1st) 1997
John Gall DH BA (2nd) 1997
Justin Wayne P CB (1st) BA (1st) 1998
Joe Borchard OF/DH BA (1st), CB (HM) 1998
Brian Sager P CB (1st), BA (1st) 1999
Carlos Quentin OF CB (1st), BW (1st) BA (1st) 2001
Sam Fuld OF BA (2nd) 2001
Mark Romanczuk P BA (1st), CB (1st) 2003
Matt Manship P BA (2nd), CB (1st) 2003
John Mayberry Jr. 1B BA (1st), CB (1st) 2003
Drew Storen P CB (1st) 2008
Kenny Diekroeger 3B CB (1st) 2010
Brian Ragira 1B CB (1st), BA (1st) 2011
Alex Blandino 3B CB (1st) 2012
Cal Quantrill P CB (1st) 2014
Tristan Beck P BA (1st), LS (1st), PG (1st) 2016
Daniel Bakst DH CB (1st) 2017
Brendan Beck P CB (1st), NCBWA (1st) 2018
Jacob Palisch P CB (1st), NCBWA (1st) 2018
Tim Tawa INF/OF CB (1st) 2018
Alex Williams P PG (1st), CB (1st), NCBWA (1st), BA (2nd) 2019

National Players of the Year

Name Position Outlet Year
Steve Dunning P TSN 1970
David McCarty 1B BA 1991
Jeff Austin P BA 1998

National Pitchers of the Year

Name Outlet Year
Mark Appel CBHF 2012

National Freshman of the Year

Name Position Outlet Year
Jack McDowell P (co) BA 1985
Paul Carey OF CB 1987
Jeffrey Hammonds OF CB/BA 1990
Kyle Peterson P CB/BA 1995
Mark Romanczuk P CB 2003

Buster Posey Award (formerly Johnny Bench Award)

Name Position Year
Ryan Garko C 2003

National Coach of the Year

Name Outlet Year
Mark Marquess TSN 1985
Mark Marquess TSN/BA 1987
Mark Marquess TSN 1988

West Region Coach of the Year

Name Outlet Year
Mark Marquess ABCA 2001

Key
ABCA – American Baseball Coaches Association
D1 – D1 Baseball
BA – Baseball America
CB – Collegiate Baseball
PG - Perfect Game
LS - Louisville Slugger
CBHF– College Baseball Hall of Fame
TSN – The Sporting News
BW – Baseball/Sports Weekly
NCBWA – National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association