Top-five draft picks JJ Bleday (Vanderbilt), Adley Rutschman (Oregon State) and Andrew Vaughn (California) lead Baseball America’s 2019 College All-Americans.

Bleday is one of two Vanderbilt players on the first team, joined by sophomore Austin Martin. The SEC champions are the only team to have two first-team honorees and one of 12 schools to have multiple honorees across the three teams. Mississippi State leads all teams with three players selected, including first-team starting pitcher Ethan Small.

Four players from the Preseason All-America first team also made the postseason first team: Bleday, Rutschman, Vaughn and outfielder Matt Wallner. Starting pitcher Alek Manoah was on the second team in the preseason, and shortstop Will Wilson and third baseman/closer Aaron Schunk were on the third team in the preseason before moving up to the first team in the postseason. In all, 14 players who scouts voted as Preseason All-Americans earned spots on the postseason teams.

Josh Jung, Rutschman, Vaughn, first baseman Spencer Torkelson and outfielder Kevin Strohschein all repeat as All-Americans this season. Vaughn was a first-team honoree last year. Jung, Rutschman and Torkelson were on the second team and Strohschein was on the third team

The first team roster is as follows, and writeups are included below. The second and third teams are located at the bottom of the post.

First Team

C: Adley Rutschman, Oregon State

1B: Andrew Vaughn, California

2B: Cameron Cannon, Arizona

3B: Kody Hoese, Tulane

SS: Will Wilson, North Carolina State

OF: Hunter Bishop, Arizona State

OF: JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt

OF: Matt Wallner, Southern Mississippi

DH: Austin Martin, Vanderbilt

UTL: Aaron Schunk, Georgia

SP: Ryan Garcia, UCLA

SP: Alek Manoah, West Virginia

SP: Ethan Small, Mississippi State

SP: Noah Song, Navy

RP: Kyle Hill, Baylor

RP: Jacob Wallace, Connecticut

FIRST TEAM





C Adley Rutschman

School: Oregon State

The skinny: Rutschman, a second-team All-American last season, lived up to his sky-high expectations coming into 2019. At .411/.575/.751, he leads the Pac-12 in all of the slash line categories. His power took a big jump this season, setting a career high in home runs with 17, and he walked (76) twice as much as he struck out (38), all while continuing to serve as an elite defensive catcher.

1B Andrew Vaughn

School: California

The skinny: A first-team All-American at DH in 2018, Vaughn mashed his way to first-team honors again in 2019 by hitting .374/.539/.704 with 14 doubles, 15 homers and 50 RBI with 60 walks compared to just 33 strikeouts. His 50 career home runs place him in a tie for second in Cal baseball history, behind only Xavier Nady’s 57.

2B Cameron Cannon

School: Arizona

The skinny: A doubles machine who split his time between second base and shortstop in 2019, Cannon leads the country in doubles, with 29. He also hit .397/.478/.651 with eight home runs and 56 RBI, all of which equaled or bettered previous career-highs.

3B Kody Hoese

School: Tulane

The skinny: After hitting .291/.368/.435 with five home runs as a sophomore, Hoese exploded as a junior, hitting .391/.486/.779 with 20 doubles, 23 home runs and 61 RBI. Those 23 homers are in a tie for the second-best single-season total in Tulane history and place him in the top five in the country.

SS Will Wilson

School: North Carolina State

The skinny: In what appeared to be a crowded class of shortstops coming into the season, Wilson established himself as the best of the bunch. He spent 2019 hitting .335/.425/.661 with 20 doubles, 16 homers and 57 RBI, all of which were career-high figures.

OF JJ Bleday

School: Vanderbilt

The skinny: As the centerpiece of the lineup on the No. 2 team in the nation, Bleday tapped into his raw power in a big way this season. After hitting six total home runs over his first two seasons, he has 27 in 2019, the most in the country, all without sacrificing his other numbers, as evidenced by a .353/.467/.739 slash line.

OF Hunter Bishop

School: Arizona State

The skinny: Bishop, with a breakout junior season at the plate, helped get Arizona State into a regional for the first-time in his career. He hit .344/.482/.757 with 22 home runs, which blew away his previous career highs of .301/.363/.484 with five home runs as a freshman.

OF Matt Wallner

School: Southern Mississippi

The skinny: A Minnesota native who ended up at Southern Miss only after North Dakota shuttered its baseball program, Wallner started slugging as soon as he stepped on campus and hasn’t stopped. As a junior in 2019, he hit .323/.446/.681 with 23 home runs, which is right in line with his career slash line of .323/.461/.652. His 58 career home runs are most all-time in program history.

DH Austin Martin

School: Vanderbilt

The skinny: Martin served as the spark plug at the top of an outstanding Vanderbilt lineup in 2019, hitting .410/.502/.603 with 19 doubles, six home runs, 18 stolen bases in 23 tries, and just 29 strikeouts in 234 at-bats. More impressively, with a .424/.500/.610 line in SEC play, his numbers were actually marginally better against the best competition he saw.

SP Ryan Garcia

School: UCLA

The skinny: Garcia missed the first few weeks of the season with injury, and didn’t make his first start until the season was more than a month old, but he made up for lost time once he got back on the mound. He is 10-0, 1.36 and has a 109/25 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 86.1 innings for a UCLA pitching staff that leads the country in ERA by a wide margin.

SP Alek Manoah

School: West Virginia

The skinny: After two seasons marked by as much inconsistency as brilliance, Manoah came into his own as one of the most dominant arms in college baseball as a junior. He finished the season 9-4, 2.08 and 144 strikeouts in 108.1 innings, and played as big a role as anyone in West Virginia hosting a regional for the first time in program history in 2019.

