2003 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2003 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 23. The participating schools qualified by winning their Regional and Super-Regional tournaments. The fifty-seventh tournament's champion was Rice University coached by Wayne Graham. The Most Outstanding Player was John Hudgins of Stanford University.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	44 - 15 - 1 (n/a)	Jim Morris	19 (last: 2001)	1st (1982, 1984, 1999, 2001)	43 - 30
	Rice University	Western Athletic Conference	53 - 11 (25 - 5, 0 GB)	Wayne Graham	3 (last: 2002)	6th (1999)	1 - 6
	Southwest Missouri State	Missouri Valley Conference	40 - 24 (19 - 11, 0 GB)	Keith Guttin	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	University of Texas at Austin	Big Twelve Conference	48 - 18 (19 - 8, 1 GB)	Augie Garrido	29 (last: 2002)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002)	68 - 49

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	48 - 14 (15 - 6, 1 GB)	George Horton	11 (last: 2001)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995)	25 - 18
	Louisiana State University	Southeastern Conference	45 - 20 - 1 (20 - 9, 0 GB)	Smoke Laval	11 (last: 2000)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	29 - 13
	University of South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	44 - 20 (19 - 11, 0 GB)	Ray Tanner	6 (last: 2002)	2nd (1975, 1977, 1985)	13 - 12
	Stanford University	Pacific Ten Conference	46 - 15 (18 - 6, 0 GB)	Mark Marquess	14 (last: 2002)	1st (1987, 1988)	33 - 24

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Finals
		Texas	13
		Miami	2
							Texas	2
							Rice	12
		Rice	4
		Southwest Missouri State	2
												Rice	5	x
	Bracket One
											Texas	4	x
		Miami	7
		Southwest Missouri State	5
							Miami	1
							Texas	5
																	Rice	4*	3	14
																	Stanford	3*	8	2
		LSU	2
		Cal State Fullerton	8
							Cal State Fullerton	6
							Stanford	5
		Stanford	8
		South Carolina	0
												Cal State Fullerton	3	5*
	Bracket One
											Stanford	5	7*
		LSU	10
		South Carolina	11
							South Carolina	6
							Stanford	13

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Stanford	8 - 0	South Carolina
	Game 2	Cal State Fullerton	8 - 2	Louisiana State
June 14	Game 3	Rice	4 - 2	Southwest Missouri State
	Game 4	Texas	13 - 2	Miami
June 15	Game 5	South Carolina	11 - 0	Louisiana State	Louisiana State eliminated
	Game 6	Cal State Fullerton	6 - 5	Stanford
June 16	Game 7	Miami	7 - 5	Southwest Missouri State	Missouri State eliminated
	Game 8	Rice	12 - 2	Texas
June 17	Game 9	Stanford	13 - 6	South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	5 - 1	Miami	Miami eliminated
June 18	Game 11	Stanford	5 - 3	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 12	Rice	5 - 4	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 19	Game 13	Stanford	7 - 5 (10 innings)	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 21	Final 1	Rice	4 - 3 (10 innings)	Stanford
June 22	Final 2	Stanford	8 - 3	Rice
June 23	Final 3	Rice	14 - 2	Stanford	Rice wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	John Hudgins	Junior	Stanford
	Jeff Niemann	Sophomore	Rice
Catcher	Ryan Garko	Senior	Stanford
First baseman	Curtis Thigpen	Sophomore	Texas
Second baseman	Jose Enrique Cruz	Junior	Rice
Third baseman	Jonny Ash	Junior	Stanford
Shortstop	Justin Turner	Freshman	Cal State Fullerton
Outfielder	Chris Kolkhorst	Junior	Rice
	Danny Putnam	Sophomore	Stanford
	Carlos Quentin	Junior	Stanford
Designated hitter	P.J. Pilittere	Junior	Cal State Fullerton

Notable Players

• California State University, Fullerton: Chad Cordero, Shane Costa, Wes Littleton, Jason Windsor
• Louisiana State University: Aaron Hill, Billy Sadler, Brian Wilson
• University of Miami:
• Southwest Missouri State: Shaun Marcum
• Rice University: David Aardsma, Philip Humber, Jeff Niemann, Craig Stansberry
• University of South Carolina:
• Stanford University: Ryan Garko, Danny Putnam, Carlos Quentin
• University of Texas at Austin: J.P. Howell, Omar Quintanilla, Huston Street, Curtis Thigpen

Sources

• Team Standings are from BoydsWorld.com

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