WICHITA, Kan. - Four Wichita State baseball student-athletes have been named to the 2008 Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America team. Junior third baseman
Conor Gillaspie and junior starting pitcher
Aaron Shafer were named to the second team while senior starting pitcher
Rob Musgrave and junior starting pitcher
Anthony Capra were named to the third team.
Gillaspie, from Omaha, Neb., hit .325 with 24 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 63 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 2007. Last season he earned his second-straight first team all-Valley honor and this summer he earned MVP honors in the Cape Cod League. Shafer, a right-handed pitcher from Moscow Mills, Mo., went 8-2 with a 2.23 ERA and 90 strikeouts last season.
Musgrave, a left-handed pitcher from Carbondale, Kan., went 10-2 with a 2.59 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 2007, while Capra, a left-handed pitcher from Arvada, Colo., went 7-1 with a 1.76 ERA and 77 strikeouts.
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-Wichita State-