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.

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. 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

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Schedule and results Legend Wichita State win Wichita State loss PostponementBoldWichita 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 recordFeb. 22 No. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 4-3 Nanney (1-0) Mack (0-1) 1-0 Feb. 24 Fordham 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 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 recordMar. 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 J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK 11-3 Mar. 22 at No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 12-17 Musgrave (3-0) 12-3 1-0Mar. 22 at Illinois State No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 6-4 Shafer (3-1) 13-3 2-0Mar. 23 at Illinois State No. 20 Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL W 7-2 Capra (3-0) 14-3 3-0Mar. 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 recordApr. 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 3-1Apr. 5 Missouri State No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 19-88 Shafer (5-1) 23-4 4-1Apr. 6 Missouri State No. 12 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-5 Capra (5-0) 24-4 5-1Apr. 8 at 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 No. 9 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS 25-4 Apr. 12 vs. No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3-7 Musgrave (4-1) Kansas Now 22 25-5 5-2Apr. 13 vs. Creighton No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 11-3 Shafer (6-1) CSTV 26-5 6-2Apr. 13 vs. Creighton No. 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 3-2Capra (6-0) Nanney (2) 27-5 7-2Apr. 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 No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W' 10-07 Musgrave (5-1) 29-6 8-2Apr. 19 Southern Illinois No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-3 Shafer (6-2) 29-7 8-3Apr. 20 Southern Illinois No. 7 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 8-3 Capra (7-0) 30-7 9-3Apr. 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 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 3-5 Hoch (0-1) Kansas Now 22 31-8 Apr. 25 at No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN W 14-7 Shafer (7-2) 32-8 10-3Apr. 26 at Indiana State No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN W 11-2 Musgrave (6-1) 33-8 11-3Apr. 27 at Indiana State No. 14 Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN L 7-8 Coleman (0-1) 33-9 11-4Apr. 29 Kansas State No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 2-3 Nanney (4-1) 33-10 Apr. 30 at 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 recordMay 2 No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-1 Musgrave (7-1) 34-11 12-4May 3 Northern Iowa No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-3 Shafer (8-2) Nanney (4) 35-11 13-4May 4 Northern Iowa No. 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-5 Hoch (1-1) 36-11 14-4May 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 Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, IN W 15-8 Musgrave (8-1) Taylor (2-5) Kansas Now 22 37-13 15-4May 10 at Evansville No. 14 Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN L 3-6 Foley (5-4) Shafer (8-3) Kansas Now 22 37-14 15-5May 11 at Evansville No. 14 Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN W 16-37 Capra (8-0) 38-14 16-5May 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 17-5May 16 Bradley No. 22 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-3 Shafer (9-3) Scahill (4-5) 40-15 18-5May 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 recordMay 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 12-10Nanney (5-1) 44-15 Stillwater Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC recordMay 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 recordJun. 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

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