2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

The 2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium, and played as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his twenty-ninth season as head coach at Florida State.

2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC Atlantic Division champions
NCAA Tallahassee Regional champions
NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record54–14 (24–6 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDick Howser Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
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 Seminoles reached the College World Series, their eighteenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh place after losing a game to Stanford and another to Miami (FL).[2]

Personnel

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Roster

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2008 Florida State Seminoles roster[3][2]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 - Luke Smierciak - Freshman
  • 14 - Ryan Strauss - Senior
  • 16 - Bo O'Dell - Junior
  • 17 - Mark Peterson - Freshman
  • 20 - Calvin Brutus - Junior
  • 21 - Geoff Parker - Freshman
  • 22 - John Gast - Freshman
  • 23 - Taiwan Easterling - Freshman
  • 25 - Mike McGee - Freshman
  • 26 - Jimmy Marshall - Junior
  • 27 - Elih Villanueva - Junior
  • 28 - Tyler Everett - Freshman
  • 30 - Ben Francis - Sophomore
  • 30 - Michael Martinez - Freshman
  • 32 - Matt Fairel - Sophomore
  • 33 - Trent Jarvis -   Senior
  • 35 - Ryan Vigue - Freshman
  • 51 - Scott Thorson -   Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 7 - Parker Brunelle - Freshman
  • 8 - Buster Posey - Junior
  • 19 - Matt Kane - Freshman
  • 31 - John Doolittle - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Stuart Tapley - Freshman
  • 3 - Tony Delmonico - Junior
  • 5 - Jack Posey - Freshman
  • 6 - Tommy Oravetz - Junior
  • 13 - Jason Stidham - Sophomore
  • 20 - Nick Vickerson - Freshman
  • 23 - Nick Polston - Junior
  • 24 - Dennis Guinn - Senior
  • 38 - Stephen Cardullo - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 2 - Ohmed Danesh - Sophomore
  • 9 - Ruairi O'Connor -   Junior
  • 15 - Tyler Holt - Freshman
  • 37 - Neil Malpass -   Senior
  • 46 - Jack Rye - Senior

Coaches

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2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Florida State win
  Florida State loss
2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log[4][2]
Regular season
Postseason

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches' Poll1212*84323222333333*3*8
Baseball America2014108633354442227
Collegiate Baseball12128332211244443337
NCBWA13119654322233342338

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "2008 Baseball - Year in Review". Nole Fan. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. pp. 46–52. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. p. 116. Retrieved November 7, 2021.