The College World Series begins Friday with a clean slate as all eight teams in the 2024 bracket came up short in their bid for a return to Omaha, the first time since 1957 that has happened.
Three former Pac-12 Conference teams — Arizona, Oregon State and UCLA — join Arkansas and LSU from the SEC as well as Coastal Carolina, Louisville and Murray State in the field.
Ahead of Friday's opener between Coastal Carolina and Arizona, we are looking at the states with the most players on CWS rosters. While transfers cloud the picture, we connected players
to the school where they finished their prep career.
California leads the way with 54 players while somewhat surprisingly Illinois is second with 22 alums in Omaha. Arizona is third with 21.
UCLA's roster features 29 in-state players with two from Arizona, one from Washington and one from Nevada.
In total, 39 states have a player represented on the list with three international players.
Sebastain Alexander, OF —
Mayfield (Ohio)Jaxon Appelman, P —
Edison (N.J.)Ty Barrango, IF —
Aragon (San Mateo, Calif.)Blake Barthol, IF —
Parkland (Allentown, Pa.)Tadan Bell, P —
Columbus (Neb.)Caden Bodine, C —
Haddon Heights (N.J.) Jake Books, IF/OF —
Spring-Ford (Royersford, Pa.) Chad Born, OF —
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) Andrew Bowers, P —
Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Dominick Carbone, P —
Rocky Point (N.Y.)Ty Dooler, IF —
Blythewood (S.C.) Scott Doran, P —
William Penn Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.) Riley Eikhoff, P —
Patriot (Nokesville, Va.) Oliver Ellison, P —
Brunswick (Md.)Brice Estep, C — P27 Academy (Lexington, S.C.)
Cameron Flukey, P —
Egg Harbor Township (N.J.)Dylan Hansen, P —
Downingtown East (Exton, Pa.) Elias Holbert, P —
Sherwood (Ore.) Darin Horn, P —
May River (Bluffton, S.C.) Kaleb Huffman, 1B/OF —
Locust Grove (Ga.)Hayden Johnson, P —
Socastee (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Luke Jones, P —
J.L. Mann (Greenville, S.C.) Matt Joyce, P —
St. Sebastian's School (Needham, Mass.) Calvin Junek, P —
TNXL Academy (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) Hudson Lance, P —
Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.) Ryan Lynch, P —
Monroe (Wash.) Chance Mako, P —
East Rowan (Salisbury, N.C.) Cullen McKay, P —
Maury (Norfolk, Va.) Dean Mihos, IF/OF —
Owen J. Roberts (Pottstown, Pa.) Walker Mitchell, IF —
River Bluff (Lexington, S.C.) Jacob Morrison, P —
Flushing (Mich.) Dawson Newman, P —
Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Va.) Blagen Pado, OF —
Highland (Monterey, Va.) Ryan Perez, OF —
Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Conn.)Matthew Potok, P —
Jackson Memorial (Jackson Township, N.J.) Freddy Rodriguez, IF —
Palm Beach Central (Wellington, Fla.) Wells Sykes, OF —
Lexington (S.C.)Colby Thorndyke, 1B/OF —
Green Sea Floyds (Green Sea, S.C.) Domenico Tozzi, C —
Camp Hill (Pa.)Kylen Watson, OF —
Manheim Central (Manheim, Pa.) LSU Tigers Cade Arrambide, C —
Tomball (Texas) Chris Stanfield, OF —
Chiles (Tallahassee, Fla.) Steven Milam, IF —
Centennial (Las Cruces, N.M.)Tanner Reaves, IF —
Bonham (Texas)Derek Curiel, OF —
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) Jake Brown, OF/P —
Sulphur (La.) Gavin Guidry, P —
Barbe (Lake Charles, La.) William Schmidt, P —
Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) Michael Braswell III, IF —
Campbell (Smyrna, Ga.)Josh Pearson, OF —
West Monroe (La.) Mic Paul, OF —
Olympus (Salt Lake City, Utah) Daniel Dickinson, IF —
Kennewick (Wash.)Ethan Frey, OF/1B —
Rosepine (La.) Mikey Ryan, IF —
Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.) David Hogg II, IF —
Mansfield (Texas)Casan Evans, P/UT —
St. Pius X (Houston, Texas)Jared Jones, 1B —
Walton (Marietta, Ga.) Luis Hernandez, UT — Puerto Rico Baseball Academy
Anthony Eyanson, P —
Lakewood (Calif.) Kade Woods, P —
Ouachita Christian (Monroe, La.) Zac Cowan, P —
Blythewood (Blythewood, S.C.) Jaden Noot, P —
