Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson earned D1Baseball's Player of the Year award. He is one of 11 SEC players to make D1Baseball's three All-America teams.

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Swanson Leads D1Baseball All-America Team

National Player of the Year Dansby Swanson leads the 2015 D1Baseball All-America team, released Thursday.

Swanson, a junior shortstop who was selected No. 1 overall in the MLB draft earlier this week, does it all for Vanderbilt, and his balanced skill set earned him the inaugural D1Baseball Player of the Year award. Swanson ranks in the nation’s top 20 in home runs, double, triples, slugging, hits and runs. He ranks 21st in RBIs and second in total bases. He’s also put his plus speed to use on the basepaths, where he’s stolen 16 bases in 18 attempts. And he has played brilliant defense at the crucial and demanding shortstop position, regularly making dazzling plays while also fielding a strong .975 in his first college season at the position (he played second last year).

Furthermore, Swanson has played very well when it matters most, helping to lead the Commodores back to Omaha for the second straight year. In five NCAA tournament games, Swanson is hitting .350 with seven runs, four RBIs, two homers and two doubles. He homered and doubled off No. 6 overall pick Tyler Jay in Monday’s super regional clincher, then celebrated with his teammates on the field as he was drafted first overall by the Diamonbacks just moments later.

“It’s a surreal moment, especially to be with all my loved ones,” Swanson said in the aftermath. “You can’t script the moment any better than that, just to be able to enjoy the moments with the people closest to you, it’s pretty phenomenal.”

Swanson was joined on the D1Baseball All-America first team by his roommate and best friend, Vandy ace righthander Carson Fulmer. Swanson, Fulmer, LSU’s Alex Bregman, Cal State Fullerton’s Thomas Eshelman and Cincinnati’s Ian Happ were the only members of the preseason first team that also made the postseason first team. Overall, 12 members of the three preseason All-America teams earned postseason All-America honors.

LSU and Vanderbilt were the only teams to place two players on the first team, as catcher Kade Scivicque joined Bregman on the first team. The top-ranked Tigers also lead all teams with four All-Americans overall, as righty Alex Lange made the second team and outfielder Andrew Stevenson cracked the third team. Illinois and Maryland are next with three All-Americans apiece, though neither team placed a player on the first team.

The SEC leads all conferences with five players on the first team and 11 All-Americans overall. The Big Ten ranks second with seven All-Americans, followed by the ACC and Pac-12 with six apiece.

D1Baseball editors Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers determined the All-America teams. Statistics below are updated through super regional play.

First-Team Position Players

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Kade Scivicque, LSU Sr. .347/.391/.518 222 31 77 6 45 0 1B Will Craig, Wake Forest So. .382/.496/.702 191 52 73 13 58 2 2B Scott Kingery, Arizona Jr. .392/.423/.561 237 53 93 5 36 11 3B David Thompson, Miami Jr. .333/.445/.658 243 59 81 19 87 1 SS Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt Jr. .350/.442/.661 257 74 90 15 62 16 OF Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas So. .380/.389/.715 221 61 84 19 55 23 OF Donnie Dewees, North Florida R-So. .422/.483/.749 251 88 106 18 68 23 OF Ian Happ, Cincinnati Jr. .369/.492/.672 198 47 73 14 44 12 DH Alex Bregman, LSU Jr. .312/.406/.534 247 56 77 9 49 37 UT Brendan McKay, Louisville Fr. .308/.418/.431 211 32 65 4 34 4

First-Team Pitchers

Pos. Player, School Year W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO SP Taylor Clarke, Col. of Charleston Jr. 13 1 1.73 17 1 114.1 76 14 143 SP Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton Jr. 8 5 1.58 18 1 131.1 101 7 131 SP Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt Jr. 13 2 1.82 17 0 114 75 46 152 SP Matt Hall, Missouri State Jr. 12 2 2.02 19 1 125 87 45 171 RP David Berg, UCLA Sr. 7 1 0.68 43 13 66.2 49 8 65 UT Brendan McKay, Louisville Fr. 9 3 1.77 20 4 96.2 53 34 117

Second-Team Position Players

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Garrett Stubbs, Southern California Sr. .346/.435/.434 228 51 79 1 25 20 1B David Kerian, Illinois Sr. .367/.462/.667 207 46 76 16 52 9 2B Brandon Lowe, Maryland So. .331/.436/.542 251 58 83 9 53 11 3B Josh Tobias, Florida Sr. .373/.447/.557 212 56 79 5 41 11 SS Kevin Newman, Arizona Jr. .370/.426/.489 227 53 84 2 36 22 OF Cody Jones, TCU Sr. .371/.474/.500 240 58 89 5 33 31 OF Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville Sr. .465/.543/.746 185 43 86 5 57 13 OF DJ Stewart, Florida State Jr. .318/.500/.593 214 62 68 15 59 12 DH JJ Schwarz, Florida Fr. .332/.393/.651 238 52 79 18 71 1 UT Corbin Olmstead, North Florida Jr. .308/.362/.561 214 46 66 13 42 3

Second-Team Pitchers

Pos. Player, School Year W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO SP Kevin Duchene, Illinois Jr. 11 2 1.75 15 0 102.2 89 18 88 SP James Kaprielian, UCLA Jr. 10 4 2.03 17 0 106.2 86 33 114 SP Alex Lange, LSU Fr. 11 0 1.89 16 0 105 81 44 121 SP Mike Shawaryn, Maryland So. 13 2 1.71 17 0 116 85 29 138 RP Tyler Jay, Illinois Jr. 5 2 1.08 30 14 66.2 40 7 76 UT Corbin Olmstead, North Florida Jr. 1 0 0.25 23 9 35.1 21 9 48

Third-Team Position Players

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Kevin Martir, Maryland Jr. .342/.441/.502 237 45 81 7 45 3 1B Kyle Martin, South Carolina Sr. .350/.455/.635 203 50 71 14 56 11 2B Stefan Trosclair, La.-Lafayette Jr. .338/.441/.635 219 55 74 16 53 15 3B Carl Wise, Col. of Charleston Jr. .313/.380/.557 246 64 77 12 70 3 SS Kyle Holder, San Diego Jr. .348/.418/.482 224 45 78 4 31 5 OF Nick Banks, Texas A&M So. .364/.450/.536 239 51 87 8 48 9 OF Corey Ray, Louisville So. .325/.389/.543 265 46 86 11 56 34 OF Andrew Stevenson, LSU Jr. .356/.407/.458 236 53 84 1 21 26 DH Brendon Sanger, Florida Atlantic So. .370/.492/.583 230 57 85 7 48 2 UT Tyler Peyton, Iowa Jr. .337/.439/.417 187 31 63 0 31 2

Third-Team Pitchers