Collegiate Baseball All-America Teams

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Four American Athletic Conference baseball student-athletes have been named All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. UCF’s Jeff Hakanson and ECU’s Alec Burleson were named to the first team, while Tulane’s Braden Olthoff and Memphis’ Hunter Goodman were selected to the second team. The American Athletic Conference was one of five conferences with two or more First-Team All-Americans.
 
Burleson, who earned the utility selection on the first team, hit .375 with three home runs and 12 RBI, while also earning a 2-1 record with 22 strikeouts on the mound for the Pirates. The junior was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team selection. In 2019, Burleson was named a First-Team All-American by the ABCA, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game, as well as a Third-Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA. Burleson was a 2018 Freshman All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball.
 
Hakanson, who was the only relief pitcher on the first team, earned six saves in seven appearances for the Knights, striking out 20 batters in just 8.1 innings of work. The junior only allowed one hit and one walk for the season.
 
Olthoff earned a 4-0 record in four starts with 47 strikeouts in 28.0 innings pitched. The junior only allowed one earned run, three walks and 12 hits. Olthoff struck out 16 in a 1-0 shutout of Cal State Fullerton and threw the first six innings of a combined no-hitter against Middle Tennessee.
 
Goodman hit .357 with eight home runs and 31 RBI for the Tigers. The sophomore catcher was named the National Player of the Week after hitting a grand slam in each game of a three-game series against Western Illinois. Goodman drove in 22 runs in that series, including a conference-record 11 runs on March 1. Goodman was named a Freshman All-American by Baseball American, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, NCWBA and Pefect Game in 2019.