2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team
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The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson (baseball coach)
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'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. Nebraska plays 8 teams that made the 2007 NCAA tournament including 5 one seeds. 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.

Coaches

Name Title First Season at NU
Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson (baseball coach)
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Head Coach 2003
Dave Bingham Assistant Coach 2005
Eric Newman Assistant Coach 2007
Nate Thompson
Nate Thompson
Nate Scott Thompson is an American ice hockey player, currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

Volunteer Assistant Coach 2008

Roster

 
Pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

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  • 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
 
Catcher
Catcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

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  • Mitch Abeita
  • Drew Gray
  • Cody Neer
 
Infielder
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.-Standard arrangement of positions:In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles...

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  • Craig Corriston
  • Jake Opitz
  • Jeff Tezak
  • Jake Mort
  • Dan Johnston
  • Ben Kline
 
Outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

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

Schedule/Results

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Game Log

Season Facts

  • Johnny Dorn's 13 Strike out game against Northern Colorado is his career high.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • The Tie against Oklahoma on March 23 was the first tie for Nebraska since 1996 and the fourth fourth one in league games since the Big 12 established in 1996.
  • 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.

Awards

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

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
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll NR --* NR NR 24 17 10 6 9 8 7 7 6 7 10 -- -- 23
Baseball America NR NR NR NR 22 19 11 6 9 8 6 5 5 12 13 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
NCBWA (Top 35) NR NR NR NR NR 30 22 14 13 13 9 7 6 10 13 20 20 20
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
Aaron Pribanic RHP 3 98 Seattle Mariners
Dan Jennings LHP 9 168 Florida Marlins
Jake Opitz 2B 12 371 Chicago Cubs
Johnny Dorn RHP 15 448 Florida Marlins
Thad Weber RHP 16 493 Detroit Tigers
Mitch Abeita C 19 590 New York Yankees
Zach Herr LHP 38 1155 San Diego Padres

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