2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team

2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball
2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball
Southeastern Conference Champions; Athens Regional Champions; Athens Super Regional Champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	45–25–1 (20–9–1 SEC)
Head coach	David Perno (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jason Eller; Brady Wiederhold; Justin Holmes (1st season);
MVP	Gordon Beckham (Junior year)
Captain	Ryan Peisel (Senior year)
Home stadium	Foley Field
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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

The 2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represented the University of Georgia in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Foley Field. The team was coached by David Perno in his 7th season at Georgia.

The Bulldogs lost the College World Series, defeated by the Fresno State Bulldogs in the championship series.

Roster

2008 Georgia Bulldogs roster

Pitchers

44 Stephen Brock - Junior
42 Stephen Dodson - Junior
18 Justin Earls - Sophomore
20 Steve Esmonde - Sophomore
25 Joshua Fields - Senior
40 Justin Grimm - Freshman
46 Drew Haggard - Freshman
16 Brent Hallman - RS Sophomore
35 Will Harvil - Junior
45 John Herman - RS Freshman
17 Trevor Holder - Junior
8 Jason Leaver - Junior
12 Nick Montgomery - Senior
13 Nathan Moreau - Junior
2 Stephen Ochs - Junior
37 Evan Tieles - Freshman
22 Dean Weaver - Sophomore
33 Ryan Woolley - Sophomore

Infielders

6 Gordon Beckham - Junior
1 Jeff Bissell - Freshman
15 Michael Demperio - Sophomore
32 Alex McRee - Sophomore
19 Robbie O'Bryan - RS Freshman
3 Ryan Peisel - Senior
33 Rich Poythress - Sophomore
27 Miles Starr - Junior
7 David Thomas - Sophomore

Catchers

36 Jake Crane - Senior
23 Joey Lewis - Sophomore
29 Bryce Massanari - Junior
24 Carson Schilling - Freshman

Outfielders

11 Lyle Allen - Freshman
10 Matt Cerione - Sophomore
5 Adam Fuller - Junior
30 Matt Olson - Senior

Coaches

4 David Perno - 7th Season
9 Jason Eller
21 Brady Wiederhold
14 Justin Holmes - 1st Season

Schedule

2008 Georgia Bulldogs Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February (1–3)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
February 22	Arizona	Foley Field • Athens, GA	9–7	1–0	–
February 23	Arizona	Foley Field • Athens, GA	1–7	1–1	–
February 24	Arizona	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–9	1–2	–
February 27	at Atlanta Braves	Champion Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FL	0–8	1–2	–
February 29	vs #12 Oregon State	PGE Park • Portland, OR	4–6	1–3	–

March (14–7)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 1	vs #12 Oregon State	PGE Park • Portland, OR	10–5	2–3	–
March 2	vs #12 Oregon State	PGE Park • Portland, OR	4–5	2–4	–
March 5	Jacksonville State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	19–1	3–4	–
March 7	Memphis	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–1	4–4	–
March 8	Memphis	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–2	5–4	–
March 9	Memphis	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–7	5–5	–
March 11	at #3 Florida State	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	Cancelled	5–5	–
March 12	at #3 Florida State	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	13–10	6–5	–
March 12	at #3 Florida State	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	3–8	6–6	–
March 14	at #21 Arkansas	Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	1–5	6–7	0–1
March 15	at #21 Arkansas	Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	15–11	7–7	1–1
March 16	at #21 Arkansas	Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	13–2	8–7	2–1
March 18	Western Carolina	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–3	9–7	2–1
March 19	Alabama A&M	Foley Field • Athens, GA	18–3	10–7	2–1
March 21	Tennessee	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–2	11–7	3–1
March 22	Tennessee	Foley Field • Athens, GA	3–2	12–7	4–1
March 23	Tennessee	Foley Field • Athens, GA	3–4	12–8	4–2
March 25	at Kennesaw State	Fred Stillwell Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	12–5	13–8	4–2
March 26	Kennesaw State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–8	13–9	4–2
March 28	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	2–3	13–10	4–3
March 29	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	5–1	14–10	5–3
March 30	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	5–3	15–10	6–3

