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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Individual Honors" (PDF). GoShockers.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2013.