2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

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2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record30-27 (11-7 Missouri Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bret Kemnitz (31st season)
  • Jim Thomas (17th season)
Home stadium Eck Stadium
Seasons
  2008
2010 
2009 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Missouri State  175 .7733420 .630
Indiana State  157 .6823021 .588
Wichita State 117 .6113027 .526
Creighton  149 .6093125 .554
Southern Illinois  119 .5502428 .462
Illinois State  1111 .5002423 .511
Northern Iowa  715 .3182126 .447
Evansville  717 .2922330 .434
Bradley  417 .1901731 .354
Conference champion
As of April 17, 2020
Rankings from Baseball America

The 2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium under 32nd year coach Gene Stephenson.

Contents

Previous season

The Shockers entered the year ranked in the top 25. They started off strong winning their first three games, but were swept in their next series against top 10 ranked Long Beach State. After losing those three games the Shockers would win their next 17 games. Through the season the Shockers were ranked as high as fifth. In the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament they would beat both their opponents and would receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in the Tallahassee Super Regional. Wichita State started in the Stillwater Regional and beat ranked TCU and Oklahoma State. They reached the Super Regional and played against the Florida State Seminoles winning the first, but lost the next two eliminating them from the Tournament.

2008 MLB Draft

The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2008 MLB draft. [1]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Conor Gillaspie Third baseman1s37 San Francisco Giants
Aaron ShaferPitcher265 Chicago Cubs
Anthony CapraPitcher4124 Oakland Athletics
Kenny Williams Jr.Outfield6180 Chicago White Sox
Andy Dirks Outfield8253 Detroit Tigers
Rob MusgravePitcher14435 San Diego Padres
Matt SmithPitcher22667 Los Angeles Dodgers
Dusty Coleman Shortstop28844Oakland Athletics
Tyler WeberCatcher30913Detroit Tigers
Josh WorkmanOutfield381153Detroit Tigers

Roster

2008 Wichita State roster
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Logan Hoch - Senior
  • 4 Tyler Fleming - Senior
  • 11 Jordan Cooper - Freshman
  • 15 Cameron Maldonado - RS Freshman
  • 23 Clint Maune - Sophomore
  • 26 Josh Smith - Freshman
  • 27 Dalton Banwart -Freshman
  • 29 Cobey Guy - Junior
  • 32 Max Hutson - RS Senior
  • 35 Brian Flynn - Freshman
  • 36 Tim Kelley - RS Sophomore
  • 41 Charlie Lowell - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 33 Cody Lassley - RS Junior


Infielders

  • 6 Remington Johnson - RS Freshman
  • 7 Taylor Brown - Sophomore
  • 9 Will Baez - Junior
  • 12 Tyler Grimes - Freshman
  • 34 Taylor Gilmore - Junior
  • Mike Williams - Sophomore


Outfielders

  • 2 Bret Bascue - RS Junior
  • 13 Ryan Jones - Junior
  • 18 Kevin Hall - Sophomore
  • 20 Mitch Caster - Sophomore
  • 38 Andrew Letourneau - Freshman


 

Utility

  • 8 Josh Rosecrans (UTIL) - Freshman
  • 14 Ryan Engrav (UTIL) - Sophomore
  • 16 Grant Muncrief (3B/P) - Sophomore
  • 17 Justin Kemp (C/P) - Sophomore
  • 21 Chance Sossamon (3B/P) - Freshman
  • 22 Chris O'Brien (1B/OF) - Freshman
  • 25 Johnny Coy (UTIL) - Freshman
  • 31 Clint McKeever (1B/P) - RS Junior

Preseason

Valley Preseason Poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Missouri State80 (8)
2Creighton66
3Wichita State63 (1)
4Southern Illinois45
5Bradley39
6Indiana State34
7Northern Iowa33
8Illinois State28
9Evansville17

Preseason All-SEC teams

The Shockers had one player selected to the preseason all-Valley team. [3]

Alumni Game

The Alumni Game was played on February 15 between the 2009 team and the Alumni players; such as Derek Schermerhorn (graduated in 2007) and Anthony Capra (Drafted in 2008). The 2009 players won 7–1. [4]

Schedule and results

Legend
 Wichita State win
 Wichita State loss
 Postponement
BoldWichita State team member
2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball Game Log
Regular Season (30–27)
Postseason (3–3)

2009 Missouri Valley All Tournament Team

MVP - Ryan Engrav [5]

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