2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

The 2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Jim Morris in his fifteenth season at Miami. Playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division, they finished in first place in their division with a record of 23–5, 53–11 overall.

2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record53–11 (23–5 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMark Light Field
Seasons
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2009 →
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 7 Florida State x‍‍‍y 24 6   .800 54 14   .794
No. 15 NC State ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 42 22   .656
Wake Forest ‍‍‍ 13 16   .448 25 31   .446
Clemson ‍‍‍ 11 18   .379 31 27   .534
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 30 26   .536
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 26 27   .491
Coastal
No. 5 Miami (FL) x‍‍y 23 5   .821 53 11   .828
No. 3 North Carolina ‍‍‍y 22 7   .759 54 14   .794
No. 24 Georgia Techy ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 41 21   .661
Virginia ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 39 23   .629
Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 37 18   .673
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 23 32   .418
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they finished tied for fifth after dropping an opening round game against eventual runner-up Georgia, defeating Florida State, and being eliminated by semifinalist Stanford.

Personnel

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Roster

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2008 Miami Hurricanes roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 - Eric Erickson - Sophomore
  • 21 - Rene Guerra - Junior
  • 27 - Chris Hernandez - Freshman
  • 31 - Enrique Garcia - Senior
  • 40 - John Housey - Sophomore
  • 43 - Anthony Nalepa - Sophomore
  • 44 - Carlos Gutierrez -   Junior
  • 45 - Alex Koronis - Sophomore
  • 46 - Kyle Bellamy - Sophomore
  • 46 - Michael Rudman - Sophomore
  • 47 - David Gutierrez - Sophomore
  • 48 - Tim Burke - Junior
  • 48 - Jason Santana - Junior
  • 49 - PJ Fisher -   Junior
  • 49 - D.J. Swatscheno - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 0 - Harold Levy - Freshman
  • 22 - Jason Hagerty - Sophomore
  • 24 - Yasmani Grandal - Freshman
  • 24 - Ben Vazquez - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 7 - Dave DiNatale - Junior
  • 7 - Adan Severino - Junior
  • 19 - Dennis Raben - Junior
  • 31 - Blake Tekotte - Junior
  • 35 - Joey Terdoslavich - Freshman
  • 44 - Jonathan Weislow - Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 8 - Ryan Jackson - Sophomore
  • 17 - Mark Sobolewski - Sophomore
  • 19 - Yonder Alonso - Junior
  • 21 - Jemile Weeks - Junior
  • 35 - Chris Gawenda -  Sophomore
  • 51 - Ryan Perry - Junior

Utility

  • 28 - Iden Nazario - Freshman

Coaches

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2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball coaching staff

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Miami win
  Miami loss
2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log[3]
Regular season
Postseason

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "2008 Baseball Roster". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. ^ Miami Hurricanes Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Miami Hurricanes. p. 70. Retrieved March 31, 2021.