As the Perfect Game All-American Classic to continues to grow so does the talent taking the fields at the college level. Last year in this same feature 76 former PG All-Americans were listed. This year that number has grown to 80 and covers the NCAA Divisions I and II, NAIA and NJCAA levels of the sport. Also included is one college football quarterback, Brandon McIlwain, now at Cal, who showed off his talents swinging the bat, to go along with his game-changing speed, as he hit an opposite field triple in the 2015 Classic.
Last year saw a pair of PG All-Americans named First Team College All-Americans, with Greg Deichmann and David Peterson both enjoying huge seasons for LSU and Oregon respectively. Carlos Cortes was named a Freshman All-American after hitting .286-12-41 for South Carolina while Tyler Baum, Austin Bergner and Dominic Fletcher were named Summer Collegiate All-Americans.
Of the 80 players listed below eight of them were members of teams that advanced to the College World Series – which doesn't factor in the players that were part of those teams that have since moved on to professional baseball – including Jonathan India of the CWS champion Florida Gators. Zack Hess served as the closer down the stretch for the runner-up LSU Tigers and Drew Mendoza provided some huge hits for Florida State to help propel them through the NCAA postseason.
Twenty of the players are incoming freshmen and represent the next wave of talent at the college level. For the second year in a row TCU leads the way with five former PG All-Americans on their roster, and not surprisingly the Horned Frogs will open the 2018 season once again on a short list of teams expected to win it all in Omaha.
Players filtered by school. Year indicates the year each player participated in the Classic.
Player |
Pos. |
Year |
Class |
School |
Nick Quintana |
SS |
2015 |
SO |
Arizona |
Dominic Fletcher |
OF |
2015 |
SO |
Arkansas |
Keaton McKinney |
RHP |
2013 |
R-JR |
Arkansas |
Cole Turney |
OF |
2016 |
FR |
Arkansas |
Tanner Burns |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Auburn |
Steven Williams |
C |
2016 |
FR |
Auburn |
Kyle Dean |
OF |
2014 |
JR |
Brigham Young |
Brandon McIlwain |
OF |
2015 |
SO |
California (football)* |
Max Guzman |
C |
2015 |
SO |
Chipola (JC) |
Reese Cooley |
OF/IF |
2013 |
SR |
Faulkner University (D-II)* |
Jonathan India |
3B |
2014 |
JR |
Florida |
Brady McConnell |
SS |
2016 |
FR |
Florida |
Hunter Ruth |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Florida |
Logan Allen |
LHP |
2016 |
FR |
Florida International |
Cobi Johnson |
RHP |
2013 |
R-JR |
Florida State |
Drew Mendoza |
3B/1B |
2015 |
SO |
Florida State |
Tony Locey |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Georgia |
Grant Bodison |
SS |
2015 |
SO |
Georgia Highlands (JC) |
Brandt Stallings |
OF |
2014 |
JR |
Georgia College* |
Luke Berryhill |
C |
2015 |
R-FR |
Georgia Southern |
Tristin English |
RHP |
2014 |
R-SO |
Georgia Tech |
Kel Johnson |
OF |
2013 |
SR |
Georgia Tech |
Ryan McKay |
RHP |
2014 |
SO |
Howard (JC)* |
Wyatt Cross |
C |
2014 |
JR |
Indiana* |
Ryan Zeferjahn |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Kansas |
T.J. Collett |
C |
2015 |
SO |
Kentucky |
Ryan Johnson |
OF |
2014 |
SO |
Kentucky* |
Ben Jordan |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Kentucky |
Hogan Harris |
LHP |
2014 |
JR |
Louisiana |
Zack Hess |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Louisiana State |
Nick Storz |
RHP/DH |
2016 |
FR |
Louisiana State |
Tyler Fitzgerald |
SS |
2015 |
SO |
Louisville |
Danny Reyes |
OF |
2014 |
JR |
Miami* |
Alejandro Toral |
1B |
2016 |
FR |
Miami |
Karl Kauffmann |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Michigan |
Tim Elko |
3B/1B |
2016 |
FR |
Mississippi |
Nick Fortes |
C |
2014 |
JR |
Mississippi |
Jordan Anderson |
OF |
2016 |
FR |
Mississippi State |
Bryce Montes de Oca |
RHP |
2013 |
SR |
Missouri |
Avery Tuck |
OF |
2015 |
SO |
New Mexico JC |
Tyler Baum |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
North Carolina |
Austin Bergner |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
North Carolina |
Joe Boyle |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Notre Dame |
Jon Littell |
OF |
2013 |
SR |
Oklahoma State |
Mitchell Stone |
LHP |
2016 |
FR |
Oklahoma State |
Parker Kelly |
C/IF |
2014 |
JR |
Oregon |
Cadyn Grenier |
SS/2B |
2014 |
JR |
Oregon State |
Herbert Iser |
C |
2015 |
SO |
San Jacinto (JC) |
Carlos Cortes |
2B/OF |
2015 |
SO |
South Carolina |
Kyle Jacobsen |
OF |
2016 |
FR |
South Carolina |
Brandon Murray |
RHP |
2013 |
SR |
South Carolina |
Chris Chatfield |
OF |
2014 |
JR |
South Florida |
Kyle Hurt |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Southern California |
Ben Ramirez |
2B/3B |
2016 |
FR |
Southern California |
Blake Sabol |
C/OF |
2015 |
SO |
Southern California |
Jeff Belge |
LHP |
2015 |
SO |
St. John's |
Elih Marrero |
C |
2014 |
JR |
St. Thomas* |
Bryce Carter |
C |
2013 |
SR |
Stanford |
Jaren Shelby |
OF |
2015 |
SO |
State College of Florida (JC) |
Keven Pimentel |
RHP |
2013 |
R-JR |
Tampa (D-II)* |
Benito Santiago |
C |
2013 |
SR |
Tennessee |
Kody Clemens |
SS/2B |
2014 |
JR |
Texas |
David Hamilton |
SS |
2015 |
SO |
Texas |
Christifer Andritsos |
RHP/OF |
2014 |
SO |
Texas A&M* |
Luken Baker |
RHP/1B |
2014 |
JR |
Texas Christian |
Dion Henderson |
LHP |
2015 |
R-FR |
Texas Christian |
Charles King |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Texas Christian |
Nick Lodolo |
LHP |
2015 |
SO |
Texas Christian |
Caleb Sloan |
RHP |
2016 |
FR |
Texas Christian |
Kep Brown |
OF |
2014 |
R-SO |
UNC Wilmington* |
Justin Hooper |
LHP |
2014 |
JR |
UCLA |
Garrett Mitchell |
OF |
2016 |
FR |
UCLA |
Kyle Molnar |
RHP |
2014 |
R-SO |
UCLA |
Philip Clarke |
C |
2016 |
FR |
Vanderbilt |
Drake Fellows |
RHP |
2015 |
SO |
Vanderbilt |
Jayson Gonzalez |
3B |
2016 |
FR |
Vanderiblt |
Alonzo Jones |
IF/OF |
2014 |
JR |
Vanderbilt |
John Aiello |
SS |
2014 |
JR |
Wake Forest |
Ben Baird |
SS |
2015 |
SO |
Washington |
Joe DeMers |
RHP |
2014 |
JR |
Washington |
* Transfer