Arizona made it to Omaha all but one year from 1954-60 and won its three titles in the 1970s and 1980s across five CWS appearances. After missing it 17 consecutive times between 1987 and 2003, the Wildcats returned to the CWS in 2004, marking their first of five appearances this century. Four of those trips have come since 2012.

Before the NCAA Baseball Tournament began, we asked our readers how well they thought Arizona would do. Considering the Wildcats had gone 0-2 in the previous two tourneys, it would be understandable if the expectations were low.

Miami (25), Florida State (24),  Arizona State (22), USC (21), LSU (20) and Oklahoma State (20). But while Arizona may still trail Arizona State in total College World Series appearances,

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.

With Coastal Carolina and Arizona baseball meeting in the College World Series, here's a look back at the teams' meeting in the 2016 CWS finals.

January 1984: After Hale turned down a Congressional appointment to attend and play football at the Naval Academy, as well as an offer to play baseball at USC, he enrolled at Arizona. UA coach Jerry Kindall elected to start Hale on opening day, against Cal State-Dominguez Hills.

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,