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2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

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2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record30-27 (11-7 Missouri Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bret Kemnitz (31st season)
  • Jim Thomas (17th season)
Home stadiumEck Stadium
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 17 5   .773 34 20   .630
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 15 7   .682 30 21   .588
Wichita State†  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 30 27   .526
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 14 9   .609 31 25   .554
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 24 28   .462
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 11 11   .500 24 23   .511
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 15   .318 21 26   .447
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 23 30   .434
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 17 31   .354
† – Conference champion
As of April 17, 2020
Rankings from Baseball America

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

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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

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The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2008 MLB draft.[1]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
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

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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:[2]

Preseason

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Valley Preseason Poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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

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The Shockers had one player selected to the preseason all-Valley team.[3]

  • Ryan Jones - OF

Alumni Game

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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.[4]

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Wichita State win
  Wichita State loss
  Postponement
Bold Wichita State team member
2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball Game Log
Regular season (30–27)
Postseason (3–3)

2009 Missouri Valley All Tournament Team

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

MVP - Ryan Engrav[5]

References

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  1. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "2009 Baseball Roster". Wichita State University Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shockers Picked Third in Preseason Valley Poll". Wichita State University Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Shockers Top Alumni 7-1". Wichita State University Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "2009 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.