April (14–4–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 1	#17 Clemson	Foley Field • Athens, GA	11–3	16–10	6–3
April 2	at #17 Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	6–4	17–10	6–3
April 4	#9 South Carolina	Foley Field • Athens, GA	1–0	18–10	7–3
April 5	#9 South Carolina	Foley Field • Athens, GA	5–3	19–10	8–3
April 6	#9 South Carolina	Foley Field • Athens, GA	4–2	20–10	9–3
April 8	Winthrop	Foley Field • Athens, GA	1–5	20–11	9–3
April 9	at #10 Georgia Tech	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	4–9	20–12	9–3
April 11	#9 Kentucky	Foley Field • Athens, GA	3–2	21–12	10–3
April 12	#9 Kentucky	Foley Field • Athens, GA	13–4	22–12	11–3
April 13	#9 Kentucky	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–4	23–12	12–3
April 15	East Tennessee State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	9–8	24–12	12–3
April 16	Georgia State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	7–5	25–12	12–3
April 18	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–3	26–12	13–3
April 19	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium • Athens, GA	9–8	27–12	14–3
April 20	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium • Athens, GA	10–10	27–12–1	14–3–1
April 22	Kennesaw State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–2	28–12–1	14–3–1
April 25	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	7–4	29–12–1	15–3–1
April 26	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	2–7	29–13–1	15–4–1
April 27	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	2–7	29–14–1	15–5–1

May (6–5)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 2	#25 Ole Miss	Foley Field • Athens, GA	5–4	30–14–1	16–5–1
May 3	#25 Ole Miss	Foley Field • Athens, GA	4–9	30–15–1	16–6–1
May 4	#25 Ole Miss	Foley Field • Athens, GA	11–4	31–15–1	17–6–1
May 7	#25 Georgia Tech	Foley Field • Athens, GA	1–11	31–16–1	17–6–1
May 9	at #16 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	7–13	31–17–1	17–7–1
May 10	at #16 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	4–2	32–17–1	18–7–1
May 11	at #16 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	12–10	33–17–1	19–7–1
May 13	vs #25 Georgia Tech	Turner Field • Atlanta, GA	3–2	34–17–1	19–7–1
May 15	Alabama	Foley Field • Athens, GA	13–17	34–18–1	19–8–1
May 16	Alabama	Foley Field • Athens, GA	5–4	35–18–1	20–8–1
May 17	Alabama	Foley Field • Athens, GA	13–16	35–19–1	20–9–1

Postseason

Southeastern Conference Tournament (0–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 21	vs Ole Miss	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	1–4	35–20–1	20–9–1
May 22	vs Alabama	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	2–5	35–21–1	20–9–1

Athens Regional (4–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 30	Lipscomb	Foley Field • Athens, GA	7–10	35–22–1	20–9–1
May 31	Lipscomb	Foley Field • Athens, GA	9–8	36–22–1	20–9–1
June 1	Lipscomb	Foley Field • Athens, GA	14–3	37–22–1	20–9–1
June 1	Georgia Tech	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–0	38–22–1	20–9–1
June 2	Georgia Tech	Foley Field • Athens, GA	18–6	39–22–1	20–9–1

Athens Super Regional (2–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
June 6	#15 NC State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	11–4	40–22–1	20–9–1
June 7	#15 NC State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	6–10	40–23–1	20–9–1
June 8	#15 NC State	Foley Field • Athens, GA	17–8	41–23–1	20–9–1

2008 College World Series (4–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
June 14	vs #1 Miami (FL)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	7–4	42–23–1	20–9–1
June 16	vs #7 Stanford	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	4–3	43–23–1	20–9–1
June 20	vs #7 Stanford	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	10–8	44–23–1	20–9–1
June 23	vs #8 Fresno State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	7–6	45–23–1	20–9–1
June 24	vs #8 Fresno State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	10–19	45–24–1	20–9–1
June 25	vs #8 Fresno State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	1–6	45–25–1	20–9–1

Awards and honors

Gordon Beckham

Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year^[2]
Baseball America First Team All-American^[2]
Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American^[2]
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American^[2]
American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All-American^[2]
All-Tournament Team<^[3]

Ryan Peisel

All-Tournament Team^[3]

Joshua Fields

Baseball America Second Team All-American^[2]
Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American^[2]
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American^[2]
American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All-American^[2]

Bulldogs in the 2008 MLB Draft

The following members of the Georgia Bulldogs baseball program were drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
1	8	Gordon Beckham	SS	Chicago White Sox
1	20	Joshua Fields	P	Seattle Mariners
10	298	Trevor Holder	P	Florida Marlins
10	317	Stephen Dodson	P	Colorado Rockies
11	326	Nathan Moreau	P	Baltimore Orioles
12	377	Ryan Peisel	1B	Colorado Rockies

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "University of Georgia Award/Honors" (PDF). www.georgiadogs.com. University of Georgia. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from University of Georgia". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[UGA-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "University of Georgia Award/Honors" (PDF). www.georgiadogs.com. University of Georgia. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[CWS-3] "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[4] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from University of Georgia". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

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Venues	Herty Field (1891–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1943) Ag. Hill (1946–1961) Freshman Field (1962–1965) Foley Field (1966–present)
Rivalries	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia Tech)
People	Head coaches
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