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) -External links:*...	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... s 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... s 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... s 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... s 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

External links

• Husker Athletics
• Big 12 Baseball