DALLAS (NCBWA) – The 2026 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s 26th Division I All-America first, second and third teams are filled with collegiate standouts who have left their mark on the diamond and could be celebrating into the NCAA Championship dogpile on June 21 or 22 in Omaha.
Led by the five finalists for the 2026 Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear – UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, Louisville first baseman Tague Davis, UC Santa Barbara pitcher Jackson Flora, Arizona State outfielder Landon Hairston and Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson – the team celebrating college baseball’s top performers is star-studded.
Several other standouts on teams competing starting Friday at the 79th NCAA World Series at Charles Schwab Park, beginning Friday, June 12, also received recognition as 19 different conferences and 12 conference championship teams are represented among the 88 total student-athletes on the top three All-American units.
One example is the first team starting pitchers with a combined record of 60-7 and several nation-topping earned run averages and a group of first squad outfielders with a composite 107 home runs and 350 total runs-batted-in.
Some familiar names among the first team selections, along with the Howser Trophy finalists, are 2B Jarren Advincula, Georgia Tech; 3B Tre Phelps, Georgia; OF Drew Burress, Georgia Tech; OF Lorenzo Carrier, Pitt; OF Will Gasparino, UCLA and OF Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M, among others.
Howser Trophy finalists Cholowsky (.320 batting average-21 home runs-60 RBI), Davis (.355-34 homers to lead the nation-98 RBI to top Division I), Hairston (.400-28-81) and Jackson (.396-31-86) pace the hitting cavalcade, while Flora tops NCAA Division I with a 12-0 record, 1.06 earned run average and 133 strikeouts in 102 innings pitched.
From the 2026 World Series, the qualifiers are Georgia’s Jackson, Phelps, Caden Aoki, and Joey Volchko; West Virginia’s Gavin Kelly, Chansen Cole and Maxx Yehl; Texas’ Carson Tinney, Sam Cozart, Dylan Volantis and Aidan Robbins; North Carolina’s Jason DeCaro and Caden Glauber and Judd Utermark, Ole Miss.
Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 2000-2025 have featured the likes of C Buster Posey and OF J.D. Drew of Florida State, RHP Paul Skenes of LSU, C Adley Rutschman of Oregon State, 1B Jac Caglianone of Florida, LHP David Price of Vanderbilt, 3B Alex Gordon of Nebraska, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern U., 1B Mark Teixeira of Georgia Tech, RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State and catcher Mike Zunino and RHP Ryan Singer of Florida, among others.
The current and previous teams also have included practically every national leader in home runs and RBI, pitching victories and earned run average as well as youngsters with solid achievements in the classrooms and community service areas.
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The Howser Trophy was created in 1987 shortly after Howser's death. Previous winners of the Howser Trophy are Mike Fiore, OF, Miami (Fla.), 1987; Robin Ventura, 3B, Oklahoma State, 1988; Scott Bryant, 1B-P, Texas, 1989; Alex Fernandez, P, Miami-Dade Community College South, 1990; Frank Rodriguez, P, Howard College (Texas), 1991; Brooks Kieschnick, UT-P, Texas, 1992 and 1993; Jason Varitek, C, Georgia Tech, 1994; Todd Helton, 1B, Tennessee, 1995; Kris Benson, P, Clemson, 1996; J. D. Drew, OF, Florida State, 1997; Eddy Furniss, 1B, LSU, 1998; Jason Jennings, UT-P, Baylor, 1999; Mark Teixeira, 1B, Georgia Tech, 2000; Mark Prior, P, USC, 2001, Khalil Greene, SS, Clemson, 2002; Rickie Weeks, 2B, Southern U., 2003; Jered Weaver, P, Long Beach State, 2004; Alex Gordon, 3B, Nebraska, 2005; Brad Lincoln, P/DH, Houston, 2006; David Price, P, Vanderbilt, 2007; Buster Posey, C, Florida State, 2008; Stephen Strasburg, P, San Diego State, 2009; Anthony Rendon, 3B, Rice, 2010; Taylor Jungmann, P, Texas, 2011; Mike Zunino, C, Florida, 2012; Kris Bryant, 3B, San Diego, 2013; A.J. Reed, DH-P, Kentucky, 2014; Andrew Benintendi, OF, Arkansas, 2015; Seth Beer, OF, Clemson, 2016; Brendan McKay, DH-P, Louisville, 2017; Brady Singer, P, Florida, 2018; Adley Rutschman, C, Oregon State, 2019; No Award, COVID-19, 2020; Kevin Kopps, P, Arkansas, 2021; Ivan Melendez, 1B, Texas, 2022; Paul Skenes, P, LSU, 2023; Charlie Condon, 3B-1B, Georgia, 2024; and Alex Lodise, SS, Florida State, 2025.
