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Underclass All-American

Underclass All-American is an honorific for high school and college athletes for excellence in competition. The athletes recognized with this title are considered the best players of a specific season in their sport that are members of a given class other than the senior class. These athletes are considered All-Americans for their class and are termed Junior All-Americans, Sophomore All-Americans and Freshman All-Americans or All-Freshman, All-Sophomore and All-Junior honorees.

High school basketball

Annually, ESPN HS (formerly ESPN RISE) selected 30 juniors, 20 sophomores, and 10 freshmen as boys' high school basketball Underclass All-Americans. MaxPreps.com also chooses annual underclass All-American teams. These teams were called the Junior All-American Team, the Sophomore All-American Team and the Freshman All-American Team.

High school football

ESPN HS chooses 25 non-senior high school football players as its Underclass All-Americans. MaxPreps selects an Underclass All-American team for juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, naming a national player of the year for each grade.

College basketball

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball Freshman All-American teams are chosen annually by rotating selectors. For the 2011–12 NCAA Division I season, Sporting News chose a Freshman All-American team. For the 2010–11 season, Collegeinsider.com chose a Freshman All-American team.

College football

College Football News (CFN) chooses annual NCAA Division I men's college football Freshman All-American teams that it calls All-Freshman teams. In some years, CFN has chosen NCAA Division I men's college football Sophomore All-American teams. ESPN, 247Sports, Pro Football Focus, FWAA, Maxwell Football Club, On3 and The Athletic also publish Freshman All-American selections.

College baseball

Collegiate Baseball presents the annual NCAA Division I men's college baseball Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team.

Notes

References

  1. Pierre, Guerda. (June 17, 2010). "2009-10 ESPN RISE Underclass All-Americans". [[AAU News]].
  2. Hickman, Jason. (April 16, 2012). "Boys Basketball Junior All-American Team: Honors continue to roll in for National Junior of the Year Jabari Parker.". MaxPreps.com.
  3. Hickman, Jason. (April 21, 2011). "Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team: Baltimore sensation repeats as 2013 POY.". [[MaxPreps.com]].
  4. (February 3, 2012). "ESPNHS Underclass All-Americans". [[ESPN HS]].
  5. (January 3, 2012). "MaxPreps All-American Teams". [[MaxPreps]].
  6. (March 5, 2012). "Sporting News 2012 All-American college basketball teams". [[Sporting News]].
  7. (March 25, 2011). "The 2011 Freshmen All-America team". [[Collegeinsider.com]].
  8. "Taylor Lewan Bio". University of Michigan.
  9. Cirminiello, Richard. (December 9, 2011). "2011 CFN All-Freshman Defensive Team". [[Scout.com]].
  10. Cirminiello, Richard. (December 15, 2010). "2010 All-Sophomore Team". [[Scout.com]].
  11. (December 14, 2009). "2009 CFN All-Sophomore Team". [[Scout.com]].
  12. "All Americans: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". [[Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
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