Arizona has seen 34 NCAA postseason appearances … 15 of which have led them to the
College World Series in Omaha. They have also had well over 200 players reach
go on to play professional baseball and nearly 70 of them go on to play in the
Major Leagues… some of whom became impact players. The 1976 Wildcats were the
first team to go all the way and featured an amazing 13 future Major Leaguers including
Ron Hassey… the only catcher to ever catch two perfect games in the MLB.
Future Tigers/White Sox OF Dave Stegman would also play for the team. Stegman
would go down in Wildcats history for knocking in the most RBI's in a single
game... 11; for the most hits in a season with 111 and in 1976 he would set the
all time Doubles record with 30. Hassey meanwhile still holds the single season
RBI record for the Wildcats with 86 RBI's. |