2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
CBNo. 13
Record42-19 (12-12 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Wasikowski (7th season)
  • Jeff Casper (7th season)
  • Keith Francis (2nd season)
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 9 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 8 – 0   .667 49 – 13 – 0   .790
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 41 – 24 – 2   .627
UCLA  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11 – 0   .542 33 – 27 – 0   .550
No. 13 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 42 – 19 – 0   .689
California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 33 – 21 – 2   .607
Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13 – 0   .458 28 – 24 – 0   .538
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 28 – 28 – 0   .500
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 30 – 26 – 0   .536
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 7th season at Arizona.

Personnel

Roster

2008 Arizona Wildcats roster[2]
  Pitchers

• 11 - Preston Guilmet - Junior

• 16 - Mike Colla - Junior

• 17 - Ryan Doyle - Freshman

• 18 - Eric Berger - RS Junior

• 19 - David Coulon - Senior

• 23 - Rick Patton - Freshman

• 25 - Daniel Schlereth - RS Junior

• 26 - Jason Stoffel - Sophomore

• 27 - Shea Ross - Sophomore

• 34 - Cory Burns - Junior

• 43 - Richie Sandoval - Freshman

• 45 - Ryan Perry - Junior

• 46 - Matt Chaffee - Freshman

• 47 - Aaron Rhodes - Freshman

• 49 - Joe Allison - RS Freshman

• 50 - Grayson Adams - Junior

Catchers

• 5 - Dwight Childs - Sophomore

• 12 - Daniel Butler - RS Sophomore

• 13 - Ryan Lush - Sophomore

• 30 - Jake Meskin - RS Freshman

Infielders

• 1 - Travis Peep - Junior

• 2 - Colt Sedbrook - Senior

• 3 - Kevin Luyben - Freshman

• 14 - Robert Abel - Sophomore

• 21 - Rafael Valenzuela - Sophomore

• 24 - CJ Ziegler - Senior

• 28 - Mike Weldon - Sophomore

• 36 - Matt Koerner - Sophomore

• 38 - Bryce Ortega - Freshman

• 39 - Dillon Baird - Sophomore

• 42 - Andrew Allen - Freshman

Outfielders

• 4 - Jon Gaston - Junior

• 10 - Bobby Coyle - Freshman

• 15 - Chad Standrowicz - Freshman

• 20 - Brad Glenn - Junior

• 29 - Oliver Padre - Sophomore

• 33 - Matt Presley - Freshman

• 35 - Hunter Pace - Junior

• 40 - Diallo Fon - RS Sophomore

• 48 - TJ Steele - Junior

Coaches

2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[2]
  • Andy Lopez - Head Coach
  • Mark Wasikowski - Assistant Coach
  • Jeff Casper - Assistant Coach
  • Keith Francis - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day

Opening Day Starters[3]
Name Position
Hunter Pace Left fielder
Jon Gaston Right fielder
T.J. Steele Right fielder
C.J. Ziegler First baseman
Dillon Baird Third baseman
Brad Glenn Designated hitter
Colt Sedbrook Second baseman
Robert Abel Shortstop
Dwight Childs Catcher
Preston Guilmet Starting pitcher

