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No. 5 ranking and a new home lift UA baseball into 2012
The University of Arizona baseball team now has a spiffy new No. 5 national ranking to go with its spiffy new digs at Hi Corbett Field. Baseball America just released the results of its pre-season poll and the Wildcats appeared as the second-highest ranked team in the Pac-12, behind No. 2 Stanford. This could be [...] -
ASU, UA will enter 2012 baseball season ranked in Top 20
The first baseball game isn’t until February, but already it looks like a hot season is brewing in the Pac-12. And even more so right here in Arizona. Arizona and Arizona State are two of the eight Pac-12 teams that have been included in the Collegiate Baseball Pre-season Top 40 poll. And both are ranked [...] -
AZ prep stars help ASU build top-5 recruiting class in 2013
The Arizona State baseball team is dealing with a pot full of NCAA sanctions and will not have a chance to play in the post-season this year. But that apparently hasn’t scared away some of the nation’s top recruits that have been considering taking up residence in Tempe. Baseball America puts out a Top 100 [...] -
NCAA rejects appeals; no post-season for ASU baseball
The Arizona State baseball team took its appeal to the NCAA into extra innings, but ran out of at-bats this week. Most of the penalties originally imposed against the program have been upheld. ASU appealed the post-season ban that had been imposed by the college sports governing body in December of 2010, one of several [...] -
ASU baseball takes another hit…this time in the courts
Just when it appeared it was safe to come out from cover following Arizona State’s battle with the NCAA over its baseball program, someone lobs another grenade. Michael Rooney, ASU’s former director of baseball operations, is suing the school; its vice president of athletics, Lisa Love; its senior associate athletic director, Don Bocchi, and the [...] -
Doyle Wilson hire at Arizona Christian a boost for baseball
The latest coaching hire at Arizona Christian University brings the small faith-based private college something else it needs… a little name recognition. Doyle Wilson will take over the school’s baseball program, which just finished its inaugural season under an interim coach. Wilson takes over a program that went 14-34 in 2011. The school underwent a [...] -
After 44 years, UA baseball moving to Hi Corbett Field
Greg Byrne is at it again. The University of Arizona athletic director is moving the school’s baseball team out of the home it has occupied for more than 40 years. While he’s encountering some opposition from alumni who played in the tradition-rich (3 national titles) baseball program and don’t want to abandon a significant part [...] -
UA baseball will go into 2012 without top asst. Wasikowski
It was a tough loss for head coach Andy Lopez when his Arizona Wildcats were beaten by Texas A&M in the Regional championship game after last season. The loss left his baseball team one game shy of 40 wins and one win from getting into the Super Regional for just the third time in school [...] -
ESPN is latest to honor Valley Christian’s Jeff Paschke
When Jeff Paschke opted to enroll at Valley Christian High School instead of the public school in his district, Desert Vista HS, his decision put the Christian school in Chandler on the road to its first-ever state title in baseball. Valley Christian won the 2A crown last season, as Paschke joined with his senior teammate, [...] -
Arizona struggling at Heartland Classic baseball tourney
Team Arizona started strong by crushing Arkansas in the opening game at the Heartland Classic baseball tournament, but quickly lost its mojo and is now on a three-game losing skid. The annual event in Oklahoma, which features high school teams from seven states and Canada, provides a stage for some of the country’s best players. [...]
