2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg 200 Big 12 Conference Big 12 7 41–16–1 17–9–1 Mike Anderson 6th Nate Thompson 2nd Eric Newman 1st Dave Bingham 3rd Hawks Field The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team was Mike Anderson's sixth year as head coach. The Cornhuskers played their home games at Hawks Field. Preseason 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.Huskers Retooled for 2008 Season Nebraska plays 8 teams that made the 2007 NCAA tournament including 5 one seeds.NU's baseball schedule features tourney teams 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.Huskers Tabbed for Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll Roster 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Jake Mort 2 INF R R 5 11 170 JR Nebraska City, Nebraska Jake Opitz 3 INF L R 6 0 188 SR Littleton, Colorado D. J. Belfonte 4 OF L L 5 10 180 SO Kansas City, Missouri Brett Sowers 6 INF R R 5 10 187 FR y Englewood, Colorado Tyler Rank 7 RHP L R 6 4 230 FR Rochester, Minnesota Sean Yost 8 RHP R R 6 7 185 FR Lincoln, Nebraska Dan Johnston 9 INF R R 6 1 178 FR Papillion, Nebraska Drew Gray 10 C R R 6 5 215 JR Archie, Missouri Matt Freeman 11 RHP R R 6 1 185 FR Omaha, Nebraska Mitch Abeita 13 C R R 6 0 189 SR Dallas, Texas Thad Weber 14 RHP R R 6 2 204 SR Friend, Nebraska Craig Corriston 15 INF R R 5 11 205 SR Paris, Texas Andy Cotton 16 INF R R 5 8 170 FR y Lincoln, Nebraska Joe Broekemeier 17 RHP R R 6 4 204 FR y Aurora, Nebraska Casey Hauptman 18 RHP R R 6 4 205 FR Omaha, Nebraska Jeff Tezak 19 INF S R 5 10 180 SR San Diego, California Ben Kline 20 INF R R 6 3 181 FR Omaha, Nebraska Nick Sullivan 21 OF L R 5 11 200 JR Aurora, Colorado Clay Cuno 22 OF R R 6 3 215 SO New Bloomfield, Missouri Johnny Dorn 23 RHP R R 6 3 210 SR Grand Island, Nebraska Bryce Nimmo 24 OF L L 5 10 174 SR Cheyenne, Wyoming Erik Anderson 25 RHP R R 5 11 185 SO Prairie Village, Kansas Dan Jennings pitcher y 26 LHP L L 6 3 183 JR West Des Moines, Iowa Joe Hatasaki 28 LHP L L 5 10 174 SO Mountain View, California Erik Bird 30 RHP R R 6 1 220 JR Omaha, Nebraska Ryan Christenson 31 LHP L L 6 1 175 FR Gilbert, Arizona Tyler Farst 32 OF R R 6 1 215 SO Cedar Park, Texas Michael Mariot y 33 RHP R R 6 0 180 FR Southlake, Texas Cody Neer 35 C S R 6 3 215 JR Orlando, Florida Zach Herr 37 LHP L L 5 9 182 JR Omaha, Nebraska Aaron Pribanic 39 RHP R R 6 4 200 JR Plano, Texas Mike Nesseth 41 RHP R R 6 5 213 FR y Windom, Minnesota Eric Rose 43 LHP L L 6 1 237 FR y Billings, Montana https://huskers.com/sports/baseball/roster/2008 Mike Anderson Dave Bingham Nate Thompson Eric Newman Schedule Nebraska Cornhuskers 2 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball game log ! style="Nebraska Cornhuskers 2" | Regular season |- valign="top" y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; February (2–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Win Loss Save Score Overall record (Big 12) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |Feb. 22 || Stanford || Palo Alto, California || Bleich (1-0) || Weber (0-1) || || L 7-17 || 0-1 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Feb. 22 || Stanford || Palo Alto, California || Dorn (1-0) || Davis (0-1) || || W 9-2 || 1-1 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |Feb. 23 || Stanford ||colspan=8|Postponed (rain) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |Feb. 24 || Stanford || Palo Alto, California || Inman (1-0) || Bird (0-1) || Stringer (1) || L 2-4 || 1-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Feb. 29 || 2008 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside || Hawks Field || Anderson (1-0) || Penney (0-1) || || W 3-2 || 2-2 |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; March (19–2–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Win Loss Save Score Overall record (Big 12) |- align="left" bgcolor="bbffbb" |Mar. 1 || UC Riverside || Hawks Field || Jennings (1-0) || Larkins (1-1) || || W 10-4 || 3-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 1 || UC Riverside || Hawks Field || Weber (1-1) || Applebee (0-2) || Nesseth (1) || W 5-2 || 4-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 2 || UC Riverside || Hawks Field || Pribanic (1-0) || Orozco (0-1) || || W 13-1 (7) || 5-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 4 || 2008 Nebraska–Kearney Lopers Nebraska–Kearney || Hawks Field || Hatasaki (1-0)|| Wrobel (1-3) || || W 11-2 || 6-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 8 || 2008 Northern Colorado Bears Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Dorn (2-0) || Reap (1-1) || || W 12-2 || 7-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 9 || Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Nesseth (1-0) || Peery (1-2) || Anderson (1) || W 3-2 || 8-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 9 || Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Weber (2-1) || Kazell (0-1) || Herr (1) || W 8-5 || 9-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 10 || Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Pribanic (2-0) || Keating (2-1) || || W 7-0 || 10-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 11 || 2008 South Dakota State Jackrabbits South Dakota State || Hawks Field || Mariot (1-0) || Johnson (0-2) || || W 7-3 || 11-2 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 14 || 2008 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State || Manhattan, Kansas || Herr (1-0) || Hoge (0-1) || Anderson (2) || W 2-1 || 12-2 (1-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 15 || Kansas State || Manhattan, Kansas || Weber (3-1) || Bayuk (0-2) || || W 11-4 || 13-2 (2-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 16 || Kansas State || Manhattan, Kansas || Nesseth (2-0) || Edwards (1-2) || Anderson (3) || W 5-3 (10) || 14-2 (3-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 18 || 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas || Hawks Field || Jennings (2-0) || Korbal (0-3) || || W 6-1 || 15-2 (3-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |Mar. 19 || Arkansas || Hawks Field || Richards (1-0) || Nesseth (2-1) || || L 4-9 || 15-3 (3-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 21 || 2008 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma || Hawks Field || Herr (2-0) || Duke (3-2) || || W 4-2 || 16-3 (4-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 22 || Oklahoma || Hawks Field || Weber (4-1) || Doyle (4-2) || Nesseth (2)|| W 4-3 || 17-3 (5-0) |- align="left" bgcolor="ffffff" |Mar. 23 || Oklahoma || Hawks Field || || || || Tie 8-8 (10) || 17-3-1 (5-0-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 25 || Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Jennings (3-0) || Klausing (1-3) || || W 10-0 || 18-3-1 (5-0-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 26 || Northern Colorado || Hawks Field || Bird (1-1) || Banks (0-3) || || W 9-4 || 19-3-1 (5-0-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 28 || 2008 Texas Longhorns Texas || Austin, Texas || Dorn (3-0) || Shinaberry (1-1) || Jennings (1) || W 14-4 || 20-3-1 (6-0-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |Mar. 29 || Texas || Austin, Texas || Weber (5-1) || Wood (2-2) || || W 2-0 || 21-3-1 (7-0-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |Mar. 30 || Texas || Austin, Texas || Boening (2-0) || Pribanic (2-1) || Green (1) || L 12-3 || 21-4-1 (7-1-1) |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; April (13–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Win Loss Save Score Overall record (Big 12) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |April 1 || 2008 Creighton Bluejays Creighton || colspan=8|Postponed until April 23 (Cold Weather) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 4 || 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech || Hawks Field || Dorn (4-0) || Karns (1-5) || || W 6-2 || 22-4-1 (8-1-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 5 || Texas Tech || Hawks Field || Weber (6-1) || Ramos (1-3) || Jennings (2) || W 5-2 || 23-4-1 (9-1-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 6 || Texas Tech || Hawks Field || Pribanic (4-1) || Bettis (3-2) || Jennings (3) || W 5-3 || 24-4-1 (10-1-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |April 8 || 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa || colspan=8|Canceled (Cold Weather) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |April 11 || 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State || Stillwater, Oklahoma || Oliver (3-2) || Dorn (4-1) || || L 0-1 || 24-5-1 (10-2-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |April 12 || Oklahoma State || Stillwater, Oklahoma || Lyons (6-2) || Weber (6-2) || || L 2-19 || 24-6-1 (10-3-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 13 || Oklahoma State || Stillwater, Oklahoma || Jennings (4-0) || Blanford (3-3) || || W 14-5 || 25-6-1 (11-3-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 15 || Wichita State || Hawks Field || Bird (2-1) || Kelley (4-2) || Herr (2) || W 3-0 || 26-6-1 (11-3-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 18 || 2008 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas || Hawks Field || Dorn (5-1) || Czyz (2-4) || Jennings (4) || W 7-6 || 27-6-1 (12-3-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 19 || Kansas || Hawks Field || Weber (7-2) || Esquibel (3-3) || Herr (3) || W 8-6 || 28-6-1 (13-3-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |April 20 || Kansas || Hawks Field || Walz (3-0) || Pribanic (3-2) || Smyth (7) || L 3-6 || 28-7-1 (13-4-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 22 || Creighton || Hawks Field || Jennings (5-0) || Hauer (6-2) || Nesseth (3) || W 4-3 || 29-7-1 (13-4-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 23 || Creighton || Rosenblatt Stadium || Mariot (2-0) || Moore (4-5) || || W 16-7 || 30-7-1 (13-4-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |April 25 || 2008 Baylor Bears Baylor || colspan=8|Postponed until April 26 (Rain) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 26 || Baylor || Waco, Texas || Nesseth (3-1) || Kenpf (5-2) || Herr (4) || W 6-4 (10) || 31-7-1 (14-4-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 26 || Baylor || Waco, Texas || Weber (8-2) || Tolleson (4-3) || || W 14-1 (7) || 32-7-1 (15-4-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |April 27 || Baylor || Waco, Texas || Kempf (6-2) || Pribanic (3-3) || Thurman (2) || L 3-8 || 32-8-1 (15-5-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 29 || 2008 Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois || Hawks Field || Hauptman (1-0) || Percival (1-6) || Nesseth (4) || W 6-4 || 33-8-1 (15-5-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |April 30 || Western Illinois || Hawks Field || Bird (3-1) || Zenesek (1-2) || || W 6-1 || 34-8-1 (15-5-1) |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; May (5–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Win Loss Save Score Overall record (Big 12) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |May 2 || Louisiana–Lafayette || colspan=8|Canceled (Rain) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 3 || Louisiana-Lafayette || Hawks Field || Herr (3-0) || Glass (2-3) || || W 4-3 || 35-8-1 (15-5-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 3 || Louisiana-Lafayette || Hawks Field || Bird (4-1) || Harmon (1-2) || || W 4-3 (14) || 36-8-1 (15-5-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 9 || 2008 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M || Hawks Field || Starling (8-0) || Jennings (5-1) || || L 3-6 (16) || 36-9-1 (15-6-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" |May 10 || Texas A&M || colspan=8|Postponed until May 11 (Rain) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 11 || Texas A&M || Hawks Field || Jennings (6-1) || Thebeau (5-3) || || W 9-8 || 37-9-1 (16-6-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 11 || Texas A&M || Hawks Field || Nesseth (4-1) || Minks (4-1) || || W 13-10 || 38-9-1 (17-6-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 13 || Creighton || Rosenblatt Stadium || Bird (5-1) || Hellhake (3-1) || Hauptman (1) || W 8-1 || 39-9-1 (17-6-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 16 || Missouri || Columbia, Missouri || Crow (12-0) || Jennings (6-2) || || L 8-1 || 39-10-1 (17-7-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 17 || Missouri || Columbia, Missouri || Berger (4-4) || Weber (8-3) || Allen (2) || L 22-9 || 39-11-1 (17-8-1) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 18 || Missouri || Columbia, Missouri || Zagone (2-3) || Pribanic (3-4) || Gibson (2) || L 3-7 || 39-12-1 (17-9-1) |- |- ! style="Nebraska Cornhuskers 2" | Postseason |- valign="top" y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; Big 12 Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Win Loss Save Score Overall record (Big 12) |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 21 || Baylor || Oklahoma City || Tolleson (6-4) || Jennings (6-3) || Kempf (2) || L 4-10 || 39-13-1 |- align="left" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |May 23 || Kansas State || Oklahoma City || Dorn (6-1) || Bayuk (1-5) || Herr (5) || W 5-2 || 40-13-1 |- align="left" bgcolor="FFBBBB" |May 24 || Oklahoma State || Oklahoma City || Lyons (11-2) || Weber (8-4) || Weinhardt (4) || L 5-11 || 40-14-1 |- |- | Baseball - 2008 Schedule/Results Season Facts Johnny Dorn's 13 Strike out game against Northern Colorado is his career high.Dorn, Huskers Top Northern Colorado 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.Pribanic, Belfonte Powers Huskers to 7-0 Win 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).Huskers Host Northern Colorado 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.Huskers-Sooners Tie Finale 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 Team2008 ALL-BIG 12 BASEBALL AWARDS ABCA All-Midwest Region TeamThree Huskers Earn ABCA All-Region Honors Craig Corriston Big 12 Player of the Week (03/17/2008)http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/031708aac.html Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 17) 2008-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511185712/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/031708aac.html 2008-05-11 dead All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Johnny Dorn Big 12’s Co-Pitcher of the Week (03/10/2008)http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/031008aab.html Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 10) 2008-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511190829/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/031008aab.html 2008-05-11 dead All-Big 12 First Team ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team Third-Team All-AmericanDorn Earns Third-Team All-America Honors 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)http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/032408aaa.html Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 24) 2008-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511190225/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/032408aaa.html 2008-05-11 dead Thad Weber All-Big 12 Second Team Rankings + Ranking movement Poll Pre-season Feb25 Mar3 Mar10 Mar17 Mar24 Mar31 April7 April14 April21 April28 May5 May12 May19 May26 June3 June10 Final http://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2005/polls/week/Final 2005 College Baseball Polls 2005-06-29 WarrenNolan.com 2010-01-06 USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll NR --* NR NR 24 17 10 6 9 8 7 7 6 7 10 -- -- 23 http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2008/ 2008 College Baseball Polls Baseball America 2010-01-01 Baseball America NR NR NR NR 22 19 11 6 9 8 6 5 5 12 13 20 20 20 http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/divI/archives/2008/index.htm 2008 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls Collegiate Baseball 2010-01-01 Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 38 NR NR NR 22 15 9 6 10 10 10 7 6 13 15 22 22 22 http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2008/index.html News from the 2008 College Baseball Season NCBWA 2009-12-31 NCBWA (Top 35) NR NR NR NR NR 30 22 14 13 13 9 7 6 10 13 20 20 20 http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=627294 Rivals.com Top 25 Rivals.com 2010-01-11 March 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100311033349/http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=627294 dead 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 teamPribanic Taken by Mariners Aaron Pribanic RHP 3 98 Seattle MarinersJennings Selected in Ninth Round of MLB Draft Dan Jennings LHP 9 168 Florida MarlinsOpitz Taken by Chicago Cubs in 12th Round Jake Opitz 2B 12 371 Chicago CubsDorn Drafted in 15th Round by Florida Johnny Dorn RHP 15 448 Florida MarlinsWeber Drafted by Tigers in 16th Round Thad Weber RHP 16 493 Detroit TigersAbeita Chosen by Yankees in 19th Round Mitch Abeita C 19 590 New York YankeesHerr Drafted by Padres Zach Herr LHP 38 1155 San Diego Padres References External links Thursday Thoughts - Greetings from the future location of home plate for the CWS Friday First Takes - No "Sooner Magic" Nebraska Cornhuskers Baseball Team, 2008 Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Nebraska