SP Ethan Small

School: Mississippi State

The skinny: After serving as one of the most quietly consistent starting pitchers in college baseball in 2018, there has been nothing quiet about Small’s performance in 2019. The lefty is 9-2, 1.88 and a 160-to-27 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 96 innings. His season strikeout total is already second all-time in Mississippi State history, behind only the 174 recorded by Eric DuBose in 1996.

SP Noah Song

School: Navy

The skinny: In his senior season, Noah Song went 11-1, 1.44 with 161 strikeouts in 94 innings to put a cap on a career he spent rewriting Navy’s record books. His 32 wins, 54 starts, 334.1 innings and 428 strikeouts are all career program records.

RP Kyle Hill

School: Baylor

The skinny: Hill, a four-year workhorse in the Baylor bullpen, took things to the next level in 2019, when he threw 29.1 innings without allowing a single run, earned or otherwise. He also held opponents to a .109 batting average, struck out 35, and only surrendered three extra-base hits, all doubles.

RP Jacob Wallace

School: Connecticut

The skinny: After being used sparingly as a freshman and showing flashes of brilliance as a sophomore, Wallace put it all together as a junior for UConn. In 42 innings spread over 30 appearances, he sported a 0.64 ERA, a 68-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 16 saves.

UTL Aaron Schunk

School: Georgia

The skinny: Schunk, for a second year in a row, was one of the most reliable arms in the Georgia bullpen, saving 12 games and putting up a 2.49 ERA in 21.2 innings. Where he made a big jump was at the plate, going from hitting .299/.340/.411 with three home runs as a sophomore to hitting .339/.373/.604 with 15 homers as a junior while playing everyday at third base.

STATS

FIRST TEAM Year AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State Jr. .411 .575 .751 185 57 76 17 58 76 38 0 1B Andrew Vaughn, California Jr. .381 .544 .716 176 49 67 15 50 59 33 2 2B Cameron Cannon, Arizona Jr. .397 .478 .651 232 71 92 8 56 35 29 0 3B Kody Hoese, Tulane Jr. .391 .486 .779 235 72 92 23 61 39 34 4 SS Will Wilson, North Carolina State Jr. .335 .425 .661 221 55 74 16 57 33 46 1 OF Hunter Bishop, Arizona State Jr. .342 .479 .748 222 67 76 22 63 50 61 12 OF JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt Jr. .350 .464 .717 254 77 89 26 69 54 53 1 OF Matt Wallner, Southern Mississippi Jr. .323 .446 .681 226 58 73 23 60 48 50 2 DH Austin Martin, Vanderbilt So. .410 .503 .619 244 83 100 8 42 38 31 18 UTL Aaron Schunk, Georgia Jr. .339 .373 .604 230 49 78 15 58 14 29 3 PITCHERS Year W L ERA G CG SV IP H BB SO AVG SP Ryan Garcia, UCLA Jr. 10 1 1.44 16 1 0 94 52 26 117 .160 SP Alek Manoah, West Virginia Jr. 9 4 2.08 16 2 0 108.1 71 27 144 .186 SP Ethan Small, Mississippi State R-Jr. 10 2 1.76 17 0 0 102 58 29 168 .164 SP Noah Song, Navy Sr. 11 1 1.44 14 6 0 94 55 31 161 .171 RP Kyle Hill, Baylor Sr. 6 0 0.00 23 0 7 29.1 10 10 35 .109 RP Jacob Wallace, Connecticut Jr. 3 1 0.64 30 0 16 42 20 10 68 .140 UTL Aaron Schunk, Georgia Jr. 1 2 2.49 17 0 12 21.2 15 7 18 0.19

SECOND TEAM

SECOND TEAM Year AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB C Eric Yang, UC Santa Barbara Jr. .368 .479 .545 209 48 77 7 45 30 29 6 1B Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State So. .351 .446 .707 242 69 85 23 66 41 45 1 2B Nick Gonzales, New Mexico State So. .432 .532 .773 220 80 95 16 80 45 30 7 3B Drew Mendoza, Florida State Jr. .319 .484 .620 213 60 68 16 56 69 69 2 SS Josh Jung, Texas Tech Jr. .342 .476 .636 225 62 77 14 56 52 39 1 OF Peyton Burdick, Wright State R-Jr. .407 .538 .729 214 79 87 15 72 60 35 24 OF Jake Mangum, Mississippi State Sr. .355 .411 .462 290 72 103 1 39 22 24 22 OF Jake Sanford, Western Kentucky Jr. .398 .483 .805 221 65 88 22 66 33 50 6 DH Kyle McCann, Georgia Tech Jr. .299 .468 .674 221 58 66 23 70 62 77 0 UTL J.C. Flowers, Florida State Jr. .271 .372 .511 225 45 61 13 53 30 64 11 PITCHERS Year W L ERA G CG SV IP H BB SO AVG SP Jake Agnos, East Carolina Jr. 11 3 2.29 17 0 0 102 74 43 145 .198 SP Isaiah Campbell, Arkansas R-Jr. 12 1 2.26 17 0 0 111.1 82 20 115 .205 SP Emerson Hancock, Georgia So. 8 3 1.99 14 1 0 90.1 58 18 97 .185 SP TJ Sikkema, Missouri Jr. 7 4 1.32 17 2 2 88.2 54 31 101 .175 RP Matt Cronin, Arkansas Jr. 1 0 2.00 23 0 12 27 15 14 40 .163 RP Holden Powell, UCLA So. 4 3 1.84 40 0 17 49 19 27 65 .121 UTL J.C. Flowers, Florida State Jr. 0 0 1.40 21 0 12 25.2 17 11 23 .185

THIRD TEAM