2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

Conference	Big 12
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
2008 record	41-16-1 (17-9-1 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Anderson
Home stadium	Hawks Field

2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#10 Texas A&M †^y	19	–	8	–	0	.704	46	–	19	–	0	.708
#18 Oklahoma State ^y	18	–	9	–	0	.667	44	–	18	–	0	.710
#22 Nebraska ^y	17	–	9	–	1	.648	41	–	16	–	1	.716
#21 Missouri ^y	16	–	11	–	0	.593	39	–	21	–	0	.650
#25 Texas ‡^y	15	–	12	–	0	.556	37	–	24	–	0	.607
Baylor	11	–	16	–	0	.407	32	–	26	–	0	.552
Kansas State	11	–	16	–	0	.407	29	–	29	–	0	.500
Oklahoma ^y	9	–	17	–	1	.352	36	–	26	–	1	.579
Kansas	9	–	18	–	0	.333	30	–	27	–	0	.526
Texas Tech	9	–	18	–	0	.333	25	–	30	–	0	.455

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is Mike Anderson's 6th year at Head coach. The huskers play their home games at Hawks Field.

Pre-Season

Potential, Promise, Proven is the Huskers motto for the year. While 8 pitchers from 2007 left for the draft, the 2008 Cornhuskers team is the youngest for Mike Anderson with 15 newcomers plus 5 of last years redshirts.^[2] Nebraska plays 8 teams that made the 2007 NCAA tournament including 5 one seeds.^[3] The baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 by a vote of the league coaches with 36 points and no first place votes.^[4]

Coaches

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Name	Title	First Season at NU
Mike Anderson	Head Coach	2003
Dave Bingham	Assistant Coach	2005
Eric Newman	Assistant Coach	2007
Nate Thompson	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2008

Roster

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Pitchers

Johnny Dorn
Thad Weber
Erik Anderson
Dan Jennings
Aaron Pribanic
Zach Herr
Erik Bird
Sean Yost
Joe Hatasaki
Ryan Christenson
Matt Freeman
Casey Hauptman
Michael Mariot
Tyler Rank
Mike Nesseth

Catchers

Mitch Abeita
Drew Gray
Cody Neer

Infielders

Craig Corriston
Jake Opitz
Jeff Tezak
Jake Mort
Dan Johnston
Ben Kline

Outfielders

Bryce Nimmo
Nick Sullivan
DJ Belfonte
Clay Cuno
Tyler Farst
David Stewart

Schedule/Results

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2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Game Log

Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Location	Win	Loss	Save	Result	Record (Big 12)
Feb. 22	Stanford	Palo Alto, California	Bleich (1-0)	Weber (0-1)		L 7-17	0-1
Feb. 22	Stanford	Palo Alto, California	Dorn (1-0)	Davis (0-1)		W 9-2	1-1
Feb. 23	Stanford	Postponed (rain)
Feb. 24	Stanford	Palo Alto, California	Inman (1-0)	Bird (0-1)	Stringer (1)	L 2-4	1-2
Feb. 29	UC Riverside	Hawks Field	Anderson (1-0)	Penney (0-1)		W 3-2	2-2
Mar. 1	UC Riverside	Hawks Field	Jennings (1-0)	Larkins (1-1)		W 10-4	3-2
Mar. 1	UC Riverside	Hawks Field	Weber (1-1)	Applebee (0-2)	Nesseth (1)	W 5-2	4-2
Mar. 2	UC Riverside	Hawks Field	Pribanic (1-0)	Orozco (0-1)		W 13-1 (7)	5-2
Mar. 4	UN-Kearney	Hawks Field	Hatasaki (1-0)	Wrobel (1-3)		W 11-2	6-2
Mar. 8	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Dorn (2-0)	Reap (1-1)		W 12-2	7-2
Mar. 9	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Nesseth (1-0)	Peery (1-2)	Anderson (1)	W 3-2	8-2
Mar. 9	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Weber (2-1)	Kazell (0-1)	Herr (1)	W 8-5	9-2
Mar. 10	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Pribanic (2-0)	Keating (2-1)		W 7-0	10-2
Mar. 11	South Dakota State	Hawks Field	Mariot (1-0)	Johnson (0-2)		W 7-3	11-2
Mar. 14	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kansas	Herr (1-0)	Hoge (0-1)	Anderson (2)	W 2-1	12-2 (1-0)
Mar. 15	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kansas	Weber (3-1)	Bayuk (0-2)		W 11-4	13-2 (2-0)
Mar. 16	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kansas	Nesseth (2-0)	Edwards (1-2)	Anderson (3)	W 5-3 (10)	14-2 (3-0)
Mar. 18	Arkansas	Hawks Field	Jennings (2-0)	Korbal (0-3)		W 6-1	15-2 (3-0)
Mar. 19	Arkansas	Hawks Field	Richards (1-0)	Nesseth (2-1)		L 4-9	15-3 (3-0)
Mar. 21	Oklahoma	Hawks Field	Herr (2-0)	Duke (3-2)		W 4-2	16-3 (4-0)
Mar. 22	Oklahoma	Hawks Field	Weber (4-1)	Doyle (4-2)	Nesseth (2)	W 4-3	17-3 (5-0)
Mar. 23	Oklahoma	Hawks Field				Tie 8-8 (10)	17-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 25	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Jennings (3-0)	Klausing (1-3)		W 10-0	18-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 26	Northern Colorado	Hawks Field	Bird (1-1)	Banks (0-3)		W 9-4	19-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 28	Texas	Austin, Texas	Dorn (3-0)	Shinaberry (1-1)	Jennings (1)	W 14-4	20-3-1 (6-0-1)
Mar. 29	Texas	Austin, Texas	Weber (5-1)	Wood (2-2)		W 2-0	21-3-1 (7-0-1)
Mar. 30	Texas	Austin, Texas	Boening (2-0)	Pribanic (2-1)	Green (1)	L 12-3	21-4-1 (7-1-1)
April 1	Creighton	Postponed until April 23 (Cold Weather)
April 4	Texas Tech	Hawks Field	Dorn (4-0)	Karns (1-5)		W 6-2	22-4-1 (8-1-1)
April 5	Texas Tech	Hawks Field	Weber (6-1)	Ramos (1-3)	Jennings (2)	W 5-2	23-4-1 (9-1-1)
April 6	Texas Tech	Hawks Field	Pribanic (4-1)	Bettis (3-2)	Jennings (3)	W 5-3	24-4-1 (10-1-1)
April 8	Iowa	Canceled (Cold Weather)
April 11	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Oliver (3-2)	Dorn (4-1)		L 0-1	24-5-1 (10-2-1)
April 12	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Lyons (6-2)	Weber (6-2)		L 2-19	24-6-1 (10-3-1)
April 13	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Jennings (4-0)	Blanford (3-3)		W 14-5	25-6-1 (11-3-1)
April 15	Wichita State	Hawks Field	Bird (2-1)	Kelley (4-2)	Herr (2)	W 3-0	26-6-1 (11-3-1)
April 18	Kansas	Hawks Field	Dorn (5-1)	Czyz (2-4)	Jennings (4)	W 7-6	27-6-1 (12-3-1)
April 19	Kansas	Hawks Field	Weber (7-2)	Esquibel (3-3)	Herr (3)	W 8-6	28-6-1 (13-3-1)
April 20	Kansas	Hawks Field	Walz (3-0)	Pribanic (3-2)	Smyth (7)	L 3-6	28-7-1 (13-4-1)
April 22	Creighton	Hawks Field	Jennings (5-0)	Hauer (6-2)	Nesseth (3)	W 4-3	29-7-1 (13-4-1)
April 23	Creighton	Rosenblatt Stadium	Mariot (2-0)	Moore (4-5)		W 16-7	30-7-1 (13-4-1)
April 25	Baylor	Postponed until April 26 (Rain)
April 26	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Nesseth (3-1)	Kenpf (5-2)	Herr (4)	W 6-4 (10)	31-7-1 (14-4-1)
April 26	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Weber (8-2)	Tolleson (4-3)		W 14-1 (7)	32-7-1 (15-4-1)
April 27	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Kempf (6-2)	Pribanic (3-3)	Thurman (2)	L 3-8	32-8-1 (15-5-1)
April 29	Western Illinois	Hawks Field	Hauptman (1-0)	Percival (1-6)	Nesseth (4)	W 6-4	33-8-1 (15-5-1)
April 30	Western Illinois	Hawks Field	Bird (3-1)	Zenesek (1-2)		W 6-1	34-8-1 (15-5-1)
May 2	Louisiana-Lafayette	Canceled (Rain)
May 3	Louisiana-Lafayette	Hawks Field	Herr (3-0)	Glass (2-3)		W 4-3	35-8-1 (15-5-1)
May 3	Louisiana-Lafayette	Hawks Field	Bird (4-1)	Harmon (1-2)		W 4-3 (14)	36-8-1 (15-5-1)
May 9	Texas A&M	Hawks Field	Starling (8-0)	Jennings (5-1)		L 3-6 (16)	36-9-1 (15-6-1)
May 10	Texas A&M	Postponed until May 11 (Rain)
May 11	Texas A&M	Hawks Field	Jennings (6-1)	Thebeau (5-3)		W 9-8	37-9-1 (16-6-1)
May 11	Texas A&M	Hawks Field	Nesseth (4-1)	Minks (4-1)		W 13-10	38-9-1 (17-6-1)
May 13	Creighton	Rosenblatt Stadium	Bird (5-1)	Hellhake (3-1)	Hauptman (1)	W 8-1	39-9-1 (17-6-1)
May 16	Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Crow (12-0)	Jennings (6-2)		L 8-1	39-10-1 (17-7-1)
May 17	Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Berger (4-4)	Weber (8-3)	Allen (2)	L 22-9	39-11-1 (17-8-1)
May 18	Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Zagone (2-3)	Pribanic (3-4)	Gibson (2)	L 3-7	39-12-1 (17-9-1)
May 21	Baylor	Oklahoma City	Tolleson (6-4)	Jennings (6-3)	Kempf (2)	L 4-10	39-13-1
May 23	Kansas State	Oklahoma City	Dorn (6-1)	Bayuk (1-5)	Herr (5)	W 5-2	40-13-1
May 24	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma City	Lyons (11-2)	Weber (8-4)	Weinhardt (4)	L 5-11	40-14-1

