Underclass All-American is an

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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

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s 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

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'' (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

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(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, ''

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'' chose a Freshman All-American team. For the 2010–11 season, Collegeinsider.com chose a Freshman All-American team.

College football

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'' (''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.

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also publish Freshman All-American selections.

College baseball

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'' presents the annual NCAA Division I men's college baseball

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Freshmen All-American team.

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