For more information on the NCAA Division I All-America team, contact NCBWA Executive Associate Director Mike Montoro of West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.
2026 NCBWA Division I All-America Team
FIRST TEAM
*C Daniel Jackson, Georgia
*1B Tague Davis, Louisville
2B Jarren Advincula, Georgia Tech
*SS Roch Cholowsky, UCLA
3B Tre Phelps, Georgia
*OF Landon Hairston, Arizona State
OF Drew Burress, Georgia Tech
OF Lorenzo Carrier, Pitt
OF Will Gasparino, UCLA
OF Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
#OF Aiden Robbins, Texas
DH Maddox Haley, Gonzaga
^UT Evan Dempsey, FGCU
^SP Jackson Flora, UC Santa Barbara
^SP Mason Edwards, USC
SP Dylan Volantis, Texas
SP Tomas Valinius, Mississippi State
^SP Aidan King, Florida
SP Jason DeCaro, North Carolina
RP Easton Hawk, UCLA
RP Albert Roblez, Oregon State
RP Sam Cozart, Texas
RP Clayton Freshcorn, Texas A&M
RP Tanner Bradley, Oregon
#RP Caden Glauber, North Carolina
SECOND TEAM
!C Vahn Lackey, Georgia Tech
*C Blake Primrose, Saint Joseph’s
1B Quinton Coats, Cincinnati
1B Mulivai Levu, UCLA
2B Gavin Kelly, West Virginia
2B Tracer Lopez, Texas Tech
SS Tyson LeBlanc, Kansas
SS Dee Kennedy, Kansas State
3B Ace Reese, Mississippi State
3B Ryan Zuckerman, Georgia Tech
OF Kollin Ritchie, Oklahoma State
OF Logan Hughes, Texas Tech
*OF Chris Katz, Mercer
*OF Tommy Harrison, Miami (Ohio)
DH Michael Anderson, Penn State
DH Diego Cardenas, Abilene Christian
UT Caden McDonald, Florida
UT Josiah Overbeek, Army West Point
SP Chansen Cole, West Virginia
SP Logan Reddeman, UCLA
SP Dax Whitney, Oregon State
^SP Maxx Yehl, West Virginia
SP Chris Levonas, Wake Forest
SP Grant Govel, USC
SP Aidan Sims, Texas A&M
^SP Michael Malki, Cal Baptist
RP Ethan McElvain, Arkansas
RP Wylan Moss, UCLA
RP Skyler Hutto, Jacksonville State
RP John Abraham, Florida State
RP Caden Aoki, Georgia
RP Colby Allen, Southern Miss
THIRD TEAM
C Carson Tinney, Texas
*C Jimmy Janicki Troy
*C Ryan Tayman, Cal Poly
1B Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
*1B Jackson Marshall, Connecticut
2B Nu’u Contrades, Arizona State
2B Colby Turner, Michigan
SS Camden Kozeal, Arkansas
SS Jake Schaffner, North Carolina
3B Judd Utermark, Ole Miss
3B Troy Sudbrook, Toledo
OF Hunter Ray, Fairleigh Dickinson
OF Jake Bennett, DBU
*OF Drew Detlefsen, UTSA
OF Tanner Mally, Western Michigan
OF Derek Williams, Miami (Fla.)
DH Noah Sullivan, Mississippi State
UT Ryan Kroepel, Utah Tech
UT Brady Bowen, Akron
SP Hunter Dietz, Arkansas
^SP Wes Mendes, Florida State
^SP David Rossow, Campbell
SP Rob Evans, Miami (Fla.)
^SP Joey Giordano, Richmond
SP Joey Volchko, Georgia
^SP Conor Myles, UTSA
RP Aidan Russell, San Diego State
RP Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina
RP Nick Bonn, Cal Poly
RP Camden Clark, Southern Miss
RP Cooper Harrington, Liberty
* Conference player of the year
# Conference Newcomer of the Year
^ Conference pitcher of the year
! Conference defensive player of the year