Wichita State Shockers
Missouri Valley (35-23, 12-9)
Big Wins: 3/9 Tulane (3-2), 3/17 Purdue (8-2), 4/22 Missouri State (3-2)
Bad Losses: 3/13 Oral Roberts (1-7), 3/31 Southern Illinois (3-10), 5/17 at Creighton (3-7)
Coach: Gene Stephenson (34 seasons at Wichita State)
Key Field Players:
Johnny Coy, Junior, 1B, .352 BA, 9 HR, 62 RBI
Don Lambert, Senior, OF, .301 BA, 26 RBI, 17 SB
Dayne Parker, Sophomore, IF, .286 BA, 28 RBI
Taylor Doggett, Freshman, OF, .286 BA, 15 RBI, 17 SB
Casey Gillaspie, Freshman, 1B, .279 BA, 8 HR, 32 RBI
Kevin Hall, Senior, OF, .275 BA, 18 RBI, 17 SB
Erik Harbutz, Sophomore, IF, .270 BA, 29 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Josh Smith, Senior, LHP, 2.82 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 92.2 IP, 74 SO
Kris Gardner, Freshman, LHP, 2.05 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 70.1 IP, 44 SO
Cale Elam, Sophomore, RHP, 2.09 ERA, 6-4 W/L, 43.0 IP, 43 SO, 9 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .281 (119th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.6 (113, 4)
Doubles per Game: 1.86 (63, 3)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (184, 6)
Home Runs per Game: 0.53 (98, 6)
Slugging Percentage: .391 (107, 6)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.34 (62, 3)
Earned Run Average: 3.35 (49, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (31, 4)
Double Plays per Game: 0.90 (61, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2009 | Regional | lost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Washington State |
| 2008 | Regional | defeated TCU, defeated Oklahoma State, defeated Oklahoma State |
| 2008 | Super Regional | eliminated by Florida State |
| 2007 | Regional | lost to New Orleans, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated New Orleans, defeated Arizona, defeated Arizona |
| 2007 | Super Regional | eliminated by UC Irvine |
| 2006 | Regional | defeated Houston, defeated TCU, lost to Oklahoma, eliminated by Oklahoma |
| 2005 | Regional | lost to Winthrop, defeated Austin Peay, defeated Winthrop, eliminated by Tennessee |
*all team stats through 5/20
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