Schedule and results

2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log[4]
Regular season
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Overall Record Pac-10 Record
Feb 22 at Georgia #2 Foley Field • Athens, GA L 7-9 Holder (1-0) Guilmet (0-1) 0-1
Feb 23 at Georgia #2 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 7-1 Coulon (1-0) Dodson (0-1) 1-1
Feb 24 at Georgia #2 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 9-8 Colla (1-0) Ochs (0-1) 2-1
Feb 29 vs Sacramento State #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-3 Guilmet (1-1) Buchta (0-1) 3-1
Mar 1 vs Sacramento State #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 15-7 Coulon (2-0) Ramirez (0-1) 4-1
Mar 2 vs Sacramento State #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-9 Schlereth (1-0) Baek (0-1) 5-1
Mar 4 vs UNLV #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-5 Burns (1-0) Goodman (0-1) 6-1
Mar 5 vs UNLV #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 16-6 Berger (1-0) Baca (0-1) 7-1
Mar 7 at South Alabama #1 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 18-0 Guilmet (2-1) Nabors (2-1) 8-1
Mar 8 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi #1 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 3-0 Coulon (3-0) Gutierrez (-) 9-1
Mar 9 at Notre Dame #1 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 16-0 Perry (1-0) Dupra (1-2) 10-1
Mar 14 vs #20 Cal State Fullerton #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-3 Stoffel (1-0) Dovel (1-1) 11-1
Mar 15 vs #20 Cal State Fullerton #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-2 Coulon (4-0) Renken (3-1) 12-1
Mar 16 vs #20 Cal State Fullerton #1 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-10 Arbiso (2-2) Perry (1-1) 12-2
Mar 18 at #1 Arizona State #2 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5-6 Sauer (3-0) Colla (1-1) 12-3
Mar 20 at Southern California #2 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0-5 Milone (3-1) Coulon (4-1) 12-4 1-0
Mar 21 at Southern California #2 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 10-2 Guilmet (3-1) Couture (1-1) 13-4 1-1
Mar 22 at Southern California #2 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0-5 Cook (3-1) Berger (1-1) 13-5 1-2
Mar 25 at Oklahoma State #6 Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 2-10 Gardner (3-1) Colla (1-2) 13-6
Mar 26 at Oklahoma State #6 Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 2-3 Neal (2-0) Perry (1-2) 13-7
Mar 28 vs #23 UCLA #6 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-4 Drummond (1-2) Stoffel (1-1) 13-8 1-3
Mar 29 vs #23 UCLA #6 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 8-20 Brewer (3-2) Coulon (4-2) 13-9 1-4
Mar 30 vs #23 UCLA #6 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-4 Berger (2-1) Brooks (1-2) 14-9 2-4
Apr 4 at Washington #18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 0-1 Haughian (3-2) Guilmet (3-2) 14-10 2-5
Apr 5 at Washington #18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 5-0 Coulon (5-2) Nobles (2-1) 15-10 3-5
Apr 6 at Washington #18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 1-5 Merry (4-0) Berger (2-2) 15-11 3-6
Apr 8 at San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA W 11-6 Colla (2-2) Berger (2-5) 16-11
Apr 9 at San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA W 5-2 Berger (3-2) Solow (1-5) 17-11
Apr 11 vs Indiana State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-2 Guilmet (4-2) Manus (1-5) 18-11
Apr 12 vs Indiana State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-0 Coulon (6-2) Shelton (3-2) 19-11
Apr 13 vs Indiana State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-6 Perry (2-2) Inman (2-2) 20-11
Apr 15 at New Mexico Isotopes Park • Albuquerque, NM W 10-6 Colla (3-2) Hesketh (2-3) 21-11
Apr 16 at New Mexico Isotopes Park • Albuquerque, NM W 4-2 Perry (3-2) Kerr (2-2) 22-11
Apr 18 vs Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-6 Stoffel (2-1) Way (1-3) 23-11 4-6
Apr 19 vs Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-5 Perry (4-2) Harvey (0-1) 24-11 5-6
Apr 20 vs Washington State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-2 Berger (4-2) Wise (0-2) 25-11 6-6
Apr 22 vs New Mexico #23 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-1 Colla (4-2) Hesketh (2-4) 26-11
Apr 23 vs New Mexico #23 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-4 Burns (2-0) Kerr (2-3) 27-11
Apr 25 at Oregon State #23 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 7-0 Guilmet (5-2) Stutes (2-5) 28-11 7-6
Apr 26 at Oregon State #23 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3-4 Robles (3-0) Coulon (6-3) 28-12 7-7
Apr 27 at Oregon State #23 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2-3 Reyes (3-2) Berger (4-3) 28-13 7-8
Apr 29 vs San Diego State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3-2 Burns (3-0) Solow (3-6) 29-13
Apr 30 vs San Diego State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-4 Chaffee (1-0) Kaufman (1-3) 30-13
May 2 at #16 California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 5-11 Ross (7-2) Guilmet (5-3) 30-14 7-9
May 3 at #16 California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 5-6 Gorgen (1-2) Perry (4-3) 30-15 7-10
May 4 at #16 California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 16-5 Berger (5-3) Rollin (4-2) 31-15 8-10
May 9 vs Utah Valley State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-4 Guilmet (6-3) Christensen (1-7) 32-15
May 10 vs Utah Valley State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-0 Coulon (7-3) Brady (2-7) 33-15
May 11 vs Utah Valley State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-4 Berger (6-3) Smith (2-5) 34-15
May 17 vs #16 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-6 Perry (5-3) Yount (3-3) 35-15 9-10
May 18 vs #16 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 5-8 Storen (2-3) Stoffel (2-2) 35-16 9-11
May 19 vs #16 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 15-11 Schlereth (2-0) Hancock (1-2) 36-16 10-11
May 22 vs #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6-13 Satow (8-3) Guilmet (6-4) 36-17 10-12
May 23 vs #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4-3 Stoffel (3-2) Leake (9-2) 37-17 11-12
May 24 vs #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-4 Berger (7-3) Blair (4-2) 38-17 12-12
NCAA Ann Arbor Regional
May 30 vs (4) Eastern Michigan (1) #23 Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 13-7 Perry (6-3) Hoffman (5-3) 39-17
May 31 vs (2) #16 Michigan (1) #23 Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 4-3 Coulon (8-3) Fetter (10-2) 40-17
Jun 1 vs (3) #24 Kentucky (1) #23 Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 5-3 Berger (8-3) Baber (1-3) 41-17
NCAA Coral Gables Super Regional
Jun 6 at #1 Miami #14 Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 6-3 Stoffel (4-2) Gutierrez (5-3) 42-17
Jun 7 at #1 Miami #14 Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL L 10-14 Gutierrez (5-0) Coulon (8-4) 42-18
Jun 8 at #1 Miami #14 Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL L 2-4 Garcia (7-2) Berger (8-4) 42-19

Ann Arbor Regional

Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament § Coral Gables Super Regional
Ann Arbor Regional Regional Teams
(1) Arizona Wildcats (4) Eastern Michigan Eagles (2) Michigan Wolverines (3) Kentucky Wildcats

Coral Gables Super Regional

Coral Gables Super Regional Teams
(1) Miami Hurricanes vs. (16) Arizona Wildcats

2008 MLB Draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ryan Perry RHP 1 21 Detroit Tigers
Daniel Schlereth LHP 1 26 Arizona Diamondbacks
T.J. Steele OF 4 122 Houston Astros
Jon Gaston OF 7 212 Houston Astros
Eric Berger LHP 8 261 Cleveland Indians
Mike Colla RHP 14 414 Pittsburgh Pirates
David Coulon LHP 15 456 Minnesota Twins
C.J. Ziegler 1B 16 477 San Francisco Giants
Brad Glenn 3B 17 514 Oakland Athletics
Preston Guilmet RHP 22 664 Oakland Athletics
Colt Sedbrook SS 22 665 St. Louis Cardinals

References

  1. ^ 2011 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 59. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "2008 Baseball Roster". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Arizona vs Georgia Bulldogs (Feb 22, 2008)". www.georgiadogsmedia.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Baseball Schedule" (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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