2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Nebraska Cornhuskers logo, 1992–2003.svg 150 Big 12 Conference Big 12 Conference Big 12 8 8 47–21 16–11 Dave Van Horn 5th Kevin Koch Mike Anderson 8th Rob Childress 5th Haymarket Park 2002 College World Series T-7th The 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Dave Van Horn, serving his 5th year. The Cornhuskers lost in the College World Series, defeated by the South Carolina Gamecocks. Roster 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Jeff Leise 1 OF L L 5 9 165 JR Omaha, Nebraska Jed Morris 3 C L R 6 0 190 JR Seabrook, Texas Chad Steele 4 C L R 5 10 190 FR Omaha, Nebraska Josh Birmingham 6 INF R R 6 2 185 JR Hobbs, New Mexico Will Bolt y 7 INF R R 5 9 175 SR Conroe, Texas Jeff Blevins 8 INF S R 5 11 175 SR Sand Springs, Oklahoma Joe Simokaitis y 9 INF R R 6 2 185 FR St. Louis, Missouri Justin Seely 10 OF L L 5 10 180 SR Nacogdoches, Texas Drew Anderson outfielder y 11 OF R R 6 2 195 SO Kearney, Nebraska Daniel Bruce 12 OF R R 6 0 190 FR Omaha, Nebraska Brandon Eymann 14 INF L R 6 0 190 SR Papillion, Nebraska Curtis Ledbetter 15 INF R R 6 3 220 SO Lawrence, Kansas Matt Hopper 16 INF R R 6 4 210 JR Golden, Colorado Chase Odenreider 17 INF R R 6 3 220 FR Omaha, Nebraska Brian Duensing y 18 LHP L L 6 0 180 FR Omaha, Nebraska Waylon Byers 19 LHP L L 6 1 180 JR Milo, Iowa Steve Hale 20 RHP R R 5 11 195 JR Yukon, Oklahoma John Grose 21 C R R 5 11 190 SO Henderson, Nevada Adam Riddle 22 OF R R 6 1 200 JR Abilene, Texas Marcellus Dawson 23 OF R R 6 3 190 JR Milwaukee, Wisconsin Darren Hoffart 24 C R R 6 2 200 FR Omaha, Nebraska Rob Horst 26 OF R R 6 2 215 JR Gering, Nebraska Shane Komine y 28 RHP R R 5 9 165 SR Honolulu, Hawaii Derrick Conte 30 RHP R R 6 1 200 SO y Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tag Horner 31 LHP L L 6 3 195 FR Duncan, Oklahoma Jason Burch 32 RHP R R 6 5 220 SO Papillion, Nebraska Jamie Rodrigue 33 LHP R L 6 0 200 JR St. Clair, Missouri Ryan Bonesio 34 LHP L L 6 2 195 JR Carrollton, Texas Phil Shirek 35 RHP R R 6 3 210 FR Minot, North Dakota Aaron Marsden 36 LHP L L 6 6 220 SO Grand Forks, North Dakota Dustin Timm 38 RHP R R 6 3 180 SO Yutan, Nebraska Justin Pekarek 39 LHP R L 6 3 190 SO y Staplehurst, Nebraska Jeff Blaesing 40 RHP R R 6 2 220 SR Lockport, Illinois Matt McMurtry 41 LHP L L 5 11 160 FR North Platte, Nebraska Jeremy Becker 42 LHP L L 5 11 195 FR y Scottsbluff, Nebraska David Ferazza 42 C R R 6 3 200 FR Hayward, California Mike Sillman 44 RHP R R 6 1 180 SO Omaha, Nebraska Casey Jorgensen 45 RHP R R 6 2 200 FR Sioux Falls, South Dakota J. 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Scholten 49 RHP R R 6 6 225 SR Sioux City, Iowa Jeff Bieker 53 RHP R R 6 4 180 FR Hays, Kansas Dave Van Horn Kevin Koch Mike Anderson Rob Childress Schedule Nebraska Cornhuskers 2 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball game log (47–21) ! style="Nebraska Cornhuskers 2" | Regular season (39–17) |- valign="top" y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; February (4–3) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 1 || February 13 || vs. 2002 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico || No. 11 || Reckling Park • Houston, Texas || W 3–2 || 1–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 2 || February 14 || at No. 10 2002 Rice Owls Rice || No. 11 || Reckling Park • Houston, Texas || L 7–8 || 1–1 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 3 || February 15 || vs. No. 15 2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest || No. 11 || Reckling Park • Houston, Texas || L 8–9 || 1–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 4 || February 22 || at 2002 McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State || No. 13 || Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, Louisiana || W 9–4 || 2–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 5 || February 23 || vs. 2002 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks Louisiana–Monroe || No. 13 || Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, Louisiana || W 4–1 || 3–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 6 || February 24 || vs. 2002 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss || No. 13 || Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, Louisiana || L 5–6 || 3–3 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 7 || February 28 || at 2002 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State || No. 19 || Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium • Fresno, California || W 7–1 || 4–3 || — |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; March (13–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 8 || March 1 || at Fresno State || No. 19 || Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium • Fresno, California || W 9–0 || 5–3 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 9 || March 2 || at Fresno State || No. 19 || Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium • Fresno, California || W 10–6 || 6–3 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 10 || March 5 || 2002 Nebraska–Kearney Lopers Nebraska–Kearney || No. 17 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 23–1 || 7–3 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 11 || March 8 || at No. 14 2002 Baylor Bears Baylor || No. 17 || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || W 15–4 || 8–3 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 12 || March 9 || at No. 14 Baylor || No. 17 || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || L 1–2 || 8–4 