The 2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium under 32nd year coach Gene Stephenson.

Previous season The Shockers entered the year ranked in the top 25. They started off strong winning their first three games, but were swept in their next series against top 10 ranked Long Beach State. After losing those three games the Shockers would win their next 17 games. Through the season the Shockers were ranked as high as fifth. In the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament they would beat both their opponents and would receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in the Tallahassee Super Regional. Wichita State started in the Stillwater Regional and beat ranked TCU and Oklahoma State. They reached the Super Regional and played against the Florida State Seminoles winning the first, but lost the next two eliminating them from the Tournament.

2008 MLB draft The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2008 MLB draft. Conor Gillaspie Third baseman 1s 37 San Francisco Giants Aaron Shafer Pitcher 2 65 Chicago Cubs Anthony Capra Pitcher 4 124 Oakland Athletics Kenny Williams Jr. Outfield 6 180 Chicago White Sox Andy Dirks Outfield 8 253 Detroit Tigers Rob Musgrave Pitcher 14 435 San Diego Padres Matt Smith Pitcher 22 667 Los Angeles Dodgers Dusty Coleman Shortstop 28 844 Oakland Athletics Tyler Weber Catcher 30 913 Detroit Tigers Josh Workman Outfield 38 1153 Detroit Tigers

Roster 2008 Wichita State roster Pitchers 3 Logan Hoch - Senior 4 Tyler Fleming - Senior 11 Jordan Cooper - Freshman 15 Cameron Maldonado - RS Freshman 23 Clint Maune - Sophomore 26 Josh Smith - Freshman 27 Dalton Banwart -Freshman 29 Cobey Guy - Junior 32 Max Hutson - RS Senior 35 Brian Flynn - Freshman 36 Tim Kelley - RS Sophomore 41 Charlie Lowell - Freshman Catchers 33 Cody Lassley - RS Junior

Infielders 6 Remington Johnson - RS Freshman 7 Taylor Brown - Sophomore 9 Will Baez - Junior 12 Tyler Grimes - Freshman 34 Taylor Gilmore - Junior Mike Williams - Sophomore

Outfielders 2 Bret Bascue - RS Junior 13 Ryan Jones - Junior 18 Kevin Hall - Sophomore 20 Mitch Caster - Sophomore 38 Andrew Letourneau - Freshman Utility 8 Josh Rosecrans (UTIL) - Freshman 14 Ryan Engrav (UTIL) - Sophomore 16 Grant Muncrief (3B/P) - Sophomore 17 Justin Kemp (C/P) - Sophomore 21 Chance Sossamon (3B/P) - Freshman 22 Chris O'Brien (1B/OF) - Freshman 25 Johnny Coy (UTIL) - Freshman 31 Clint McKeever (1B/P) - RS Junior Source:

Preseason Valley Preseason Poll 1 Missouri State 80 (8) 2 Creighton 66 3 Wichita State 63 (1) 4 Southern Illinois 45 5 Bradley 39 6 Indiana State 34 7 Northern Iowa 33 8 Illinois State 28 9 Evansville 17

Preseason All-SEC teams The Shockers had one player selected to the preseason all-Valley team.

Ryan Jones - OF

Alumni Game The Alumni Game was played on February 15 between the 2009 team and the Alumni players; such as Derek Schermerhorn (graduated in 2007) and Anthony Capra (Drafted in 2008). The 2009 players won 7–1.

Schedule and results Legend Wichita State win Wichita State loss PostponementBoldWichita State team member

