2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball
MVC champion MVC Tournament champion
NCAA tournament, Super Regional
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
CB	No. 12
Record	48-17 (19-5 Missouri Valley)
Head coach	Gene Stephenson (31st season)
Assistant coaches	Bret Kemnitz Jim Thomas
Home stadium	Eck Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009  →

2008 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	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

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.

Previous season

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

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

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 Source: [3]

Schedule and results

Legend
	Wichita State win
	Wichita State loss
	Postponement
Bold	Wichita State team member

2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball game log
Regular season (41–15)
February (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record Feb. 22 Fordham No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 4-3 Nanney (1-0) Mack (0-1) 1-0 Feb. 24 Fordham [4] No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS 1-0 Feb. 24 Fordham No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS 1-0 Feb 25 Northwestern College No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 10-1 Shafer (1-0) Burlea (1-1) 2-0 Feb. 26 Emporia State No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-3 Kelley (1-0) 3-0 Feb. 29 at No. 10 Long Beach State No. 20 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 2-312 Vincent Womack(0-1) 3-1
March (17–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record Mar. 1 at No. 10 Long Beach State No. 20 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 5-8 Worley Shafer (1-1) Roberts 3-2 March 2 at No. 10 Long Beach State No. 20 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 3-8 Thompson Kelley (1-1) 3-3 Mar. 4 Le Moyne No. 25 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-8 Nanney (2-0) 4-3 Mar. 8 Harvard No. 25 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 16-3 Musgrave (1-0) 5-3 Mar. 8 Harvard No. 25 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 11-1010 Fleming (1-0) 6-3 Mar. 9 Harvard No. 25 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 13-2 Capra (1-0) 7-3 Mar. 12 Washington State No. 24 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-4 Fleming (2-0) Way (0-1) 8-3 Mar. 14 TCU No. 24 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-1 Musgrave (2-0) 9-3 Mar. 15 TCU No. 24 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 3-2 Shafer (2-1) 10-3 Mar. 16 TCU No. 24 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-1 Capra (2-0) 11-3 Mar. 18 at Oral Roberts No. 20 J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK 11-3 Mar. 22 at Illinois State No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 12-17 Musgrave (3-0) 12-3 1-0 Mar. 22 at Illinois State No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 6-4 Shafer (3-1) 13-3 2-0 Mar. 23 at Illinois State No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 7-2 Capra (3-0) 14-3 3-0 Mar. 25 Binghamton No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-2 Kelley (2-1) 15-3 Mar. 26 Binghamton No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 13-8 Maune (1-0) 16-3 Mar. 28 North Dakota State No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 14-3 Musgrave (4-0) 17-3 Mar. 29 North Dakota State No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-17 Shafer (4-1) 18-3 Mar. 29 North Dakota State No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 8-17 Capra (4-0) 19-3 Mar. 30 North Dakota State No. 16 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-5 Nanney (3-0) 20-3
April (13–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record Apr. 1 at Kansas No. 12 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 7-3 Kelley (3-1) 21-3 Apr. 2 Oral Roberts No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 10-8 Nanney (4-0) 22-3 Apr. 4 Missouri State No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 4-710 Fleming (2-1) 22-4 3-1 Apr. 5 Missouri State No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 19-88 Shafer (5-1) 23-4 4-1 Apr. 6 Missouri State No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-5 Capra (5-0) 24-4 5-1 Apr. 8 at Kansas State No. 9 Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 4-3 Kelley (4-1) Nanney (1) Kansas Now 22 25-4 Apr. 9 Oklahoma [5] No. 9 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS 25-4 Apr. 12 vs. Creighton No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3-7 Musgrave (4-1) Kansas Now 22 25-5 5-2 Apr. 13 vs. Creighton No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 