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 13 || March 10 || at No. 14 Baylor || No. 17 || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, Texas || L 6–9 || 8–5 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 14 || March 15 || No. 13 2002 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M || No. 21 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 6–4 || 9–5 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 15 || March 16 || No. 13 Texas A&M || No. 21 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 3–0 || 10–5 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 16 || March 17 || No. 13 Texas A&M || No. 21 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 10–0 || 11–5 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 17 || March 19 || at 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota || No. 13 || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota || W 19–6 || 12–5 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 18 || March 20 || at Minnesota || No. 13 || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota || L 3–5 || 12–6 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 19 || March 22 || No. 22 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 3–1 || 13–6 || 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 20 || March 23 || No. 22 Texas Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 8–3 || 14–6 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 21 || March 24 || No. 22 Texas Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || L 3–4 || 14–7 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 22 || March 26 || 2002 Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 10–2 || 15–7 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 23 || March 27 || Western Illinois || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 12–5 || 16–7 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 24 || March 29 || at 2002 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State || No. 10 || KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas || L 8–9 || 16–8 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 25 || March 30 || at Kansas State || No. 10 || KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas || W 22–6 || 17–8 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 26 || March 31 || at Kansas State || No. 10 || KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas || L 2–3 || 17–9 || 7–5 |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; April (13–7) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 27 || April 2 || 2002 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 10–1 || 18–9 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 28 || April 3 || Milwaukee || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 16–1 || 19–9 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 29 || April 5 || No. 17 2002 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || L 4–5 || 19–10 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 30 || April 6 || at No. 17 Oklahoma || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 7–6 || 20–10 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 31 || April 7 || at No. 17 Oklahoma || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 12–2 || 21–10 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 32 || April 9 || at 2002 Creighton Bluejays Creighton || No. 10 || Creighton Sports Complex • Omaha, Nebraska || L 3–8 || 21–11 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 33 || April 10 || Minnesota || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 12–3 || 22–11 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 34 || April 12 || at Missouri || No. 10 || Taylor Stadium • Columbia, Missouri || L 6–9 || 22–12 || 9–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 35 || April 13 || at Missouri || No. 10 || Taylor Stadium • Columbia, Missouri || W 6–3 || 23–12 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 36 || April 14 || at Missouri || No. 10 || Taylor Stadium • Columbia, Missouri || L 12–16 || 23–13 || 10–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 37 || April 16 || Creighton || No. 20 || Haymarket • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 6–5 || 24–13 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 38 || April 19 || at No. 15 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State || No. 20 || Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma || W 5–2 || 25–13 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 39 || April 20 || at No. 15 Oklahoma State || No. 20 || Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma || L 4–8 || 25–14 || 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 40 || April 21 || at No. 15 Oklahoma State || No. 20 || Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma || W 10–3 || 26–14 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 41 || April 23 || 2002 Texas–Pan American Broncs Texas–Pan American || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 18–1 || 27–14 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 42 || April 24 || Texas–Pan American || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 10–2 || 28–14 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 43 || April 26 || 2002 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 4–0 || 29–14 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 44 || April 28 || Kansas || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || L 3–14 || 29–15 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 45 || April 28 || Kansas || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 