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 KozmaShortstop 1 18 St. Louis Cardinals
Jon Gilmore* Infield/Pitcher 1-s 33 Atlanta Braves
Derek NorrisCatcher 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

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
BoldWichita State team member
2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball game log
Regular season (41–15)
Postseason (7–2)

Rankings

See main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

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