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2007-08 Season Review All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Fall Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach Cross Country 32-87 0-8 9th 9th -- -- Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year Football 4-8 3-5 6th -- -- -- Chuck Long, 2nd Year Men’s Soccer (Pac-10) 8-7-4 4-4-2 T-2nd T-2nd -- -- Lev Kirshner, 8th Year Women’s Soccer 9-8-3 4-2-1 2nd 2nd -- -- Mike Friesen, 1st Year Volleyball 13-16 4-12 8th Qtrs. -- -- Mark Warner, 13th Year All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Winter Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach Men’s Basketball 20-13 9-7 4th T-3rd -- NIT, 1st Round Steve Fisher, 9th Year Women’s Basketball 18-13 7-9 5th 2nd -- -- Beth Burns, 3rd Year Swimming & Diving 8-4 2-4 8th 8th -- -- Mike Shrader, 1st Year Indoor Track & Field 34-35 5-3 4th 4th -- 33rd in NCAA Championships Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Spring Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach Baseball 31-28 16-8 T-2nd -- -- -- Tony Gwynn, 6th Year Crew -- -- -- 4th -- -- Jennifer Zebroski, 5th Year Men’s Golf 138-35-1 -- 7th 7th 34 14th in NCAA Finals Ryan Donovan, 5th Year Women’s Golf 59-72 -- 7th 7th 107 -- Felicia Brown, 6th Year Softball 44-17 15-5 1st -- 24/24 NCAA Regionals Kathy Van Wyk, 12th Year Men’s Tennis 13-12 1-5 6th 5th 56 -- Gene Carswell, 5th Year Women’s Tennis 11-13 3-5 6th 6th -- -- Peter Mattera, 15th Year Outdoor Track & Field 72-39-11 6-2 -- 3rd -- t-31st in NCAA Championships Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year Water Polo (MPSF) 29-6 8-4 4th 5th 4 5th in NCAA Championships Carin Crawford, 10th Year Baseball W-L Record: OVERALL: 31-28 HOME: 19-14 AWAY: 11-12 NEUT: 1-2 Conference Finish: 16-8, T-2nd Academic All-MWC: Garett Green, James McLaughlin All-MWC: 1st team - Troy Hanzawa, Nick Romero, Stephen Strasburg; 2nd team - Pat Colwell, Shane Kaufman Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Watch List: Stephen Strasburg, Garett Green Collegiate Baseball’s Louisville Slugger 1st Team All-American: Stephen Strasburg Collegiate Baseball’s Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week: Stephen Strasbur g (3) CollegiateBaseballInsider.com’s National Player of the Week: Garett Green MWC Co-Player of the Week: Garett Green MWC Pitcher of the Week: Stephen Strasburg (7), Addison Reed MWC Pitcher of the Year: Stephen Strasburg MWC Player of the Week: Garett Green Preseason All-MWC Team: Brandon Glover, Nick Romero, Stephen Strasburg Notes: Pitcher Stephen Strasburg broke the San Diego State record for strikeouts in a season and set a new MWC record for strikeouts in a season in conference games ... Strasburg pitched a 23 strikeout game in a win over Utah shattering the San Diego State record set by John Hemmerly of 18 K’s. Men’s Basketball W-L Record: OVERALL: 20-13 HOME: 11-3 AWAY: 6-8 NEUT: 3-2 Conference Finish: 9-7, 4th Conference Tournament: Semifinals (1-1) Postseason: NIT, First Round Academic All-MWC: Jon Pastorek All-MWC: 1st team - Lorrenzo Wade; 3rd team - Ryan Amoroso, Billy White; Freshman of the Year - Billy White MWC Freshman of the Year: Billy White MWC Players of the Week: Kyle Spain, Lorrenzo Wade, Billy White (2) NABC All-District 13: 2nd team-Lorrenzo Wade Notes: San Diego State won at least 20 games for the third consecutive season for the first time since the 1938-39, 1939-40, 1940-41 seasons ... The Aztecs advanced to postseason play for the third consec- utive season for the first time since 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42 campaigns ... San Diego State set school records for most victories in a four-year period (77) and a three-year span (66) ... SDSU has posted three consecutive winning conference seasons for the first time since 1965-66, 1966-67 and 1967-68 ... Billy White became the first freshman in MWC history to win player of the week honors twice as a freshman ... The Aztecs won at The Pit for the third year in a row and became the first program to have two win streaks at New Mexico’s historic venue of at least three games ... It is the second longest win streak for a visiting team in the history of the building, trailing UTEP’s four-game win streak (1983-86) in the mid 80s ... SDSU opened the season with a 14-4 record, its’ best 18-game record in 41 seasons (1966-67) and opened league play 4-0 for the first time since 1984-85 ... San Diego State is slated to return all five starters in 2008-09 and players that accounted for 163 of 165 starts last season ... The Aztecs are slated to return every player that averaged 2.1 points or more last season ... San Diego State players missed 50 games during the course of the season due to injury, illness or suspension … The Aztecs