Season Facts

Johnny Dorn's 13 Strike out game against Northern Colorado is his career high.^[8]
Aaron Pribanic threw back to back complete games against UC Riverside and Northern Colorado becoming the first Husker pitcher to toss consecutive complete games since Aaron Marsden in March 2003.^[9]
The 14-game win streak Nebraska put together tied for the fourth-longest win streak in school history and the longest since a 15-game win streak in 2000.The Huskers’ streak fell two games shy of the Big 12 record of 16 set by Kansas State (2006) and Texas Tech (2002).^[10]
The Tie against Oklahoma on March 23 was the first tie for Nebraska since 1996 and the fourth one in league games since the Big 12 established in 1996.^[11]
The Huskers’ 5-0-1 start in Big 12 play is their best since the league was formed in 1997. The previous start was 5-1 on four occasions, most recently in 2005.^[10]

Awards

Mitch Abeita
- All-Big 12 First Team^[12]
- ABCA All-Midwest Region Team^[13]
Craig Corriston
- Big 12 Player of the Week (03/17/2008)^[14]
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention^[12]
Johnny Dorn
- Big 12’s Co-Pitcher of the Week (03/10/2008)^[15]
- All-Big 12 First Team^[12]
- ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team^[13]
- Third-Team All-American^[16]
Dan Jennings
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention^[12]
Bryce Nimmo
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention^[12]
Jake Opitz
- All-Big 12 First Team^[12]
- ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team^[13]
Nick Sullivan
- Big 12 Player of the Week (03/24/2008)^[17]
Thad Weber
- All-Big 12 Second Team^[12]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
	Poll	Pre- season	Feb 25	Mar 3	Mar 10	Mar 17	Mar 24	Mar 31	April 7	April 14	April 21	April 28	May 5	May 12	May 19	May 26	June 3	June 10	Final
^[18]	USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll	NR	--*	NR	NR	24	17	10	6	9	8	7	7	6	7	10	--	--	23
^[19]	Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	22	19	11	6	9	8	6	5	5	12	13	20	20	20
^[20]	Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)	38	NR	NR	NR	22	15	9	6	10	10	10	7	6	13	15	22	22	22
^[21]	NCBWA (Top 35)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	30	22	14	13	13	9	7	6	10	13	20	20	20
^[22]	Rivals.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	21	16	12	6	11	8	9	8	6	8	11	-	-	21
NR = Not Ranked

* USA Today/ESPN did not release a poll after the first weekend of play.

Huskers in the 2008 MLB Draft

	Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
^[23]	Aaron Pribanic	RHP	3	98	Seattle Mariners
^[24]	Dan Jennings	LHP	9	168	Florida Marlins
^[25]	Jake Opitz	2B	12	371	Chicago Cubs
^[26]	Johnny Dorn	RHP	15	448	Florida Marlins
^[27]	Thad Weber	RHP	16	493	Detroit Tigers
^[28]	Mitch Abeita	C	19	590	New York Yankees
^[29]	Zach Herr	LHP	38	1155	San Diego Padres

References

↑ "Baseball standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
↑ Huskers Retooled for 2008 Season
↑ NU's baseball schedule features tourney teams
↑ Huskers Tabbed for Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll
↑ Baseball - 2008 Coaches
↑ Baseball - 2008 Roster & Bios
↑ Baseball - 2008 Schedule/Results
↑ Dorn, Huskers Top Northern Colorado
↑ Pribanic, Belfonte Powers Huskers to 7-0 Win
1 2 Huskers Host Northern Colorado
↑ Huskers-Sooners Tie Finale
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2008 ALL-BIG 12 BASEBALL AWARDS
1 2 3 Three Huskers Earn ABCA All-Region Honors
↑ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 17)
↑ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 10)
↑ Dorn Earns Third-Team All-America Honors
↑ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 24)
↑ "2005 College Baseball Polls". WarrenNolan.com. 2005-06-29. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
↑ "2008 College Baseball Polls". Baseball America. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
↑ "2008 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
↑ "News from the 2008 College Baseball Season". NCBWA. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
↑ "Rivals.com Top 25". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
↑ Pribanic Taken by Mariners
↑ Jennings Selected in Ninth Round of MLB Draft
↑ Opitz Taken by Chicago Cubs in 12th Round
↑ Dorn Drafted in 15th Round by Florida
↑ Weber Drafted by Tigers in 16th Round
↑ Abeita Chosen by Yankees in 19th Round
↑ Herr Drafted by Padres

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