2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball
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

2008 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 † ‍‍‍	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

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

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

[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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