CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois junior Bren Spillane was named to the Baseball America All-America first team, the publication announced Thursday. Spillane was named Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's National Player of the Year earlier Thursday. He was edged by Florida pitcher Brady Singer for Baseball America's National Player of the Year award.

Spillane is the 31st All-American in Illinois program history and the fifth in the last four years. He joins Josh Klimek (1996), Tyler Jay (2015) and Cody Sedlock (2016) as the only other Baseball America All-America first-teamers in program history.

Spillane's long list of accomplishments includes Big Ten Player of the Year, the first player in Big Ten history to win three straight conference player of the week awards, the first player in Illinois history to win two national player of the week awards, the nation's leading slugging percentage (.903), OPS (1.401) and home runs per game (0.46) and the second-best slugging percentage in Big Ten history.  

Spillane was the first player in program history to hit 15 homers and steal 15 bases in the same season. His combo of power and speed help him lead the Big Ten in batting average (.389), slugging percentage (.903), on-base percentage (.498), OPS (1.401), home runs (23), RBIs (60) and total bases (158).

Baseball America All-Americans

First Team
C Joey Bart, Georgia Tech
1B Bren Spillane, Illinois
2B Kody Clemens, Texas
3B Jonathan India, Florida
SS Terrin Vavra, Minnesota
OF Seth Beer, Clemson
OF Trevor Larnach, Oregon State
OF Bryant Packard, East Carolina
DH Andrew Vaughn, California
SP Logan Gilbert, Stetson
SP Casey Mize, Auburn
SP Nick Sandlin, Southern Mississippi
SP Brady Singer, Florida
RP Michael Byrne, Florida
RP Jack Little, Stanford
UTL Brooks Wilson, Stetson

Second Team
C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State
1B Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State
2B Nick Dunn, Maryland
3B Josh Jung, Texas Tech
SS Cadyn Grenier, Oregon State
OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist
OF Grant Little, Texas Tech
OF Steele Walker, Oklahoma
DH Alec Bohm, Wichita State
SP Kyle Brnovich, Elon
SP Colton Eastman, Cal State Fullerton
SP Blaine Knight, Arkansas
SP John Rooney, Hofstra
RP Parker Caracci, Mississippi
RP Ryley Gilliam, Clemson
UTL Tanner Dodson, California

Third Team
C Cal Raleigh, Florida State
1B Chase Chambers, Tennessee Tech
2B Nick Madrigal, Oregon State
3B Luke Reynolds, Southern Mississippi
SS Logan Davidson
OF Gage Canning, Arizona State
OF Keegan McGovern, Georgia
OF Andrew Moritz, UNC Greensboro
DH Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech
SP Mason Feole, Connecticut
SP Joey Murray, Kent State
SP Andre Pallante, UC Irvine
SP Adam Wolf, Louisville
RP Robert Broom, Mercer
RP Durbin Feltman, Texas Christian
UTL Jack Labosky, Duke

Spillane Stats and Notes

• Leads the nation in slugging percentage (.903)
• Leads the nation in OPS (1.401)
• Leads the nation in home runs per game (0.46)
• Leads the nation in weighted on-base average (.569)
• Ranks second in the nation in home runs (23), fifth in total bases (158), ninth in on-base percentage (.498), 14th in RBIs per game (1.20) and 18th in batting average (.389)
• Only player in the nation with 20+ homers and 15+ stolen bases
• Only Division I player in history to slug over .900 in the BBCOR era
• First player in Division I to slug over .900 for a season since 2009 (Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State, .930)
• First Power 5 player to lead the nation in slugging at over .900 since Pat Burrell (.948) for Miami (Fla.) in 1996
• No. 2 in Big Ten history in slugging percentage for a season (Darrin Fletcher, Illinois, 1987, .913)
• No. 1 in the nation in career slugging percentage among active players with two or more seasons (.723)
• No. 1 in Illinois history in career slugging percentage (.723)
• 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2018 Big Ten regular season triple crown (.407, 22 HR, 57 RBIs)
• 2018 Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
• First player in Big Ten history to win three straight Big Ten Player of the Week awards (3/19-4/2/18)
• First player in Illinois history to win national player of the week honors twice
• Led the Big Ten in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, home runs, RBIs and total bases
• Illinois single-season ranks include second in slugging (.903), second in home runs (23), second in Big Ten home runs (10), tied for fourth in total bases (158), tied for fourth in Big Ten total bases (67) and fifth in on-base percentage (.498)

Illinois All-Americans
1947 » Andy Phillip, 1B
1947 » Lee Eilbracht, C
1948 » Russ Steger, OF
1951 » Dick Raklovits, 3B
1959 » Bob Klaus, SS
1962 » Tom Fletcher, LHP
1973 » Bob Polock, 2B, (2nd)
1987 » Darrin Fletcher, C (1st)
1988 » Mark Dalesandro, 2B
	Baseball America Summer Team (2nd)
1990 » Mark Dalesandro, 2B
	ABCA (1st)
	Baseball America (2nd)
1991 » Bubba Smith, UT
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1991 » Larry Sutton, OF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1993 » Scott Spiezio, IF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1994 » Forry Wells, OF
	Smith Super Team/NCBWA (HM)
1994 » Tom Sinak, OF
	Smith Super Team/NCBWA (HM)
1996 » Josh Klimek, SS
	ABCA (1st)
	Baseball America (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Smith Super Team (1st)
1996 » Brian McClure, 2B
	ABCA (2nd)
1998 » Brett Weber, RHP
	NCBWA (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
	ABCA (3rd)
1998 » D.J. Svihlik, 2B
	NCBWA (2nd)
1999 » Jimmy Journell, RHP
	Baseball America (2nd)
	NCBWA (2nd)
1999 » D.J. Svihlik, 2B
	NCBWA (Honorable Mention)
2000 » Jason Anderson, RHP
	ABCA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
2001 » Drew Dickinson, LHP
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2002 » Drew Dickinson, LHP
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2005 » Drew Davidson, OF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2007 » Lars Davis, C
	PING! Baseball (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	ABCA (3rd)
2008 » Kyle Hudson, OF
	ABCA (3rd)
2009 » Brandon Wikoff, SS
	Ping! Baseball (2nd)
2013 » Justin Parr, OF
	NCBWA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	CollegeBaseballInsider.com (2nd)
2015 » Tyler Jay, LHP
	Baseball America (1st)
	NCBWA (1st)
	ABCA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Perfect Game (1st)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
2015 » Kevin Duchene, LHP
	NCBWA (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
2015 » David Kerian, 1B
	NCBWA (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
2016 » Cody Sedlock, RHP
	Baseball America (1st)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	ABCA (3rd)
2018 » Bren Spillane, 1B
	Baseball America (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)