1997 College Baseball All-America Team

1997 All-Americans included six-time MLB All-Star Lance Berkman (left) and 2002 World Series MVP Troy Glaus (right).

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. In 1997, there were five generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and The Sporting News, which released a team for the first time since 1993. In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least three of these.

Key

A
American Baseball Coaches Association[1]
B
Baseball America[2]
C
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper[2]
N
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[3]
S
The Sporting News
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Consensus All-American – selected by all five organizations
Consensus All-American – selected by three or four organizations

All-Americans

Position Name School # A B C N S Other awards and honors
Starting pitcher J. D. Arteaga Miami (FL) 1———Green tick—
Starting pitcher Patrick Coogan LSU 1———Green tick—
Starting pitcher Chris Enochs West Virginia 2Green tick—Green tick——
Starting pitcher Jason Gooding Texas Tech 4Green tick—Green tickGreen tickGreen tick
Starting pitcher Jason Navarro Tulane 3Green tick——Green tickGreen tick
Starting pitcher Jim Parque UCLA 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Starting pitcher Kyle Peterson Stanford 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Starting pitcher Dan Reichert Pacific 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Starting pitcher Jeff Weaver Fresno State 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Starting pitcher Randy Wolf Pepperdine 1———Green tick—
Relief pitcher Matt Anderson Rice 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
First overall pick in the 1997 MLB draft
Relief pitcher Clay Eason NC State 1——Green tick——
Relief pitcher Ara Petrosian Long Beach State 1——Green tick——
Catcher Giuseppe Chiaramonte Fresno State 3Green tick—Green tickGreen tick—
Catcher Javier Flores Oklahoma 1————Green tick
Catcher Matthew LeCroy Clemson 2—Green tick—Green tick—
First baseman Lance Berkman Rice 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
First baseman Ross Gload South Florida 1———Green tick—
Second baseman Keith Ginter Texas Tech 4Green tick—Green tickGreen tickGreen tick
Second baseman Tom Sergio NC State 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Shortstop Adam Kennedy Cal State Northridge 2——Green tickGreen tick—
Shortstop Brandon Larson LSU 4Green tickGreen tick—Green tickGreen tick
Third baseman / DH Pat Burrell Miami (FL) 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Third baseman Joe Dillon Texas Tech 2———Green tickGreen tick
Third baseman Troy Glaus UCLA 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Outfielder Casey Child Pepperdine 1———Green tick—
Outfielder J. D. Drew Florida State 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick




Outfielder Mark Fisher Georgia Tech 1————Green tick
Outfielder Jeff Guiel Oklahoma State 2Green tick—Green tick——
Outfielder Mike Marchiano Fordham 3Green tick—Green tickGreen tick—
Outfielder Jeremy Morris Florida State 3—Green tick—Green tickGreen tick
Outfielder Goefrey Tomlinson Houston 1———Green tick—
Outfielder Roberto Vaz Alabama 3Green tick——Green tickGreen tick
Designated hitter Ryan Bordenick South Carolina 1Green tick————
Utility player Mike Frank Santa Clara 1——Green tick——
Utility player Tim Hudson Auburn 5Green tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Utility player Mark Maberry Tennessee Tech 1——Green tick——
Utility player Brad Wilkerson Florida 2—Green tick—Green tick—
Utility player Kris Wilson Georgia Tech 1———Green tick—

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1997 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Awards". The Kansas City Star. June 1, 1997. Retrieved August 8, 2025.