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The offseason is here for most Arizona sports, the 2025-26 season in the books and the 2026-27 seasons still a few months away. What better time than now to press pause and check the pulse of each Wildcat program? Over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at each of the UA’s men’s and […]
Another former Arizona Wildcat is heading to the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 in game seven of the Western Conference Finals, which means Carter Bryant will be heading to the finals in his rookie season. He becomes the third Arizona alumni to reach the finals in his […]
Halfway through stroke play, Arizona is in good position to not just make it to Monday but get into match play for the first time. And leading the charge is one of its seniors, who has himself atop the leaderboard. Filip Jakubcik shot a 6-under par 66 on Saturday during the second round of the […]
Anyssa Wild didn’t originally plan to play for her hometown university softball program. The former Salpointe Catholic infielder originally committed to BYU where her former travel coach had joined the staff. When he took a head coaching job elsewhere, she decided she would look around, too. Now, she’s moving on again. Wild announced on Saturday […]
Arizona women’s track and field will be sending a large contingent to NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. next month. On the final day of NCAA West Regionals, seven Wildcats women athletes qualified for championships, including the 4x100m relay team and three high jumpers. Arizona set a school record in the 4x100m relay Saturday, running a […]
The NCAA softball portal does not open for undergraduates until June 8. That change in the portal window has not accomplished its intended goal of keeping portal news off the radar until after the Women’s College World Series, though. Just like in the other sports that attempted this, players simply announce their intentions to enter […]
Arizona sprinter Mason Laywer had himself a day Friday at the NCAA West Regionals, qualifying for next month’s NCAA Championships in the men’s 100m and 200m dashes Lawyer was also part of the Arizona 4x100m relay team that qualified for championships next month in Eugene, Ore. The third day of regionals in Fayetteville, Ark. saw […]
It wasn’t as dominant as last week’s performance, but it was still pretty good. Arizona shot 1-under par as a team on Friday during the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. That puts the Wildcats in a tie for 6th place out of […]
The NCAA Baseball Tournament begins Friday, and for the first time since Chip Hale returned to his alma mater it won’t include Arizona. The Wildcats had one of the worst seasons in school history, losing their most games in more than 30 years and failing to even reach the Big 12 tourney. It was a […]
The Arizona women track and field program competed at NCAA West Regionals Thursday in Fayetteville, Ark., where a pair of Wildcats qualified for NCAA Championships and three more advanced to the next round of regionals. Arizona’s Erin Tack placed 12th in the javelin to advance to next month’s championships in Eugene, Ore. Tack’s mark of […]
Arizona softball senior catcher Sydney Stewart has wrapped up her senior season with one more accolade. After being named to the D1Softball All-American Second Team as well as Softball America All-America Second Team, Stewart was named to the NFCA All-American First Team. The Big 12 Player of the Year was also one of the 25 […]
In 2022, Arizona was just happy to get into the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, since it hadn’t made it that far in more than a decade. Two years later, the Wildcats were one bad round from making match play for the first time in program history. When the 2026 nationals begin Friday at the Omni […]
Arizona men’s track and field’s contingent of competitors at NCAA West Regionals put together an impressive first day in Fayetteville, Ark. Five Arizona athletes advanced to the next round of NCAA regionals, and shot putter Tyler Michelini punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships next month. Michelini finished fourth in the shot put first round […]
The player Arizona fans hoped would return to college is not, but one that has chosen to come back could end up with the Wildcats as a consolation prize. Koa Peat will not be coming back to the UA for next season, opting to stay in the 2026 NBA Draft where he’s projected to be […]
The 2026 college football season is still three months away, but Arizona fans can start planning out their first few weekends. Kickoff times and TV info have been released for five of the Wildcats’ 12 regular season games, including the four set for September and three played at Casino Del Sol Stadium. Arizona’s 2026 opener […]
Arizona football is about to start up again with summer workouts and eventually training camp, but award watchlists have started to come out. Senior defensive lineman Tre Smith was added to the Lott IMPACT Award preseason watchlist. The award is given annually to the nation’s top defensive player, and is named after former USC safety […]
Recruiting is an unending process in college football, but the summer months are when a big chunk of the work gets done. Of the 19 high school and junior college players Arizona signed in the 2026 class, more than half ended up committing in June and July last year. And in many cases, they did […]
“Fire the pitching coach!” That’s been a popular refrain among many Arizona softball fans for years. Just three years ago, that part of the fan base got its demands when former Wildcat ace Taryne Mowatt-McKinney took the fall for Arizona missing the 2023 postseason. Now, she’s headed to Oklahoma City to coach Mississippi State in […]
Fresh off one of its best performances in a conference meet in years, Arizona is sending a large contingent of athletes to Fayetteville, Ark., this week for the NCAA West Regionals. All told, 29 Wildcats are set to compete in 23 different events Wednesday through Saturday at Arkansas’ John McDonnell Field. A year ago the […]
Arizona is on a tear against its in-state rival. For a fourth straight season, the Wildcats won the Territorial Cup Series over ASU, dominating the 22 common varsity sports the two schools compete in. Arizona won this year’s series by a margin of 13.5 to 8.5. Since 2009, Arizona has won the Territorial Cup Series […]
While three members of the Arizona Wildcats softball team were expressing their pride at being Wildcats, intentions of returning, or love of being at Arizona, rumors about another player preparing for departure were making their way around. Those rumors turned out to be true as sophomore third baseman Jenna Sniffen announced her intention to transfer […]
In the postseason wrap-up of Arizona softball, five players were identified as key possible returners. One of those has already expressed her intention to transfer, but three of the other five went online to state their satisfaction with their experience. Senior centerfielder Regan Shockey, junior second baseman Sereniti Trice, and sophomore pitcher Rylie Holder have […]
Though injuries and inexperience played a huge role in Arizona recording one of its worst seasons in program history, overall it just didn’t have a good enough roster to be competitive. All signs point to significant overhaul this summer, and some of that has already begun. Three members of the 2026 team—catcher Roman Meyers and […]
Editor’s note: With several sports going on, Wildcat Wrap serves as a recap that focuses on the Arizona programs that we do not have the time to cover on a regular basis but are certainly worthy of recognition. Arizona men’s track and field sprinter Mason Lawyer was named the Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the […]
As the Arizona men’s basketball coaching staff goes about finalizing the 2026-27 roster, Tommy Lloyd and Co. are simultaneously prioritizing recruiting targets for the 2027 class and beyond. Earlier this week Arizona extended an offer to 2027 big man Kamsi Awaka, the younger brother of former Arizona forward Tobe Awaka. Kamsi Awaka is 6-foot-8 and […]