All American

An outstanding amatuer player.

In many cases it means that the player has good tools and a great University Sports Information Director

Seems like there's not as many as there used to be, now that internet archives are at your fingertips.

Just curious, how do they handle a basketball player from Bratslovia--Gregor Vasloskovich, All American! Just kidding of course.

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Originally posted by Three Bagger:
Just curious, how do they handle a basketball player from Bratslovia--Gregor Vasloskovich, All American! Just kidding of course.

That's not such an outlandish thought. I wonder if Brett Lawrie from British Columbia was considered for Aflac All-American honors a couple of years ago.

Those that live in the states, are called
United States of American's.

Those who live to the North are called,
Canadian Americans.

Those who live in the South of the USofA are called Central American's.

Were All Americans??

I'm glad I could Help.

EH

You guys are awesome!
American Samoans?

Some mo all americans?

I'm probably getting ridiculas here, but was Jim Thorpe the first Native American, All American?

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I wonder if Brett Lawrie from British Columbia was considered for Aflac All-American honors a couple of years ago.

I don't know about Aflac, but he was in the Cape Cod All-American High School Classic, or whatever it was called before it became the Under Armour All-America game and moved to Wrigley Field the following year.

But then, Canada is part of America. When we U.S. citizens forget that, it tends to chafe our neighbors a bit.

My son was selected 1st team Louisville Slugger All- American , what , if any , weight does this carry ? Being a bit of a character , he asked if he gets a FREE bat . LOL !

I don't know how much weight the Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School All-American honor carries, but I checked the list from a year I am more familiar with, and I'd say your son is in some very good company.

In my college sport, which was not baseball, All-America honors were awarded by the National Collegiate Coaches Association for that sport, but that was 30 years ago. All-America honors were awarded based on your place in Nationals (top four as I remember) in this individual sport. My plaque says All-America and I was taught, at the time, to always say All-America and never All-American. Don't know what goes on in that sport today.

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Originally posted by Tom Dorminy:
My son was selected 1st team Louisville Slugger All- American , what , if any , weight does this carry ? Being a bit of a character , he asked if he gets a FREE bat . LOL !

Congratulations Tom. My son also made 1st Team Louisville Slugger HS All-America and we have been told by quite a few people "in the know" that making this particular team is a real honor and that this is a wonderful designation to get to list on somebody's baseball accomplishments. No bat, though . . . we understand from a teammate of our son's who made it last year that you get a nice certificate and a write-up in Collegiate Baseball News. Again, kudos to our boys for this honor.

Cannon315, thanks and congrats to your son . Had a few folks tell me it's a nice honor to be selected , kid just likes free bats and stuff . LOL !