At Zona Zealots, we have been following the Arizona Baseball team, as they progress through their season. Early on, we highlighted that under newly hired head coach Jay Johnson, the Wildcats were going to have some challenges, but would ultimately be a resilient group, who would compete.
And compete they have. Coming into the 2016 season, the team had so many unknowns, and it was hard to gauge what kind of season they would have, in retrospect to the programs’ storied history.
Nationally speaking, Arizona has been a respected program in college baseball, dating back to the Frank Sancet and Jerry Kindall Days, appearing in some NCAA Tournaments, as well as the College World Series.