had seven dif- ferent players lead the team in a game in scoring, seven in rebounding and 10 in assists ... All of the players who led the team for a game in scoring return as do six of the seven rebound leaders and nine of the 10 assist leaders. Women’s Basketball W-L Record: OVERALL: 18-13 HOME: 9-6 AWAY: 6-5 NEUT: 3-2 Conference Finish: 7-9, 6th Academic All-MWC: Shanna Demus, Kate Eveland, Tamika Lipford, Kimberly Spinardi All-MWC: 2nd team - Jene Morris; Honorable Mention-Allison Duffy, Paris Johnson MWC Basketball Player of the Week: Paris Johnson, Jene Morris Notes: Jene Morris and Allison Duffy were named to the five-member all-tournament team at the 2008 Phillips 66 MWC Championships ... Saw their first-ever MWC tournament wins ... Also saw their first ap- pearance in the championship game, the highest seed to do so in conference tournament history ... Upset No. 2 seed TCU and No. 3 seed Wyoming after entering the MWC tournament week as the No. 6 seed ... First winning season, most victories and most conference wins in 11 years ... Most-ever MWC victories (7) and highest-ever MWC regular-season finish (t-5th) ... Logged its highest home season at- tendance since 1994-95 (15,638) ... Broke the single-game home attendance record with 5,271 fans vs. UConn, after setting a Cox Arena record of 2,397 vs. CS Fullerton earlier in the year ... Coach Burns was selected to receive the YWCA’s Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award. Crew Conference Finish: V8: 4th; 2V8: 6th; N8: 1st; 2N8: 1st; N4: 3rd Notes: Won four of the six races at the San Diego City Championships in the second varsity eight race and all three novice events ... Swept the Parker Cup Regatta for the second straight year ... Won two gold medals and a bronze at the WIRA Championships ... Varsity eight boat finished in first-place in the petite final at the Dad Vail Regatta. Cross Country W-L Record: 32-87 Conference Finish: 0-8, 9th Academic All MWC: Stephanie Armstrong, Sara Beyers, Lindsey Deane, Makenzie Mabry, Lisa Nau- cler, Andrea Norton, Alyssa Robinson MWC Athlete of the Week: Lindsay Barajas & Lisa Naucler MWC Scholar-Athletes: Lisa Naucler & Andrea Norton Notes: Four top-10 team finishes ... Runner-up at Big Wave Invitational in Hawaii ... Lisa Naucler had the fastest time in all seven ‘A’ squad races ... On the same day, the ‘A’ squad raced at the Stanford Invi- tational, while the ‘B’ team ran at the UC Riverside Invitational; at the end of the day, all 13 runners who competed established new personal records. Football W-L Record: OVERALL: 4-8 HOME: 2-4 AWAY: 2-4 Conference Finish: 3-5, 6th Final Team Rankings: 17th (Net Punting), 27th (Turnover Margin), 28th (Passing Offense) Academic All-District: Scotty James Academic All-MWC: Russell Allen, Anthony DeMartinis, Scotty James, Matthew Kawulok, Nick Sand- ford, Michael Stewart All-MWC: 2nd - Michael Hughes, Kevin O'Connell, Brett Swain; Honorable mention - Russell Allen (LB), Ray Bass (S), Mike Kravetz (OL), Nick Osborn (DL), Will Robinson (OL) Butkus Award Watch List: Russell Allen CFN All-America Honors: Honorable Mention - Michael Hughes MWC Co-Players of the Week: Luke Laolagi (Defensive), Michael Hughes (Special Teams), Russell Football (cont.) Allen (Defensive) MWC Players of the Week: Garrett Palmer (Special Teams), Michael Hughes (Special Teams), Mekell Wesley (Special Teams) NFL Draft Picks: Kevin O’Connell, Chaz Schilens, Tyler Schmitt, Brett Swain Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-MWC Team: 1st - Brett Swain; 2nd - Kevin O’Connell, Darren Mougey Phil Steele's All-MWC Team: 1st - Brett Swain, Russell Allen; 2nd - Will Robinson, Luke Laolagi; 3rd - Kevin O'Connell, Ray Bass, Michael Hughes Ray Guy Award Watch List: Michael Hughes Notes: Kevin O’Connell, Nick Osborn and Will Robinson selected for 2008 Hula Bowl ... Kevin O’Con- nell and Will Robinson also selected for 83rd Annual East-West Shrine Bowl ... Nationally, Michael Hughes finished 13th for punting, Kevin O’Connell finished 24th in total offense, Brett Swain finished 30th for receiving yards per game and Russell Allen finished 33rd for tackles. Men’s Golf W-L Record: 171-56-3 Conference Finish: 7th National Finish: 14th Final Rankings: 34th Academic All-MWC: Aaron Goldberg, Chad Moscovic All-MWC: Aaron Goldberg, Matt Hoffenberg, David Palm Eaton Golf Pride Division I Coach of the Year (Southwest): Coach Ryan Donovan Jack Nicklaus Award Watch List: Aaron Goldberg MWC Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year: Matt Hoffenberg MWC Men’s Golfer of the Month: Aaron Goldberg (2) MWC Men’s Golfer of the Year: Aaron Goldberg PING All-Southwest Region Team: Aaron Goldberg, David Palm, Johan Carlsson, Matt Hoffenberg Notes: Aaron Goldberg ties for second at the MWC Championships ..