KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2017 Baseball All-America Teams as selected by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association All-America Committee. Christopher Acosta-Tapia of Oklahoma Wesleyan headlines the 34 honorees, as the junior outfielder was named National Player of the Year.

The first and second teams are also recognized as ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods. The ABCA began recognizing All-Americans in 1949 and named the first ABCA NAIA All-America team in 1969.

Acosta-Tapia, who is the second-straight Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year to win the national award, ended the year leading the NAIA in doubles (27), total bases (208) and runs scored (89). He also ranked among the top 10 nationally in 11 other categories. Acosta-Tapia played a key role in Oklahoma Wesleyan's first-ever Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title and its run through the playoffs, including the program's second trip to the Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series.

Oklahoma Wesleyan led all institutions with four All-Americans – Trevor Achenbach (first team third baseman), Will Price (first team outfielder), Tyler Schumpert (second team relief pitcher) and Acosta-Tapia (first team outfielder). Bellevue (Neb.), Indiana Tech, Science & Arts (Okla.) and the University of Northwestern Ohio also had multiple individuals honored.

2017 NAIA Baseball All-Americans

First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Year	Hometown
C	Dillon White	Science & Arts (Okla.)	Sr.	Sterling, Okla.
C	Ernesto Lizardi	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	Sr.	Caguas, Puerto Rico
1B	Andrew Warner	Columbia (Mo.)	Jr.	Lee's Summit, Mo.
2B	Marcus McCorkle	Georgia Gwinnett	Jr.	Lawrenceville, Ga.
3B	Trevor Achenbach	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr.	Billings, Mont.
SS	Luis Diaz	Southeastern (Fla.)	Sr.	Miami, Fla.
UTL	James Land	William Carey (Miss.)	Sr.	Gulfport, Miss.
OF	Will Price	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr.	Fayetteville, Ark.
OF	Derik Bontempo	Bellevue (Neb.)	Sr.	Federal Way, Wash.
OF	Christopher Acosta-Tapia*	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Jr.	Deaauville Laval, Canada
OF	Matthew Jarecki	Benedictine (Kan.)	Jr.	Littleton, Colo.
DH	Jordan Harris	Tabor (Kan.)	So.	Tulsa, Okla.
SP	Damon Proctor	UNOH	Sr.	Cheboygan, Mich.
SP	Kyle Chavez	Talladega (Ala.)	Sr.	St. Petersburg, Fla.
SP	Noah Gapp	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Sr.	St. Albert, Alberta
SP	Ben McKendall	Bellevue (Neb.)	Sr.	Los Angeles, Calif.
RP	Austin Marchant	Grand View (Iowa)	Jr.	Indianola, Iowa
* National Player of the Year
Second Team
Pos.	Name	School	Year	Hometown
C	Justin Morhardt	Bryan (Tenn.)	Jr.	Winsted, Conn.
C	Jonah Jarrard	The Master's (Calif.)	Jr.	Rosemead, Calif.
1B	Glen McClain	Indiana Tech	So.	Fremont, Ind.
2B	Jalin Lawson	Central Baptist (Ark.)	Sr.	Troy, Ala.
3B	Matt Bandor	Indiana Tech	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Ind.
SS	Jeff Cardenas	UNOH	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Ind.
UTL	Austin Krajnak	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Sr.	Little Elm, Texas
OF	Dustyn Macaluso	Central Methodist (Mo.)	Sr.	Sacramento, Calif.
OF	Tanner Levine	WVU Tech (W.Va.)	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif.
OF	Jared Baker	Oklahoma City	Sr.	Edmond, Okla.
OF	Jordan Getzelman	Menlo (Calif.)	Jr.	Crystal Lake, Ill.
DH	Chris Mangus	IU South Bend (Ind.)	Sr.	Niles, Mich.
SP	Daniel Garmendia	Keiser (Fla.)	Jr.	Miami, Fla.
SP	Grant Wolfram	Davenport (Mich.)	So.	Hamilton, Mich.
SP	Enrique Zamora	Reinhardt (Ga.)	Sr.	Hammond, Ind.
SP	Francis Ventura	Science & Arts (Okla.)	Jr.	Yonkers, N.Y.
RP	Tyler Shumpert	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Jr.	Oak Ridge, Texas
Honorable Mention
Pos.	Name	School
OF	Erik Williams	Bluefield (Va.)
SP	Connor Noble	British Columbia
SP	Michael Lopez	Clarke (Iowa)
C	T.J. Condon	Faulkner (Ala.)
SP	Israel Fuentes	Faulkner (Ala.)
C	John Gardner	Friends (Kan.)
SP	Ryan Baca	Friends (Kan.)
OF	Rodney Tennie	Georgia Gwinnett
OF	Jean Figueroa	Georgia Gwinnett
SP	Andrew Kuta	Hastings (Neb.)
OF	Cameron Baranek	Hope International (Calif.)
1B	Andrew Gross	Houston-Victoria (Texas)
SP	Ty Parquette	Judson (Ill.)
1B	Peyton Deiters	Kansas Wesleyan
1B	J.J. Robinson	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
SP	Fernando Martinez	LSU Alexandria (La.)
SP	Tyler Tognarine	Lyon (Ark.)
INF	Taylor Grzelakowski	Madonna (Mich.)
SP	Matt Burleton	Marian (Ind.)
1B	Brady Nygaard	Mayville State (N.D.)
SS	Julian Jarrard	Menlo (Calif.)
SP	Jason Alexander	Menlo (Calif.)
SP	Mason Klotz	Middle Georgia State
OF	Cole Gray	Midland (Neb.)
SP	Torrey Escamilla	Midland (Neb.)
3B	Nate DeChaine	Morningside (Iowa)
SP	Matt Young	Oklahoma City
SP	Daryin Lewis	Rio Grande (Ohio)
SP	Kade Wagner	Southeastern (Fla.)
RP	John Jaeger	Southeastern (Fla.)
2B	Michael Centeno	St. Thomas (Fla.)
2B	Jared Adkins	Taylor (Ind.)
3B	Nathan Targgart	Taylor (Ind.)
3B	Colin Ridout	Tennessee Wesleyan
OF	Kyle Fisher	UNOH