Star sports columnist Michael Lev presents alternative versions of the Arizona softball and baseball Mount Rushmores that are part of our ongoing summer series.
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Tracking transfer-portal activity for the Arizona baseball and softball teams during the 2026 cycle.
The Mount Rushmore of Arizona Wildcats softball players- Michael Lev
The legendary careers of Jennie Finch Susie Parra, Laura Espinoza and Jenny Dalton are why they’re the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of Arizona softball players.
- Greg Hansen
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona Daily Star columnist Greg Hansen shares his picks for a Mount Rushmore of U of A softball players.
- Michael Lev
Arizona softball has a new hitting coach. Danielle Gibson Whorton spent last season at Cal and the two before that at Arkansas, where she starred as a player.
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Arizona captured the second Allstate Commissioner's Cup, recognizing the Big 12 athletic department that achieved the most on and off the field of play.
- Greg Hansen
Greg Hansen's notebook: Former Arizona assistant athletic director Chris Del Conte, now with Texas, knows talent when he sees it and he's not shy about poaching coaches from successful programs.
USA Softball selected Arizona softball head coach Caitlin Lowe and former Wildcat Dejah Mulipola for the 2026 U.S. Women's National Team.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: America's top pro softball league, the AUSL, is teeming with former talent from Tucson.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: Former Arizona Wildcat Dave Stegman will be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Which Wildcat will be next?
Arizona softball is in the market for a hitting coach with Amber Freeman reportedly headed to Texas. The UA offense thrived under Freeman's tutelage the past two seasons.
Former Arizona softball standout Tayler Biehl has been named a second-team CSC Academic All-American after completing her degree with a 4.00 GPA.
Michael Lev column: News and views on Becky Burke’s unwanted battle with social-media trolls; eligibility questions gumming up Tommy Lloyd’s recruiting; Arizona softball acing the transfer portal; and more.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Larry Ray, a former Arizona softball assistant coach for 21 years, has died.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona Daily Star columnist Greg Hansen shares his picks for a Mount Rushmore of UA coaches.
The legendary careers of Lute Olson, Mike Candrea, Jerry Kindall and Dick Tomey are why they're the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of Arizona coaches.
Arizona softball added two transfers from North Texas and another from South Alabama as its 2027 roster takes shape.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona Athletics set a record by raising $46 million from donors (breaking the previous record of $41 million in 2022), plus $87.7 million in corporate sponsorships.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona men's basketball didn't lose out when Milan Momcilovic picked the Wildcats of Kentucky over Tucson.
The Wildcast: Honoring the best Arizona athletes, coaches and moments from the 2025-26 sports season
The 2025-26 sports calendar is coming to a close for the Arizona Wildcats, so the Star's Justin Spears and Michael Lev hand out (virtual) awards to the best athletes, coaches and teams.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona softball never landed Phoenix ace Jocelyn Briski. Now she's leading Alabama's top-seeded Women's College World Series run, highlighting a recruiting miss that still resonates.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: It's no secret why Arizona softball has struggled to continue its College World Series legacy — lack of elite pitching, with a staff ERA of 4.74.
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Arizona's Sydney Stewart add another postseason accolade when she was named a first-team All-American by the NFCA. She's the first Wildcat to be so honored since Dejah Mulipola in 2021.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: Arizona benefited from Washington State's decision to eliminate all track and field events except distance running, allowing UA to pick up a coach and a star sprinter.
Arizona catcher Sydney Stewart was named a second-team All-American by D1Softball and Softball America after her second straight 20-homer season. Three of her UA teammates earned Academic All-District recognition.
The Pima College softball team finishes 1-2 at the national tournament in South Carolina to see its season end at 48-10.
Our picks for UA's best team, best moment, coach of the year, men's athlete of the year, women's athlete of the year, transfer of the year, freshman of the year.
In honor of what we like to call 520 Day (May 20), we look back on a banner year for Tucson's sports scene.
Host Michael Lev is joined by Kim Doss of Arizona Desert Swarm to break down the just-concluded Arizona softball season, which again ended one win shy of a Super Regional.
Michael Lev column: The best high school softball in the state is being played in Southern Arizona. Need proof? Just look at who won the most state championships this year.