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1978 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1978
team	USC Trojans
sport	baseball
logo	USC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size	150
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
record	54–9
conf_record	15–3
CBRank	1
head_coach	Rod Dedeaux (37th year)
stadium	Dedeaux Field
champion	National champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-8 Conference champions The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.

Roster

1978 USC Trojans roster

Schedule

! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 14 || at || 0–3 || 0–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 18 || at || 10–9 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 18 || Cal State Fullerton || 9–6 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 24 || at || 23–8 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 25 || || 9–2 || 4–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 25 || Saint Mary's || 8–0 || 5–1 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 4 || at Arizona State || 9–13 || 5–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 4 || at Arizona State || 7–13 || 5–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 7 || Pepperdine || 7–0 || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 10 || || 10–0 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 11 || || 2–8 || 7–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 11 || UC Irvine || 8–0 || 8–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 || || 8–1 || 9–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 16 || || 14–4 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 17 || at Cal State Los Angeles || 10–1 || 11–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 18 || Cal State Los Angeles || 3–2 || 12–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 19 || at || 13–1 || 13–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || at Houston || 10–4 || 14–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 || at || 5–2 || 15–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 22 || at Texas A&M || 8–5 || 16–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 || vs. || 5–2 || 17–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 || at || 8–2 || 18–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 25 || at Texas || 3–2 || 19–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 25 || at Texas || 2–3 || 19–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 28 || || 2–1 || 20–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || Arizona State || 11–0 || 21–5 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 || Arizona State || 11–6 || 22–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 || Arizona State || 10–1 || 23–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 5 || || 12–1 || 24–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 8 || at || 13–14 || 24–6 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 8 || at California || 6–2 || 25–6 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || at || 7–2 || 26–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 13 || || 7–0 || 27–6 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 14 || Stanford || 2–3 || 27–7 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 15 || Stanford || 8–3 || 28–7 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 18 || Pepperdine || 10–2 || 29–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 20 || || 6–5 || 30–7 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 21 || at UCLA || 5–4 || 31–7 || 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || UCLA || 7–3 || 32–7 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 24 || Long Beach State || 12–1 || 33–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 27 || California || 11–2 || 34–7 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 28 || California || 14–3 || 35–7 || 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || California || 11–2 || 36–7 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 30 || California || 7–2 || 37–7 || 10–2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || || 11–5 || 38–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 2 || || 15–2 || 39–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || at Stanford || 17–7 || 40–7 || 11–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 6 || at Stanford || 4–3 || 41–7 || 12–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 7 || at Stanford || 12–6 || 42–7 || 13–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 9 || || 4–6 || 42–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 11 || at UCLA || 1–0 || 43–8 || 14–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 || UCLA || 7–6 || 44–8 || 15–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 13 || at UCLA || 8–9 || 44–9 || 15–3

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Awards and honors

;Bill Bordley

All-America First Team
Pacific-8 Player of the Year

;Rod Boxberger

College World Series Most Outstanding Player
All-America First Team

;Dave Engle

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Brian Hayes

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Dave Hostetler

All-America Second Team
College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Chris Smith

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Doug Stokke

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Tim Tolman

All-America Second Team
College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Dave Van Gorder

All-America First Team

;John Wells

College World Series All-Tournament Team

Trojans in the 1978 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Rod Boxberger	RHP	1st	11th	Houston Astros
Dave Van Gorder	C	2nd	43rd	Cincinnati Reds
Dave Engle	3B	3rd	66th	California Angels
Dave Hostetler	1B	4th	87th	Montreal Expos
Douglas Stokke	SS	5th	115th	Houston Astros
Chris Smith	OF	11th	280th	Texas Rangers
Tim Tolman	OF	12th	297th	Houston Astros
Jeff Schattinger	RHP	12th	300th	California Angels
Brian Hayes	LHP	16th	411th	Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Skube	OF	18th	456th	St. Louis Cardinals
John Wells	OF	19th	470th	New York Mets

References

"2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide". USCTrojans.com.
"College World Series record Book". NCAA.org.
"MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference.

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