The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is Mike Anderson's 6th year at Head coach. The huskers play their home games at Hawks Field.
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.
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 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.Mitch AbeitaAll-Big 12 First TeamABCA All-Midwest Region TeamCraig CorristonBig 12 Player of the Week (03/17/2008)All-Big 12 Honorable MentionJohnny DornBig 12’s Co-Pitcher of the Week (03/10/2008)All-Big 12 First TeamABCA All-Midwest Region Second TeamThird-Team All-AmericanDan JenningsAll-Big 12 Honorable MentionBryce NimmoAll-Big 12 Honorable MentionJake OpitzAll-Big 12 First TeamABCA All-Midwest Region Second TeamNick SullivanBig 12 Player of the Week (03/24/2008)Thad WeberAll-Big 12 Second Team* USA Today/ESPN did not release a poll after the first weekend of play.
