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ARIZONA 2018 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE 10 Jay Johnson Career Record: 189-92 (5 years) Record at Arizona: 87-45 (2 years) • On June 8, 2015, Jay Johnson was named head coach of the Arizona Wildcats after Andy Lopez retired. • In two seasons he has amassed an 87-45 record, and is the first coach in school history to lead his team to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons as head coach. • His 2017 squad (38-21) advanced to the NCAA Lubbock Regional and was ranked in the top 25 all season as one of the top offensive teams in the country. • In his first season at the helm, led Arizona to 49 wins, the second-most in school history, an NCAA Lafayette Regional Championship, an NCAA Starkville Super Regional Championship and an appearance in the NCAA College World Series Finals, staving off elimination three separate times in Omaha. • Arizona finished No. 2 in the country in all five major top 25 polls after being picked to finish ninth in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll in 2016. • 2016 ABCA West Region Coach of the Year. DATE ...................OPPONENT.........................TIME Feb. 16 ................. Bryant ............................. 5:00 p.m. Feb. 17 ................. Bryant ............................. 5:00 p.m. Feb. 18 ................. Bryant ............................. 11:00 am Feb. 21 ................. vs. Arkansas ................... 7:00 p.m. Feb. 23 ................. vs. San Diego State ......... 6:00 p.m. Feb. 24 ................. vs. Michigan.................... 1:00 p.m. Feb. 25 ................. vs. San Diego ................. 2:00 p.m. Feb. 27 ................. New Mexico State............ 5:00 p.m. Mar. 2 ................... vs. Minnesota .................. 5:00 p.m. Mar. 3 ................... vs. Illinois ....................... 1:00 p.m. Mar. 4 ................... vs. Michigan State ............. 8:00 am Mar. 6 ................... San Diego State ............... 5:00 p.m. Mar. 9 ................... North Dakota State .......... 5:00 p.m. Mar. 10 ................. North Dakota State .......... 1:00 p.m. Mar. 11 ................. North Dakota State .......... 1:00 p.m. Mar. 13 ................. at Arizona State* ............. 7:00 p.m. Mar. 16 ................. at Washington* ............... 6:05 p.m. Mar. 17 ................. at Washington* ............... 2:05 p.m. Mar. 18 ................. at Washington* ............... 1:05 p.m. Mar. 20 ................. New Mexico State............ 6:00 p.m. Mar. 23 ................. Washington State* ........... 6:00 p.m. Mar. 24 ................. Washington State* ........... 6:00 p.m. Mar. 25 ................. Washington State* ........... 1:00 p.m. Mar. 29 ................. Nicholls........................... 6:00 p.m. Mar. 30 ................. Nicholls........................... 6:00 p.m. Mar. 31 ................. Nicholls........................... 1:00 p.m. Apr. 2 ................... at New Mexico ................ 5:00 p.m. Apr. 6 ................... Oregon State* ................. 7:00 p.m. Apr. 7 ................... Oregon State* ................. 7:00 p.m. Apr. 8 ................... Oregon State* ............... 12:00 p.m. Apr. 10 ................. Grand Canyon ................. 7:00 p.m. Apr. 13 ................. at USC* .......................... 7:00 p.m. DATE ...................OPPONENT.........................TIME Apr. 14 ................. at USC* .......................... 2:00 p.m. Apr. 15 ................. at USC* .......................... 2:00 p.m. Apr. 17 ................. BYU ................................ 6:00 p.m. Apr. 20 ................. Stanford* ........................ 7:00 p.m. Apr. 21 ................. Stanford* ........................ 7:00 p.m. Apr. 22 ................. Stanford* ...................... 12:00 p.m. Apr. 27 ................. at Utah* .......................... 5:00 p.m. Apr. 28 ................. at Utah* ........................ 12:00 p.m. Apr. 29 ................. at Utah* ........................ 12:00 p.m. Apr. 30 ................. at Utah Valley .................. 6:00 p.m. May 3 ................... UCLA* ............................ 6:00 p.m. May 4 ................... UCLA* ............................ 7:00 p.m. May 5 ................... UCLA* ............................ 3:30 p.m. May 8 ................... Grand Canyon ................. 6:00 p.m. May 11 ................. at California* ................... 7:05 p.m. May 12 ................. at California* ................... 6:05 p.m. May 13 ................. at California ..................... 1:05 p.m. May 14 ................. at Sacramento State ........ 6:00 p.m. May 17 ................. Arizona State* ................. 6:00 p.m. May 18 ................. Arizona State* ................. 7:00 p.m. May 19 ................. Arizona State* ................. 4:30 p.m. May 24 ................. at Oregon* ...................... 7:00 p.m. May 25 ................. at Oregon* ...................... 7:00 p.m. May 26 ................. at Oregon* ...................... 3:00 p.m. * - Pac-12 Conference Game WILDCAT FACTS Location: Tucson, Ariz. Founded/Enrollment: 1885/42,236 Colors: Cardinal & Navy Joined Pac-12: 1978-79 President: Dr. Robert Robbins Faculty Rep: Jory Hancock SWA: Erika Barnes Head Coach: Jay Johnson Career Record: 189-92 (5 years) Arizona Record: 87-45 (2 years) Pac-12 Record: 34-29 (2 years) Office: (520) 621-4102 Fax: (520) 621-5793 Assistant Coaches: Sergio Brown, Dave Lawn Volunteer Assistant Coach: Marc Wanaka Stadium: Hi Corbett Field (9,500) Press Box Phone: 520-621-4440 SID: Jeremy Sharpe Office: (520) 621-1814 Fax: (520) 621-2681 Baseball SID: Daniel Berk Cell: (310) 363-5842 E-mail: dberk@email.arizona.edu Online: www.arizonawildcats.com Local Radio: KCUB (1290 AM) Ticket Office: (520) 621-2287 Starting Position Players R/L: 5/4 Starting Pitchers R/L: 3/3 Letterwinners R/L: 20/12 N0. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. YR HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL 1 Kobe Kato INF S/R 6-1 161 Fr. Aiea, Hawaii /Aiea HS 3 Donta Williams OF L/L 5-10 169 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. /Legacy HS 4 Gil Luna LHP L/L 5-11 170 Fr. Casa Grande, Ariz. /Casa Grande Union HS 5 Travis Moniot INF S/R 6-1 190 Jr. Palm Desert, Calif. /Orange Coast JC/Oregon 6 Ryan Haug C/OF R/R 6-1 171 Sr. Rohnert Park, Calif. /Santa Rosa JC 8 Cal Stevenson OF L/L 5-9 166 Sr. Fremont, Calif. /Chabot College/Nevada 10 Jacob Blas INF R/R 6-1 175 Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. /San Marcos HS 12 Cesar Salazar C L/R 5-9 184 Jr. Hermosillo, Mexico /Sahuaro HS 13 Nick Quintana INF R/R 5-10 188 So. Las Vegas, Nev. /Arbor View HS 14 Jonathan Guardado RHP R/R 6-3 205 Fr. La Puente, Calif. /Nogales HS 15 Cody Deason RHP R/R 6-3 206 Jr. Ojai, Calif. /Nordhoff HS 16 Mitchell Morimoto OF R/R 5-11 176 Sr. Issaquah, Wash. /Mesa CC/Issaquah HS 17 Randy Labaut LHP L/L 6-1 195 So. Downey, Calif. /Downey HS 18 Ryan Gowens RHP R/R 6-4 204 Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. /Phoenix College/Deer Valley HS 19 Zach Sherman RHP R/R 6-1 177 Fr. Ramona, Calif. /Ramona HS 20 Roman Phansalkar RHP R/R 6-2 170 Fr. Edmond, Okla. /Heritage Hall HS 21 Seve Romo RHP R/R 6-0 191 Sr. Fullerton, Calif. /East LA CC/San Diego 22 Matt Fraizer OF L/R 6-3 200 So. Fresno, Calif. /Clovis North HS 23 Robby Medel RHP R/R 6-3 195 Sr. Grand Prairie, Texas /TCU/Bowie HS 24 Matthew Dyer UTL R/R 6-4 174 RS-So. Glendale, Ariz. /Oregon/Mountain Ridge HS 25 Alfonso Rivas 1B/LHP L/L 5-11 187 Jr. San Diego, Calif. /La Jolla Country Day 26 Michael Flynn RHP R/R 6-3 214 Jr. Los Alamitos, Calif. /Servite HS 27 Avery Weems LHP L/L 6-2 203 Jr. Flagstaff, Ariz. /Yavapai JC/Coconino HS 28 Blake Paugh OF R/R 6-1 198 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. /Chaparral HS 29 Jake Meyer C R/R 6-1 188 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. /Desert Mountain HS 30 Preston Price RHP L/R 6-1 203 So. Oceanside, Calif. /Cathedral Catholic HS 31 Cameron Haskell RHP/INF L/R 6-4 191 Jr. Temecula, Calif. /Palomar JC/UC-Riverside 33 Austin Nichols RHP R/R 6-0 177 Fr. Queen Creek, Ariz. /Queen Creek HS 34 Juan Aguilera RHP R/R 6-1 197 Sr. Sierra Vista, Ariz. /Cochise College/Buena HS 35 Cameron Cannon INF R/R 5-10 193 So. Glendale, Ariz. /Mountain Ridge HS 36 Tylor Megill RHP R/R 6-6 230 Sr. Seal Beach, Calif. /Cypress College/ Los Alamitos HS 37 Michael Benson C/1B R/R 6-1 198 So. Vista, Calif. /Palomar JC 40 Quinn Flanagan RHP R/R 6-4 198 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. /Corona del Sol HS 43 Jason Seever LHP R/L 5-9 183 Sr. Hayward, Calif. /Santa Clara/Castro Valley HS 44 Tate Soderstrom OF/1B L/R 6-1 202 Fr. Turlock, Calif. /Turlock HS 45 Zach Stone RHP R/R 6-1 220 Sr. Eureka, Calif. /UC-Davis/Eureka HS 46 Josh Haley LHP L/L 6-0 233 Fr. Lakewood, Calif. /Gahr HS 2018 ARIZONA ROSTER 2018 SCHEDULE