11-3 Shafer (6-1) CSTV 26-5 6-2 Apr. 13 vs. Creighton No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 3-2 Capra (6-0) Nanney (2) 27-5 7-2 Apr. 15 at No. 9 Nebraska No. 7 Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE L 0-3 Bird (2-1) Kelley (4-2) Kansas Now 22 27-6 Apr. 17 Tabor College No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 10-1 Maune (2-0) 28-6 Apr. 18 Southern Illinois No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W' 10-07 Musgrave (5-1) 29-6 8-2 Apr. 19 Southern Illinois No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-3 Shafer (6-2) 29-7 8-3 Apr. 20 Southern Illinois No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 8-3 Capra (7-0) 30-7 9-3 Apr. 22 Kansas No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-4 Fleming (3-1) Nanney (3) Kansas Now 22 31-7 Apr. 23 at No. 13 Oklahoma State No. 14 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 3-5 Hoch (0-1) Kansas Now 22 31-8 Apr. 25 at Indiana State No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN W 14-7 Shafer (7-2) 32-8 10-3 Apr. 26 at Indiana State No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN W 11-2 Musgrave (6-1) 33-8 11-3 Apr. 27 at Indiana State No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN L 7-8 Coleman (0-1) 33-9 11-4 Apr. 29 Kansas State No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 2-3 Nanney (4-1) 33-10 Apr. 30 at Oklahoma No. 14 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 11-1210 Kemp (0-1) Kansas Now 22 33-11
May (8–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record May 2 Northern Iowa No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-1 Musgrave (7-1) 34-11 12-4 May 3 Northern Iowa No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-3 Shafer (8-2) Nanney (4) 35-11 13-4 May 4 Northern Iowa No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-5 Hoch (1-1) 36-11 14-4 May 6 Central Arkansas No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 9-10 Kemp (0-2) 36-12 May 7 No. 3 Arizona State No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 1-6 Kelley (4-3) Kansas Now 22 36-13 May 9 at Evansville No. 14 Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, IN W 15-8 Musgrave (8-1) Taylor (2-5) Kansas Now 22 37-13 15-4 May 10 at Evansville No. 14 Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN L 3-6 Foley (5-4) Shafer (8-3) Kansas Now 22 37-14 15-5 May 11 at Evansville No. 14 Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN W 16-37 Capra (8-0) 38-14 16-5 May 13 Oral Roberts No. 22 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-12 Minissale (2-3) Kelley (4-4) 38-15 May 15 Bradley No. 22 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 10-08 Musgrove (9-1) Wright (3-6) Kansas Now 22 39-15 17-5 May 16 Bradley No. 22 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-3 Shafer (9-3) Scahill (4-5) 40-15 18-5 May 17 Bradley No. 22 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 21-57 Capra (9-0) 41-15 19-5
Postseason (7–2)
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record May 22 Southern Illinois No. 23 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 12-07 Musgrave (10-1) 42-15 May 23 Missouri State No. 23 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 20-37 Shafer (10-3) 43-15 May 24 Missouri State No. 23 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 12-10 Nanney (5-1) 44-15
Stillwater Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record May 30 No. 18 TCU No. 21 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 8-5 Musgrave (11-1) Lockwood (7-2) 45-15 May 31 at No. 5 Oklahoma State No. 21 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 5-3 Shafer (11-3) 46-15 Jun. 1 No. 5 Oklahoma State No. 21 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 11-710 Hoch (2-1) 47-15
Tallahassee Super Regional (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record Jun. 6 at No. 2 Florida State No. 13 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10-7 Musgrave (12-1) Villanueva (7-3) Capra (1) ESPN2 48-15 Jun. 7 at No. 2 Florida State No. 13 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4-14 Fairel (12-2) Shafer (11-4) ESPN2 48-16 Jun. 8 at No. 2 Florida State No. 13 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4-11 Capra (9-1) ESPN 48-17

Rankings

Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches' [6]	10	10*	21	16	11	11	5	6	7	8	10	15	14	14	14	14*	14*	13
Baseball America [7]	20	20	25	24	20	16	12	9	7	14	14	14	22	23	21	13	13	13
Collegiate Baseball^ [8]	9	7	23	27	24	16	8	5	5	7	9	15	19	20	18	11	12	12
NCBWA† [9]	10	10	17	15	15	13	8	5	6	8	11	13	18	18	16	12	15	15

^ 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

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