University of Arizona

Photo by Cameron Smith/Getty Images for LTA As a collegiate tennis player at Arizona, Colton Smith had his way on the hard courts. Now as a young professional, Smith is adapting to the other major court surfaces: clay and grass. So far, Smith looks just at home on grass courts as he did on hard courts at Arizona. The recent UA alum made it to the finals of the … [Read more...] about Arizona’s Colton Smith reaches final of Birmingham Challenger in first professional grass tournament

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Storylines aplenty Mason White was 8 years old when he attended each of Arizona’s NCAA Tournament games at Hi Corbett Field en route to winning its fourth national title. Four years later he watched “every pitch” of the 2016 World Series, including all of the painful moments that were those two losses to Coastal … [Read more...] about College World Series: No shortage of connections between Arizona baseball, fellow CWS qualifiers

247Sports Official visit season is in full swing and the Arizona Wildcats just finished up their second weekend of hosting prospects. On Sunday they received their first bit of good news from their efforts on the Recruiting Trail. Malachi Joyner, a 3-star in-state offensive linemana, nnounced his commitment to the Wildcats. Exited to announce my commitment to play … [Read more...] about Arizona gets commitment from 3-star in-state offensive lineman Malachi Joyner

Jaylynn Nash Omaha! CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—For seven innings, it didn’t look like Arizona’s day. The Wildcats couldn’t solve North Carolina freshman Ryan Lynch, who had allowed only two hits and three baserunners, and one mistake from their first-year pitcher was looking like it would be the difference. Then, fate intervened. It knew about the every-four-tourneys trend and … [Read more...] about NCAA Baseball Tournament: Arizona clinches 19th trip to College World Series with late comeback at North Carolina

Jaylynn Nash CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—It was 29 years ago Monday that Chip Hale won a College World Series title with Arizona as a player. June 9 also happens to be the birthday of his wife, Judi, but she wasn’t able to take the trip to Omaha to support her school and her future husband back in 1986. “Yeah, we didn’t have girlfriends like these guys do, have the girlfriends on … [Read more...] about NCAA Baseball Tournament: What Chip Hale, Arizona baseball players said after beating North Carolina to clinch College World Series bid