2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

American college baseball season

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

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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

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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

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The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2007 MLB draft.[1]

Player  | Position  | Round  | Overall  | MLB team

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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

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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

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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

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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

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## Schedule and results

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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

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Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

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

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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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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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