1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

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1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CB No. 2
Record55–16 (17–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Eck Stadium
Seasons
 1992
1994 
1993 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Wichita State  y173 .8505817 .773
Southwest Missouri State  146 .7003223 .582
Bradley  137 .6504016 .714
Indiana State  129 .5713523 .603
Creighton  1011 .4763225 .561
Illinois State  1011 .4762831 .475
Southern Illinois  515 .2502229 .431
Northern Iowa  120 .0481239 .235
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. The team was coached by Gene Stephenson in his sixteenth season as head coach at Wichita State.

Contents

The Shockers reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to LSU. This was their third consecutive appearance in Omaha, and third time advancing to the final in five years. [2]

Personnel

Roster

1993 Wichita State Shockers roster [3]
 
  • 20 - Spike Anderson
  • 14 - Trent Babcock
  • 33 - Jason Bacon
  • 25 - Chris Bauer
  • 36 - Jason Bichelmeyer
  • 28 - Joel Bradberry
  • 22 - Shane Bryan
  • 39 - Nate Davis
  • 15 - Mike Drumright
  • 8 - Jason Ficken
 
  • 18 - Alan Foster
  • 7 - Travis Huenfeld
  • 27 - Matt Klusener
  • 2 - John Lewallen
  • 4 - Tony Mills
  • 40 - Brent Minnik
  • 16 - Kenny Smith
  • 30 - Jay Stephenson
  • 31 - Randy Young
 

Pitchers

  • 9 - Travis Wyckoff
  • 19 - Jaime Bluma
  • 29 - Jason Jordan
  • 34 - Shane Dennis
  • 35 - Mike Brandley
  • 37 - Darren Dreifort
  • 41 - Brandon Baird

Infielders

  • 3 - Jason Adams
  • 12 - Joey Jackson
  • 17 - Toby Smith
  • 23 - Casey Blake
 

Catchers

  • 6 - Darren Wheeler
  • 13 - Adam McCullough

Outfielders

  • 1 - Richie Taylor
  • 11 - Tommy Tilma
  • 26 - Carl Hall

Coaches

1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball coaching staff
  • 10 - Gene Stephenson - Head Coach
  • 5 - Jim Thomas - Assistant Coach
  • 24 - Brent Kemnitz - Pitching Coach
  • 32 - Tom Buchanan - Assistant Coach

Schedule

Legend
 Wichita State win
 Wichita State loss
1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball game log [4]
Regular season (47–15)
Post-season (11–2)

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. "1993 College World Series". Data Omaha. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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  4. 2019 Baseball Fact Book (PDF). Wichita State Shockers. p. 67. Retrieved May 24, 2019.