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ESU BASEBALL OPENS SEASON #18

January 2, 2008-The Emporia State baseball team is continuing the trend of Hornet teams being nationally ranked. The Hornets will open the 2008 season ranked #18 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division II Preseason Poll. ESU is the highest ranked team from the MIAA and the Central Region.

The Hornets were 41-24 last season and won the MIAA Tournament Championship, sweeping Central Missouri in Warrensburg. ESU advanced to the NCAA Central Region tournament for the fourth straight season. Conner Crumbliss is back for his third year with the Hornets after leading ESU with a .357 average last season. Keith Hernandez led ESU with 11 home runs and 78 RBI last season.

The Hornets are scheduled to open the 2008 season on February 15 at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo.

ESU is the only NCAA Division II school to have their baseball (#18), men's (#23) and women's (#13) basketball, women's tennis (#24) and volleyball (#15) teams all nationally ranked in the top 25 at this time.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Div. II Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 26) www.baseballnews.com
Rank School Name 2007 Final Record Point Totals
1. Tampa 53-10 640
2. Columbus St. 51-19 624
3. Florida Southern 44-16 600
4. Mesa St. 49-14 590
5. Abilene Christian 47-13 586
6. Mount Olive 49-13 542
7. Franklin Pierce 49-11 536
Tusculum 50-14 536
9. Angelo St. 51-20 518
10. Southern Indiana 43-23 500
11. Delta St. 45-16 484
12. Ouachita Baptist 50-10 448
13. Grand Valley St. 45-9 446
14. Georgia Coll. & St. 46-16 435
15. U.C. San Diego 37-25 424
16. Montevallo 47-16 402
17. Cal. St. Los Angeles 45-17-1 385
18. Emporia St. 41-24 360
19. Cal. St. Chico 47-15 352
20. Central Missouri 51-13 332
21. North Georgia Coll. & St. 34-22 323
22. West Chester 33-17 319
23. Minnesota St.-Mankato 45-10 274
24. Southern Ill.-Edwardsville 37-17 268
25. Francis Marion 36-18 264
26. California, PA 36-17 226
27. Ashland 38-9 200
28. St. Edwards 43-15 192
29. West Florida 43-19 188
30. Slippery Rock 35-17 170
31. South Carolina-Aiken 39-24 156
32. Southern Arkansas 41-17 142
33. Wayne St., NE 37-16 110
34. Nebraska-Omaha 37-24 108
35. Barry 32-23-1 102
36. Nova Southeastern 36-19 98
37. Kutztown 49-7 80
38. Adelphi 35-17 60
39. Shippensburg 28-24 32
40. Lynn 32-24 24
Also Receiving Votes: Western Oregon (20), Ft. Hays St. and Carson-Newman (14), Northern Kentucky and North Alabama (8), Belmont Abbey (6), Erskine (4).

Source: NCAA Division II Poll Committee