2008_Vanderbilt_Commodores_baseball_team

2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Record	41-22 (15-14 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin;
Home stadium	Hawkins Field
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

American college baseball season

The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his sixth season at Vanderbilt. The previous season, Corbin's team posted a 54-13 record and won the SEC regular season crown and the SEC tournament. They also hosted a regional for the first time in school history, eventually falling to Michigan in an extra-innings heartbreaker.

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Name	Title	First Season at VU	Alma Mater
Tim Corbin^[2]	Head coach	2003	Ohio Wesleyan University (1984)
Erik Bakich^[3]	Assistant coach	2003	East Carolina University (2000)
Derek Johnson^[4]	Assistant coach	2002	Eastern Illinois University (1994)
Blake Allen^[5]	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2005	Blackburn College (2001)
Mike Calitri^[6]	Director of Baseball Operations	2006	Clemson University (2004)

Number	Player	Position	Bats/Throws
1	David Macias	OF	S/R
2	Jason Cunningham	LHP	L/L
3	Dominic de la Osa	OF	R/R
5	Andrew Giobbi	C	R/R
6	Brian Harris	INF	R/R
7	Parker Hanks	OF	R/R
8	Alex Feinberg	INF	R/R
9	Curt Casali	C	R/R
11	Nick Christiani	RHP	R/R
12	Mike Minor	LHP	L/L
15	Richie Goodenow	LHP	L/L
17	Shea Robin	C	R/R
18	Sean Bierman	LHP	L/L
19	Ben Blanton	LHP	L/L
20	Kellen St. Luce	LHP	L/L
21	Brett Jacobson	RHP	R/R
22	Ryan Flaherty	INF	L/R
24	Pedro Alvarez	INF	L/R
25	Steven Liddle	OF	L/L
26	Jordan Wormsley	OF	L/L
27	Caleb Cotham	RHP	R/R
28	Brad French	INF	R/R
31	Russell Brewer	INF/RHP	R/R
32	Gabe Ortiz	INF	R/R
33	Drew Hayes	RHP	R/R
34	Taylor Hill	RHP	R/R
36	Aaron Westlake	INF	L/R
39	Jared Cohen	RHP/OF	R/R
40	Johnathan White	OF	L/L
42	Chase Reid	RHP	L/R
43	Steven Schwartz	RHP	L/R
44	Mark Lamm	RHP	R/R
45	Drew Fann	C	R/R
46	Adam Cronk	INF	R/R
51	Alex Hilliard	OF	R/R
55	Joey Manning	OF	R/R

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)^[7]	6^[8]	--	11	12	8	13	8	17	14	13	17	14	13	21	22	--	--	N/R
Baseball America (Top 25)	3^[9]	7^[10]	7^[11]	6^[12]	5^[13]	9^[14]	8^[15]	19^[16]	17^[17]	17^[18]	22^[19]	18^[20]	19^[21]	N/R^[22]	N/R^[23]	N/R^[24]	N/R^[25]	N/R^[26]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)	11^[27]	9^[28]	10^[29]	12 ^[30]	9^[31]	14^[32]	13^[33]	23^[34]	22^[35]	20^[36]	20^[37]	16^[38]	17^[39]	N/R^[40]	24^[41]	27^[42]	27^[43]	27^[44]
NCBWA (Top 30)	8^[45]	7^[46]	10^[47]	9^[48]	6^[49]	11^[50]	6^[51]	13^[52]	11^[53]	10^[54]	13^[55]	11^[56]	13^[57]	21^[58]	21^[59]	25 ^[60]	25 ^[61]	25 ^[62]
Rivals.com (Top 25)^[63]	7	5	5	4	4	9	9	17	18	18	22	18	19	N/R	N/R	--	--	N/R

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2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Record	41-22 (15-14 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin
Home stadium	Hawkins Field
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia ^x‍†‍‍^y	20	–	9	.690	45	–	25	.643
Florida ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	34	–	24	.586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	44	–	19	.698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14	.517	41	–	22	.651
South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	40	–	23	.635
Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	27	–	29	.482
Western
No. 6 LSU ^x‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	11	.621	49	–	19	.721
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	28	.556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	39	–	26	.600
Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	14	–	15	.483	34	–	24	.586
Auburn ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	28	–	28	.500
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	23	–	33	.411

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll