USA Today All-USA High School Baseball Team
Each year, USA Today, an American newspaper, awards outstanding high-school baseball players with a place on its All-USA High School Baseball Team. The newspaper names athletes whom they believe to be the best baseball players from high schools across the United States. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1998.
In 1989, USA Today began naming an annual USA Today High School Baseball Player of the Year and an annual USA Today High School Baseball Coach of the Year.
In 1998, the paper also began naming an annual USA Today All-USA High School Baseball Team of nine to 11 players, with one member of the team designated the USA Today High School Baseball Player of the Year.
Read more about USA Today All-USA High School Baseball Team: USA Today High School Players and Coaches of The Year (1989-1997), 1995 Team, Player, Coach, and Team of The Year (1998-2003), Player, Coach, and Team of The Year (2004-present), See Also
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