The 2018 college baseball season had an impressive number of Perfect Game All-Americans making an impact on the game. Kody Clemens was on fire, particularly down the stretch, on his way to guiding the Texas Longhorns to Omaha. Jonathan India had a huge uptick in power as he too led his team, the Florida Gators, to the College World Series and was also the fifth overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. Joe DeMers fired a perfect game during the regular season and fronted the staff of another CWS team, the Washington Huskies.
Dominic Fletcher played a big role in Arkansas finishing the season as the national runner-up and Cadyn Grenier had a big season serving as the everyday shortstop for the national champion Oregon State Beavers. You can read more about all of the PG All-Americans and their impact on the 2018 College World Series here:
All-Americans excel in Omaha
Clemens and India were both named First Team College All-Americans for their impressive seasons. Three more players (Steven Williams, Logan Allen and Tanner Burns) were named First Team Freshmen All-Americans while Blake Sabol was named a Summer Collegiate All-American after his impressive summer showing on the Cape.
Seventy-nine players are listed below, a number rounded up to 80 once Carter Stewart decides where he will play next spring. Kyle Molnar, not listed below, could have made it 81 had he remained at UCLA but instead has chosen to work out independently in preparation of the 2019 MLB Draft.
Twenty-four of the PG All-Americans at the college level are true freshmen, leading another talent infusion for fans of the game to follow over the next 3-4 years. Vanderbilt leads the way with six total PG All-Americans while Kentucky, TCU and USC each has four.
Players filtered by school. Year indicates the year each player participated in the Classic. Not shown below is 2017 PG All-American righthanded pitcher Carter Stewart, an unsigned first-round draft pick from last summer. Stewart has yet to determine where he will be playing during the spring of 2019.
Player |
Pos. |
Year |
Class |
School |
Cole McKay |
RHP |
2014 |
SO |
Abilene Christian* |
Nick Quintana |
SS |
2015 |
JR |
Arizona |
Austin Wells |
C |
2017 |
FR |
Arizona |
Blake Burzell |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Arizona State |
Dominic Fletcher |
OF |
2015 |
JR |
Arkansas |
Cole Turney |
OF |
2016 |
SO |
Arkansas |
Tanner Burns |
RHP |
2016 |
SO |
Auburn |
Steven Williams |
C |
2016 |
SO |
Auburn |
Kyle Dean |
OF |
2014 |
JR |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
Brandon McIlwain |
OF |
2015 |
R-SO |
California (football) |
Jordan Anderson |
OF |
2016 |
SO |
Chipola (JUCO) |
Herbert Iser |
C |
2015 |
JR |
Dallas Baptist* |
Max Guzman |
C |
2015 |
JR |
Faulkner University (D-II)* |
Brady McConnell |
SS |
2016 |
SO |
Florida |
Hunter Ruth |
RHP |
2016 |
SO |
Florida |
Logan Allen |
LHP |
2016 |
SO |
Florida International |
Drew Mendoza |
3B/1B |
2015 |
JR |
Florida State |
Elijah Cabell |
OF |
2017 |
FR |
Florida State |
Nander De Sedas |
SS |
2017 |
FR |
Florida State |
Tony Locey |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Georgia |
Cole Wilcox |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Georgia |
Tristin English |
RHP |
2014 |
R-JR |
Georgia Tech |
Luke Bartnicki |
LHP |
2017 |
FR |
Georgia Tech |
Wyatt Cross |
C |
2014 |
SR |
Indiana |
Ryan Zeferjahn |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Kansas |
T.J. Collett |
C |
2015 |
JR |
Kentucky |
Ben Jordan |
RHP |
2016 |
R-FR |
Kentucky |
Ryan Johnson |
OF |
2014 |
SR |
Kentucky |
Jaren Shelby |
OF |
2015 |
JR |
Kentucky* |
Levi Usher |
OF |
2017 |
FR |
Kirkwood (JUCO) |
Zack Hess |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Louisiana State |
Nick Storz |
RHP/DH |
2016 |
SO |
Louisiana State |
Christopher Willis |
C/OF |
2017 |
FR |
Louisiana State |
Tyler Fitzgerald |
SS |
2015 |
JR |
Louisville |
Jack Perkins |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Louisville |
Kel Johnson |
OF |
2013 |
GR |
Mercer* |
JP Gates |
LHP |
2017 |
FR |
Miami |
Alex Toral |
1B |
2016 |
SO |
Miami |
Slade Cecconi |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Miami |
Karl Kauffmann |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Michigan |
Tim Elko |
3B/1B |
2016 |
SO |
Mississippi |
JT Ginn |
RHP/IF |
2017 |
FR |
Mississippi State |
Seth Halvorsen |
RHP/SS |
2017 |
FR |
Missouri |
Ian Bedell |
RHP |
2017 |
SO |
Missouri |
Tyler Baum |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
North Carolina |
Austin Bergner |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
North Carolina |
Joe Boyle |
RHP |
2016 |
SO |
Notre Dame |
Mitchell Stone |
LHP |
2016 |
SO |
Oklahoma State |
Bryce Carter |
C |
2013 |
SR |
Oklahoma State* |
Vinny Tosti |
C/OF |
2017 |
FR |
Oregon |
Luke Berryhill |
C |
2015 |
R-SO |
South Carolina |
Kyle Jacobsen |
OF |
2016 |
SO |
South Carolina |
Chris Chatfield |
OF |
2014 |
SR |
South Florida |
Kyle Hurt |
RHP |
2016 |
SO |
Southern California |
Ben Ramirez |
2B/3B |
2016 |
SO |
Southern California |
Blake Sabol |
C/OF |
2015 |
JR |
Southern California |
Preston Hartsell |
OF |
2017 |
FR |
Southern California |
Jeff Belge |
LHP |
2015 |
JR |
St. John's |
Brandon Dieter |
SS/RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Stanford |
Keven Pimentel |
RHP |
2013 |
SR |
Tampa (D-II) |
David Hamilton |
SS |
2015 |
JR |
Texas |
Jonathan Childress |
LHP |
2017 |
FR |
Texas A&M |
Hunter Watson |
3B/1B |
2017 |
FR |
Texas A&M |
Dion Henderson |
LHP |
2015 |
R-SO |
Texas Christian |
Charles King |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Texas Christian |
Nick Lodolo |
LHP |
2015 |
JR |
Texas Christian |
Caleb Sloan |
RHP |
2016 |
SO |
Texas Christian |
Justin Hooper |
LHP |
2014 |
R-JR |
UCLA |
Garrett Mitchell |
OF |
2016 |
SO |
UCLA |
Kep Brown |
OF |
2014 |
R-JR |
UNC Wilmington |
Philip Clarke |
C |
2016 |
SO |
Vanderbilt |
Drake Fellows |
RHP |
2015 |
JR |
Vanderbilt |
Austin Becker |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Vanderbilt |
Kumar Rocker |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Vanderbilt |
John Malcom |
1B/OF |
2017 |
FR |
Vanderbilt |
Jayson Gonzalez |
3B |
2016 |
SO |
Vanderiblt |
Brandon Neeck |
LHP |
2017 |
FR |
Virginia |
Mike Vasil |
RHP |
2017 |
FR |
Virginia |
Ben Baird |
SS |
2015 |
JR |
Washington |