9–1 || 30–15 || 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 46 || April 30 || No. 14 2002 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || L 4–9 || 30–16 || — |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; May (9–1) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 47 || May 3 || at No. 5 Texas || No. 15 || Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W 8–3 || 31–16 || 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 48 || May 4 || at No. 5 Texas || No. 15 || Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L 2–3 || 31–17 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 49 || May 5 || at No. 5 Texas || No. 15 || Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W 7–5 || 32–17 || 16–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 50 || May 10 || 2002 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 4–3 || 33–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 51 || May 11 || Cal Poly || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 7–3 || 34–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 52 || May 12 || Cal Poly || No. 15 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 5–2 || 35–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 53 || May 15 || at Creighton || No. 13 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || W 9–1 || 36–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 54 || May 17 || 2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 12–2 || 37–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 55 || May 18 || Louisiana Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 7–1 || 38–17 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 56 || May 19 || Louisiana Tech || No. 13 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 5–1 || 39–17 || — |- |- ! style="Nebraska Cornhuskers 2 white" | Postseason (8–4) |- valign="top" y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; Big 12 Tournament (3–1) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record B12T record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 57 || May 22 || vs. (7) No. 29 Baylor || (2) No. 13 || The Ballpark in Arlington • Arlington, Texas || W 11–9 || 40–17 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 58 || May 23 || vs. (3) No. 17 Texas Tech || (2) No. 13 || The Ballpark in Arlington • Arlington, Texas || W 12–8 || 41–17 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 59 || May 25 || vs. (6) Kansas State || (2) No. 13 || The Ballpark in Arlington • Arlington, Texas || W 8–7 || 42–17 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 60 || May 26 || vs. (1) No. 5 Texas || (2) No. 13 || The Ballpark in Arlington • Arlington, Texas || L 6–9 || 42–18 || 3–1 |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; NCAA Lincoln Regional (3–0) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 61 || May 31 || (4) Milwaukee || (1) No. 12 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 7–2 || 43–18 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 62 || June 1 || (3) 2002 Marist Red Foxes Marist || (1) No. 12 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 9–1 || 44–18 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 63 || June 2 || (2) No. 28 2002 Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State || (1) No. 12 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 14–3 || 45–18 || 3–0 |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; NCAA Lincoln Super Regional (2–1) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 64 || June 7 || No. 13 2002 Richmond Spiders Richmond || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 2–0 || 46–18 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 65 || June 8 || No. 13 Richmond || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || L 2–6 || 46–19 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 66 || June 9 || No. 13 Richmond || No. 10 || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || W 11–6 || 47–19 || 5–1 |- y Nebraska Cornhuskers 2; 2002 College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 67 || June 14 || vs. (2) No. 4 Clemson || No. 7 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || L 10–11 || 47–20 || 16–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 68 || June 16 || vs. (6) No. 3 South Carolina || No. 7 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || L 8–10 || 47–21 || 16–11 |- Awards and honors Jeff Blevins Honorable Mention All-Big 12https://huskers.com/documents/2020/2/12/2020_baseball_media_guide_low.pdf?path=baseball https://web.archive.org/web/20200307035522/https://huskers.com/documents/2020/2/12/2020_baseball_media_guide_low.pdf?path=baseball dead March 7, 2020 2020 Nebraska Baseball Media Guide University of Nebraska–Lincoln August 8, 2020 Will Bolt Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Daniel Bruce Honorable Mention Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball Brian Duensing Honorable Mention Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball Shane Komine Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All-American Baseball America Third Team All-American NBCSA Jeff Leise First Team All-Big 12 Aaron Marsden First Team All-Big 12 Big 12 Conference Baseball Newcomer of the Year Jed Morris First Team All-Big 12 Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year Third Team All-American Baseball America Phil Shirek Honorable Mention Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball References Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Nebraska Nebraska Category:College World Series seasons