FAYETTEVILLE — Blake Baxendale is finally going to the College World Series.
He had just graduated Rogers Heritage High School and was in Omaha in 2012 when his older brother, DJ, started two games for Arkansas against Kent State and South Carolina. But the Razorbacks never made it past the NCAA regional round during Blake’s two seasons in Fayetteville, which included a medical redshirt campaign in 2013 for Tommy John surgery.
Blake is in his first season as a student manager who works in Arkansas’ bullpen on game days, and DJ is in his third season as a graduate manager who assists with the pitching staff.