2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team explained

Sport:	baseball
Year:	2008
Team:	Wichita State Shockers
Conference:	Missouri Valley Conference
Short Conf:	Missouri Valley
Coachrank:	13
Cbrank:	12
Record:	48-17
Conf Record:	19-5
Head Coach:	Gene Stephenson
Hc Year:	31st
Asst Coach1:	Bret Kemnitz
Asst Coach2:	Jim Thomas
Stadium:	Eck Stadium
Champion:	MVC champion MVC Tournament champion
Tourney:	NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:	Super Regional

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]

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.

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		No. 20		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	No. 20		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		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		No. 24	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 6-4	Fleming (2-0)	Way (0-1)				8-3
Mar. 14		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	No. 20								11-3
Mar. 22	at	No. 20		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		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	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		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	No. 9		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.	No. 9		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		No. 7		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		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	No. 14		L 3-5		Hoch (0-1)		Kansas Now 22		31-8
Apr. 25	at	No. 14		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	No. 14		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		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		No. 14	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	L 9-10		Kemp (0-2)				36-12
May 7	No. 3	No. 14	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	L 1-6		Kelley (4-3)		Kansas Now 22		36-13
May 9	at	No. 14		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		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		No. 13		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

See main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: WSU Signs Ten Baseball Players in Early Period. Wichita State Athletics.
Web site: 2008 Baseball Roster . Wichita State University Athletics . April 12, 2020 . en.
Web site: Sunday Baseball Game Cancelled. Wichita State Athletics.
Web site: WSU-OU Baseball Game Cancelled. Wichita State Athletics.