OMAHA — Arizona was hoping to get some payback Sunday at the College World Series in its rematch against Louisville.

In 2023, 8-year-old Rylan Koch was drafted to the Arizona Baseball team through Team IMPACT. The non-profit pairs kids facing serious illness and disability to college sports teams across the country.

There are 21 former Arizona high school baseball players among the eight teams in the College World Series. Here are five who could stand out.

The Wildcats lost the opener of the College World Series in a game full of quirks — a balk, fan interference, hits batsmen, and what Arizona coach Chip Hale called

The Arizona junior right-hander has been named NCBWA Stopper of the Year, receiving the award in a ceremony at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on Friday ahead of the Wildcats' College World Series opener against Coastal Carolina.

Things looked grim for Arizona when it dropped the opening game of the Chapel Hill Super Regional 18-2 to host North Carolina, but head coach Chip Hale‘s team, however, regrouped and won the next two games to punch its ticket to Omaha.

The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series. Step one: Winning the 1

The University of Arizona baseball team (44-19) secured two of three games from the No. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Chapel Hill Super Regional from June 7-9, punching its ticket to the College World Series for the first time since 2021 as the Wildcats head back to Omaha,