Over the last few years, UConn Baseball has seen a bit of a renaissance after some lean times. They had three College World Series appearances from 1965-1979, but heading into the 2010 season, the Huskies had only three NCAA Tournament appearances since.
Since 2010, UConn has four NCAA Tournament appearances and also won its regional in 2011, advancing to the Super Regional where they lost to South Carolina in a best-of-three series.
Nick Ahmed and Matt Barnes were two of the leaders of that team.
Ahmed, a shortstop, hit for a .326 batting average with 11 doubles over 51 games.