2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

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.

2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball
MVC champion
MVC Tournament champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2009 record30-27 (11-7 Missouri Valley)
Head coachGene Stephenson (32nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Bret Kemnitz (31st season)
  • Jim Thomas (17th season)
Home stadiumEck Stadium
2009 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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.[1]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Conor GillaspieThird baseman1s37San Francisco Giants
Aaron ShaferPitcher265Chicago Cubs
Anthony CapraPitcher4124Oakland Athletics
Kenny Williams Jr.Outfield6180Chicago White Sox
Andy DirksOutfield8253Detroit Tigers
Rob MusgravePitcher14435San Diego Padres
Matt SmithPitcher22667Los Angeles Dodgers
Dusty ColemanShortstop28844Oakland Athletics
Tyler WeberCatcher30913Detroit Tigers
Josh WorkmanOutfield381153Detroit 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

Preseason
Valley Preseason Poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Missouri State80 (8)
2Creighton66
3Wichita State63 (1)
4Southern Illinois45
5Bradley39
6Indiana State34
7Northern Iowa33
8Illinois State28
9Evansville17

Preseason All-SEC teams

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

  • Ryan Jones - OF

Alumni Game

The Alumni Game was played on February 15th 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
Legend
 Wichita State win
 Wichita State loss
 Postponement
BoldWichita State team member
2009 Wichita State Shockers baseball Game Log
Regular Season (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[5]

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References
  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.
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