| 2003 College World Series Participating Teams | |||
 Texas |
 Miami |
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| Conference: Big 12; Record: 48-18 NCAA Appearances: 46 NCAA Tournament Record: 180-90 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Augie Garrido (275-160-1, eighth year). |
Conference: Indep.; Record: 44-15-1 NCAA Appearances: 31 NCAA Tournament Record: 146-66 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Jim Morris (470-163-2, 10th year). |
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| How they got here: Won the Austin Regional by beating Lamar 6-3 in Sunday's finale. They then beat the top-seed in the tournament, Florida State, 8-3 and 6-5 to win the Tallahassee Super Regional. | How they got here: Went 3-1 in the Coral Gables Regional and beat Florida to move on. Swept N.C. State in the Coral Gables Super Regional 10-9 and 11-5. | ||
| Players to watch: LHP J.P. Howell (8-2, 2.39 ERA), OF Dustin Majewski (.395, 12 home runs, 81 RBIs), SS Omar Quintanilla (.355, 68 RBIs), LHP Justin Simmons (5-5, 4.15), RHP Huston Street (8-0, 1.35, 12 saves), OF Eric Sultemeier (.318, 9, 50). Team Roster | Players to watch: SS Ryan Braun (.376, 15, 70), 1B Jim Burt Jr. (.309, 10, 39), LHP Brandon Camardese (9-1), LHP J.D. Cockroft (11-2, 2.20), OF Danny Figueroa (.335, 39 SBs), RHP George Huguet (3-2, 1.52, eight saves), 3B Adam Ricks (.337, 52 RBIs). Team Roster | ||
 SW Missouri State |
 Rice |
| Conference: MVC; Record: 40-24 NCAA Appearances: 6 NCAA Tournament Record: 13-13 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Keith Guttin (751-421, 21st year) |
Conference: WAC; Record: 53-11 NCAA Appearances: 9 NCAA Tournament Record: 35-21 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Wayne Graham (531-223, 12th year). |
| How they got here: As a No. 3 seed, they won the Lincoln Regional by beating host No. 1 seed Nebraska twice in three tries to go along with an opening win over Coastal Carolina. Then swept host Ohio State in the Columbus Super Regional 13-8 and 13-7. | How they got here: Swept the Houston Regional by beating Wichita State 5-2 in Sunday's finale. Took the Houston Super Regional over the U. of Houston two games to one. |
| Players to watch: OF Dant'e Brinkley (.344, 7, 42, 24 SBs), SS-RHP Shaun Marcum (13 saves), OF Greg Mathis (.319, 46 RBIs), RHP Chad Mulholland (10-3, 2.73), OF Tony Piazza (.305, 14, 48), RHP Brad Ziegler (11-1). Team Roster | Players to watch: RHP David Aardsma (5-3, 10 saves), IF Enrique Cruz (.347, 9, 49), OF Austin Davis (.345, 5, 57), RHP Philip Humber (10-2, 3.16), RHP Jeff Niemann (15-0, 1.65, 130 Ks), 1B Vincent Sinisi (.361, 8, 54), RHP Wade Townsend (9-1, 1.97, 141 Ks). Team Roster |
 LSU |
 Cal State Fullerton |
| Conference: SEC; Record: 45-20-1 NCAA Appearances: 18 NCAA Tournament Record: 99-35 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Smoke Laval (89-42-1, second year). |
Conference: Big West; Record: 48-14 NCAA Appearances: 24 NCAA Tournament Record: 93-51 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: George Horton (309-131-1, seventh year). |
| How they got here: Went undefeated in the Baton Rouge Regional. Beat Baylor in the Baton Rouge Super Regional two games to one, by losing 4-1 and then winning 6-5 and 20-5 in the finale. | How they got here: Went undefeated in the Fullerton Regional and beat Notre Dame 8-1 on Sunday to advance. They then beat Arizona State two games to one in the Fullerton Super Regional. |
| Players to watch: RHP Nate Bumstead (11-2, 3.92), 1B Clay Harris (.335, 13, 55), SS Aaron Hill (.368, 8, 62), RHP Justin Meier (7-3, 2.61), DH Ryan Patterson (.357, 14, 47), RHP Bo Pettit (9-2), OF Jon Zeringue (.341, 12, 39). Team Roster | Players to watch: OF Kyle Boyer (.338, 48 RBIs, 23 SBs), RHP Chad Cordero (5-1, 1.52, seven saves), OF Shane Costa (.371, 50 RBIs, 26 SBs), OF Danny Dorn (.370, 6, 53), 3B Ronnie Prettyman (.358), LHP Ryan Schreppel (5-2, 1.86), RHP Jason Windsor (9-2, 1.87). Team Roster |
 Stanford |
 South Carolina |
| Conference: Pac-10; Record: 46-15 NCAA Appearances: 23 NCAA Tournament Record: 108-51 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Mark Marquess (1,139-548-5, 27th year). |
Conference: SEC; Record: 44-20 NCAA Appearances: 18 NCAA Tournament Record: 68-40 Last NCAA Appearance: 2002 Coach: Ray Tanner (318-133, seventh year). |
| How they got here: Went undefeated in the Palo Alto Regional and beat Richmond 19-6 in Sunday's finale to advance. Then again went undefeated in the Palo Alto Super Regional as they downed Long Beach State 5-1 and 4-2. | How they got here: Swept the Atlanta Regional by outscoring their opponents 20-5. Also swept the Columbia Super Regional by beating North Carolina 5-4 and 14-4. |
| Players to watch: OF Sam Fuld (.333, 32 RBIs), C Ryan Garko (.418, 18, 87), RHP John Hudgins (10-3, 3.33), RHP Matt Manship (3.59, eight saves), OF Danny Putnam (.349, 13, 52), OF Carlos Quentin (.386, 10, 55), LHP Mark Romanczuk (11-0, 3.49). Team Roster | Players to watch: LHP Steven Bondurant (6-3, 2.85), 3B Brian Buscher (.384, 12, 58), SS Justin Harris (.352, 32 RBIs), LHP David Marchbanks (14-2, 2.36), 2B Kevin Melillo (.319, 11, 41), C Landon Powell (.327, 7, 52), RHP Aaron Rawl (6-3, 2.85, six saves). Team Roster |
