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2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

The 2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium under 31st year coach Gene Stephenson.

2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
CBNo. 12
Record48-17 (19-5 Missouri Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bret Kemnitz
  • Jim Thomas
Home stadiumEck Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Wichita State†  ‍‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 48 – 17   .738
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 40 – 17   .702
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 37 – 21   .638
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 24   .556
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 34 – 23   .596
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 26 – 28   .481
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 18 – 32   .360
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 22 – 30   .423
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 14 – 42   .250
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of April 12, 2020
Rankings from Baseball America

Previous season edit

The 2007 Wichita State Shockers baseball team finished the year 53-22 overall and 20–4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Shockers had their own Super Regional. In the first game, Wichita State would lose 6–7 to New Orleans. In the losers' bracket they would beat Oral Roberts 11–4, a rematch win against New Orleans 7–3, and would beat Arizona in the next two games 4-3, then 3–0 in the Regional Finals. In the Super Regionals, the Shockers would lose to UC Irvine 0-1, then 2–3.

2007 MLB Draft edit

The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2007 MLB draft.[1]

Player Position Round Overall MLB team
Pete Kozma* Shortstop 1 18 St. Louis Cardinals
Jon Gilmore* Infield/Pitcher 1-s 33 Atlanta Braves
Derek Norris* Catcher 4 130 Washington Nationals
Travis Banwart Pitcher 4 150 Oakland Athletics
Damon Sublett Second baseman 7 244 New York Yankees
Matt Brown Outfield 13 407 Cleveland Indians
Noah Krol Pitcher 17 541 Detroit Tigers
Josh Workman Second baseman 23 722 Minnesota Twins
Kenneth Williams Outfield 32 971 Colorado Rockies
Kyle Touchatt Pitcher 34 1026 Baltimore Orioles
Tyler Fleming Pitcher 39 1179 Texas Rangers
Ronnie Morales Pitcher 45 1342 Chicago White Sox
Nick Cobler Pitcher 49 1431 Minnesota Twins
  • Peter Kozma was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
  • Jon Gilmore was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the Atlanta Braves.
  • Derek Norris was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the Washington Nationals.

Players in bold are signees drafted from high school, community colleges that will attend Wichita State or attendees that will stay for the 2008 season.

Roster edit

2008 Wichita State roster
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Logan Hoch - Junior
  • 4 Tyler Fleming - Junior
  • 15 Cameron Maldonado - Freshman
  • 21 Matt Smith - Junior
  • 23 Clint Maune - Freshman
  • 26 Any Womack - Senior
  • 27 Tyson Fugett -Sophomore
  • 29 Rob Musgrave - Senior
  • 32 Max Huston - Senior
  • 35 Anthony Capra - Junior
  • 36 Tim Kelley - RS Freshman
  • 41 Aaron Shafer - Junior
  • 42 Khol Nanney - RS Senior


  

Catchers

  • 12 Tyler Weber - Senior

Infielders

  • 1 Kyle Sisney - RS Freshman
  • 7 Taylor Brown - Freshman
  • 19 Roberto Rios - Junior
  • 22 Josh Workman - RS Junior
  • 34 Conor Gillaspie - Junior


  

Outfielders

  • 2 Bret Bascue - RS Sophomore
  • 9 Andy Dirks - Senior
  • 11 Kenny Williams Jr. - RS Junior
  • 13 Ryan Jones - Sophomore
  • 18 Kevin Hall - Freshman

Utility

  • 6 Remington Johnson (1B/P) - Freshman
  • 8 Dusty Coleman (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 14 Ryan Engrav (UTIL) - Freshman
  • 16 Grant Muncrief (3B/P) - Freshman
  • 17 Justin Kemp (C/P) - Freshman
  • 20 Mitch Caster (OF/P) - Freshman
  • 31 Clint McKeever (1B/P) - RS Sophomore
  • 33 Cody Lassley (UTIL) - RS Sophomore
  • 38 Tyler Hill (UTIL) - Junior


Schedule and results edit

Legend
  Wichita State win
  Wichita State loss
  Postponement
Bold Wichita State team member
2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball game log
Regular season (41–15)
Postseason (7–2)

Rankings edit

Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches'[6]1010*211611115678101514141414*14*13
Baseball America[7]2020252420161297141414222321131313
Collegiate Baseball^[8]97232724168557915192018111212
NCBWA†[9]10101715151385681113181816121515

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References edit

  1. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "WSU Signs Ten Baseball Players in Early Period". Wichita State Athletics.
  3. ^ "2008 Baseball Roster". Wichita State University Athletics. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sunday Baseball Game Cancelled". Wichita State Athletics.
  5. ^ "WSU-OU Baseball Game Cancelled". Wichita State Athletics.
  6. ^ "DI Baseball Rankings - D1Baseball.com Top 25 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll 12-18-18 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
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