D1Baseball's Preseason All-America teams are headlined by five players apiece from Florida and Louisville, the two top-ranked teams in the nation.

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2016 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans

Florida and Louisville topped the D1Baseball.com Top 25 rankings a couple of weeks ago, and the two teams are well represented this week, too, with the unveiling of D1Baseball’s Preseason All-America teams.

Louisville’s Brendan McKay (Aaron Fitt)

The Gators and Cardinals put five players each on the three teams, with the Cards placing three on the first team, and the Gators two. Louisville was represented on the first team by gritty second baseman Nick Solak, outfielder Corey Ray and outstanding two-way star Brendan McKay, while Florida was headlined by hard-hitting J.J. Schwarz at the designated hitter spot, and lefthanded pitcher A.J. Puk.

Other teams were well represented on the teams, too. Wake Forest, which enters the season unranked, had a pair of players on the teams, with Will Craig earning first-team third base honors and Nate Mondou earning second-team honors at second base. Last year’s CWS Finalists, Vanderbilt and Virginia, also placed two players apiece on the teams, as did preseason No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 7 LSU.

D1Baseball.com editors Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers selected the Preseason All-America teams with one guiding principle in mind: To identify the best and most valuable college baseball players for the 2016 season. Past performance and future upside factored into the deliberations, but the goal was neither to identify the best future major leaguers nor to reward the players who have put up the gaudiest numbers in past seasons (particularly since the level of competition varies significantly from one conference to another). The objective was to select the players who would provide the most value for a team that wanted to win the College World Series in 2016—the players who are best equipped to perform at an elite level if they were matched up against elite college competition this spring.

Finally, please note that all players are listed only at positions they are expected to play in 2016, except for players listed at DH. The “utility” spot was used to recognize the nation’s top two-way players.

Mercer’s Kyle Lewis made quite a name for himself at the Cape Cod League. (Mercer Athletics)

First-Team Hitters

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Zack Collins, Miami Jr. .302/.445/.587 242 61 73 15 70 7 Premium lefthanded power bat is getting better and better behind the plate 1B K.J. Harrison, Oregon State So. .309/.401/.527 220 40 68 10 60 1 One of nation's top freshman bats last year should be even better as a soph 2B Nick Solak, Louisville Jr. .324/.416/.439 244 47 79 3 40 18 Athletic slasher can hit for average, rack up doubles and steal bases 3B Will Craig, Wake Forest Jr. .382/.496/.702 191 52 73 13 58 2 Reigning ACC Player of the Year is a fearsome masher, also pitches SS Errol Robinson, Ole Miss Jr. .297/.376/.364 209 31 62 1 30 6 Elite range, body control and actions make Robinson a gifted defender OF Kyle Lewis, Mercer Jr. .367/.423/.677 226 49 83 17 56 3 Top prospect in Cape Cod League is a physical specimen with huge power potential OF Corey Ray, Louisville Jr. .325/.389/.543 265 46 86 11 56 34 A marquee power-speed threat with lightning-quick bat speed OF Buddy Reed, Florida Jr. .305/.367/.433 282 51 86 4 47 18 Talented switch-hitter showed plus-plus speed and defense with Team USA DH J.J. Schwarz, Florida So. .332/.398/.629 256 60 85 18 73 1 Slugger finished third nationally in homers and RBIs as a freshman last year UT Brendan McKay, Louisville So. .308/.418/.431 211 32 65 4 34 4 Last year's national Freshman of the Year controls the zone, drives the gaps

First-Team Pitchers

Pos. Player, School Year W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO SP Connor Jones, Virginia Jr. 7 3 3.19 18 0 115.2 94 52 113 Omaha hero can dominate with very heavy 92-95 fastball and 3 quality offspeed pitches SP Alex Lange, LSU So. 12 0 1.97 17 0 114 87 46 131 Blew away SEC as a freshman with fastball that reaches mid-90s, filthy curve, good change SP A.J. Puk, Florida Jr. 9 4 3.81 17 0 78 59 35 104 Towering southpaw has nasty angle on 93-96 fastball and emerging secdonary stuff SP Mike Shawaryn, Maryland Jr. 13 2 1.71 17 0 116 85 29 138 No pitcher in college baseball commands his entire repertoire better than Shawaryn RP Zach Jackson, Arkansas Jr. 5 1 2.53 27 9 60 43 38 89 His mid-90s fastball is nice, but Jackson's power curveball may be nation's best pitch UT Brendan McKay, Louisville So. 9 3 1.77 20 4 96.2 53 34 117 Lefthander has superb feel for pitching with 88-92 fastball and swing-and-miss curve

California ace righty Daulton Jefferies (Shotgun Spratling)

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Cal Raleigh, Florida State So. .301/.412/.511 229 45 69 10 50 1 1B Pavin Smith, Virginia Jr. .329/.410/.513 228 43 75 8 57 2 2B Brian Mims, UNC Wilmington Jr. .371/.443/.614 259 71 96 14 64 4 3B Jonathan India, Florida So. .303/.367/.440 234 43 71 4 40 13 SS Taylor Walls, Florida State Jr. .355/.479/.516 248 72 88 6 46 14 OF Brian Miller, North Carolina Jr. .345/.440/.469 226 56 78 2 33 21 OF Quinn Brodey, Stanford Jr. .280/.302/.445 218 25 61 7 41 2 OF Michael Gigliotti, Lipscomb Jr. .302/.409/.464 192 55 58 3 24 15 DH Nick Feight, UNC Wilmington Jr. .349/.410/.726 241 60 84 21 91 1 UT Adam Haseley, Virginia Jr. .304/.377/.502 247 61 75 6 37 3

Pos. Player, School Year W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO SP Tristan Beck, Stanford So. 6 5 2.48 14 0 83.1 60 26 76 SP Alex Lange, LSU Jr. 8 4 3.79 17 0 111.2 92 49 125 SP Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina Sr. 15 1 1.85 26 2 117 113 18 75 SP Clarke Schmidt, South Carolina Jr. 9 5 3.40 18 0 111.1 107 27 129 RP Corbin Martin, Texas A&M Jr. 2 1 5.47 16 0 26.1 29 21 33 UT Adam Haseley, Virginia Jr. 9 3 1.73 13 0 78 54 21 48

Oklahoma’s Alec Hansen. (Kendall Rogers)

Pos. Player, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG AB R H HR RBI SB C Mike Rivera, Florida Jr. .245/.347/.419 229 33 56 9 47 0 1B Evan White, Kentucky Jr. .376/.419/.535 226 44 85 5 40 10 2B Zach Kirtley, Saint Mary's Jr. .323/.428/.504 226 49 73 7 43 4 3B Elliott Barzilli, TCU Sr. .339/.418/.518 251 44 85 7 48 14 SS Kevin Smith, Maryland Jr. .259/.308/.409 232 39 60 8 34 0 OF Dwanya Williams-Sutton, East Carolina So. .360/.551/.455 178 31 64 5 27 7 OF Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest Jr. .293/.403/.470 232 50 68 5 47 14 OF Jameson Hannah, Dallas Baptist So. .332/.407/.456 193 40 64 4 37 11 DH Joe Davis, Houston So. .331/.387/.577 239 33 79 14 58 0 UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska Jr. .326/.402/.458 227 39 74 2 29 10