2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball Game Log Regular season (30–27) February (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordFeb. 20 vs. Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FLFlorida Gulf Coast Tournament W 8-4 Kelley (1-0) Dan Moller (0-1) 1-0 -Feb. 21 vs. Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FLFlorida Gulf Coast Tournament W 6-0 Lowell (1-0) 2-0 -Feb. 22 vs. Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FLFlorida Gulf Coast Tournament L 9-16 Taylor (1-0) Cooper (0-1) 2-1 -Feb. 27 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-3 Hutson (1-0) Straka (0-1) Muncrief (1) 3-1 - March (11–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordMar. 1 North Dakota State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 14-5 Lowell (2-0) 4-1 -Mar. 1 North Dakota State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-0 Cooper (1-1) 5-1 -Mar. 2 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-5 Muncrief (1-0) Wortham (0-2) 2,744 6-1 -Mar. 3 BYU Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 1-3 Oslund (2-0) Hutson (1-1) Muir (2) 6-2 -Mar. 6 at No. 11 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 5-6 Smith (0-1) 6-3 -Mar. 7 at No. 11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 4-9 Lowell (2-1) 6-4 -Mar. 8 at No. 11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 3-12 Gerrish (1-0) Cooper (1-2) 6-5 -Mar. 11 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-8 Ridenhour (3-0) Flynn (0-1) 6-6 -Mar. 13 No. 10 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 2-1 Mucrief (2-0) 7-6 -Mar. 14 No. 10 Pepperdine Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 4-7 Cook (4-0) Sossamon (0-1) Gaudi (3) 7-7 -Mar. 15 No. 10 Pepperdine Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 3-1 Cooper (2-2) Gates (1-1) Smith (1) 3,844 8-7 -Mar. 17 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 21-1 Flynn (1-1) Newton 9-7 -Mar. 17 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 7-10 Newton Banwart (0-1) Wyatt 9-8 -Mar. 18 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-4 Sossamon (1-1) Varnell (1-1) 10-8 -Mar. 20 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 4-6 Wilk Kelley (1-1) Ruiz (1) 10-9 -Mar. 21 Long Beach State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 7-5 Lowell (3-1) Thompson (0-4) Sossamon (1) 11-9 -Mar. 22 Long Beach State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-1 Cooper (3-2) Gagnon (1-2) 12-9 -Mar. 24 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 3-512 Kelly (1-0) Kemp (0-1) 12-10 -Mar. 27 at Dozer Park • Peoria, IL W 5-2 Kelley (2-1) Altbach (1-3) 13-10 1-0Mar. 31 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 9-7 Cooper (4-2) Kansas 22 14-10 - April (9–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordApr. 1 Kansas Wesleyan Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 11-5 Johnson (1-0) 15-10 -Apr. 3 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 4-5 Kelley (2-2) 15-11 1-1Apr. 4 Illinois State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 10-5 Lowell (4-1) Copeland (2-3) 16-11 2-1Apr. 5 Illinois State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-0 Cooper (5-2) Maines (5-2) 17-11 3-1Apr. 7 Saint Mary Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 7-2 Maldonado (1-0) Martin (2-3) 2,806 18-11 -Apr. 8 No. 11 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-15 Flynn (1-2) 5,186 18-12 -Apr. 10 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-2 Kelley (3-2) Kapteyn (2-5) 19-12 4-1Apr. 11 Evansville Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 6-1 Lowell (5-1) Foley (3-2) 20-12 5-1Apr. 11 Evansville Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 3-5 Keegan (1-2) Cooper (5-3) 20-13 5-2Apr. 14 at No. 21 Kansas State Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 5-13 Marshall (1-2) Maldonado (1-1) Kansas 22 20-14 -Apr. 15 No. 21 Kansas State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 3-4 Ryan (2-1) Flynn (1-3) 5,586 20-15 -Apr. 17 at Hammons Field • Springfield, MO L 2-8 Clubb (4-2) Kelley (3-3) Kansas 22 20-16 5-3Apr. 18 at Missouri State Hammons Field • Springfield, MO L 8-12 Doyle (2-2) Kemp (0-2) Kansas 22 20-17 5-4Apr. 19 at Missouri State Hammons Field • Springfield, MO L 0-2 Meade (6-2) Cooper (5-4) 20-18 5-5Apr. 21 No. 25 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 1-4 Flynn(1-4) 20-19 -Apr. 22 at No. 13 Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 1-8 Smith (0-2) Kansas 22 20-20 -Apr. 24 Riverfront Stadium • Cedar Falls, IA W 10-7 Johnson (2-0) Sossamon (2) 21-20 6-5Apr. 25 Northern Iowa Riverfront Stadium • Cedar Falls, IA W 6-3 Cooper (6-4) Kemp (1) 22-20 7-5Apr. 28 Tabor College Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-3 Maune (1-0) Zewe (2-5) 23-20 - May (4–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordMay 1 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 2-0 Kelley (4-3) 24-20 8-5May 2 Indiana State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 4-9 Cooper (6-5) 24-21 8-6May 3 Indiana State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 3-5 Rodriguez (6-1) Lowell (5-2) Shelton (5) 24-22 8-7May 5 Oral Roberts Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 6-713 Maune (1-1) 24-23 -May 6 No. 23 Kansas Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 3-8 Flynn (1-5) Kansas 22 24-24 -May 9 at Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL 24-24 May 9 at Southern Illinois Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL 24-24 May 1 at Southern Illinois Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL 24-24 May 14 Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 4-1 Kelley (5-3) Hauer (1-6) 25-24 9-7May 16 Creighton Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 5-2 Lowell (6-2) Dufek (4-7) Johnson (1) 26-24 10-7May 16 Creighton Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 11-17 Cooper (7-5) Hellhake (5-3) 27-24 11-7 Postseason (3–3) State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordMay (2) Indiana State (3) Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 15-7 Johnson (3-0) Manus (2-2) 3,864 28-24 May (4) Creighton (3) Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS L 0-117 Koenigstein (5-0) Hutson (1-2) 3,983 28-25 May (6) Illinois State (3) Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 4-0 Cooper (8-5) Maines(6-5) 4,061 29-25 May (4) Creighton (3) Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS W 4-2 Flynn (2-5) VanLeur (3-4) Sossamon (3) 4,904 30-25 2009 NCAA tournament (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC RecordMay (1) No. 9 Oklahoma (4) L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 4-5 Anderson (3-1) Kelley (5-4) 30-26 May (3) No. 24 (4) L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 2-3 Arnold (8-3) Cooper (8-6) Johnson (10) 30-27

2009 Missouri Valley All Tournament Team

Cody Lassley - Catcher Chance Sossamon - Utility Ryan Jones - Designated Hitter Ryan Engrav - Outfield Jordan Cooper - Pitcher

MVP - Ryan Engrav

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