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) Blaise Preister, C —
Live Oak (Watson, La.) Cooper Williams, P —
Alvin (Texas) Edward Yamin IV, C/1B —
La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) Kade Anderson, P —
St. Paul's (Covington, La.) Dalton Beck, OF/1B/P —
Reedy (Frisco, Texas) Chase Shores, P —
Midland Legacy (Midland, Texas) Jacob Mayers, P —
St. Amant (St. Amant, La.) Ryan Costello, 1B —
Ranney (Tinton Falls, N.J.) Chandler Dorsey, P —
George Jenkins (Lakeland, Fla.) D.J. Primeaux, P —
Central (Baton Rouge, La.) Connor Benge, P —
Montgomery (Texas) Ashton Larson, OF —
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.) Deven Sheerin, P —
Exeter Township (Reading, Pa.) John Pearson, OF/3B —
West Monroe (La.) Mavrick Rizy, P —
Worcester Academy (Worcester, Mass.) Dylan Thompson, IF/P —
Sam Houston (Lake Charles, La.) Grant Fontenot, P —
Lafayette (La.)Conner Ware, P —
Germantown (Madison, Miss.) Arizona Wildcats T.J. Adams, OF —
Red Mountain (Mesa, Ariz.) Hunter Alberini, P —
Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.) Smith Bailey, P —
Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) Bryk Barnard, C —
Hersey (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Jack Berg, P —
Mount Si (Snoqualmie, Wash.) Easton Breyfogle, OF —
Benilde-St. Margaret's (St. Louis Park, Minn.) Andrew Cain, IF —
Ironwood Ridge (Tucson, Ariz.) Garen Caulfield, IF —
Granite Bay (Calif.) Christian Coppola, P —
Cedar Creek (Egg Harbor City, N.J.) Kenan Elarton, P —
Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) Jackson Forbes, IF —
Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) Rual Garayzr, P —
Rio Rico (Ariz.) Gunner Geile, OF —
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) Ethan Guerra, IF —
Olathe South (Olathe, Kan.) Adonys Guzman, C —
Salesian (New Rochelle, N.Y.) Garrett Hicks, P —
Verrado (Buckeye, Ariz.) Michael Hilker Jr., P —
Yorkville (Ill.) Casey Hintz, P/IF —
Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Carson Johnson, P —
Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) Owen Kramkowski, P —
Walden Grove (Sahuarita, Ariz.) Tony Lira, 1B —
Oakmont (Roseville, Calif.) Matthew Martinez, P —
Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) Collin McKinney, P —
Clear Creek (League City, Texas) Bryce McKnight, P —
Desert Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.) Mathis Meurant, IF — Maurice Rondeau (France)
Maddox Mihalakis, IF —
Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) Richie Morales, IF —
Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.) Karter Muck, P —
St. Pius X (Festus, Mo.) Nate Novitske, IF —
Foothill (Pleasanton, Calif.)Eric Orloff, P —
Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Ill.) Tony Pluta, P —
Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Dom Rodriguez, OF —
Turlock (Calif.) Mason Russell, P —
Casteel (Queen Creek, Ariz.) Tyler Russell, OF —
Casteel (Queen Creek, Ariz.) Tommy Splaine, C/1B —
Los Gatos (Calif.) Brendan Summerhill, OF —
Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.)Kade Thompson, C —
Casteel (Queen Creek, Ariz.) Julian Tonghini, P —
Salisbury School (Salisbury, Conn.) Aaron Walton, OF —
Brentwood (Tenn.) Mason White, IF —
Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.) Oregon State Beavers Aiva Arquette, IF —
St. Louis (Honolulu, Hawaii) Trent Caraway, IF —
JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) James DeCremer, P —
Brophy College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) Tanner Douglas, P —
South Medford (Medford, Ore.) Zach Edwards, P —
Riverton (Utah) Cade Falksen, IF —
Newbury Park (Calif.) Noah Ferguson, P —
South Salem (Salem, Ore.) Max Fraser, P —
Camas (Wash.) Adam Haight, P/OF —
Cedar Park Christian (Bothell, Wash.) Bryce Hubbard, C —
Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.) A.J. Hutchenson, P —
Elk Grove (Calif.) Bryce Johnson, P —
Eastlake (Sammamish, Wash.) Nelson Keljo, P —
Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) Ethan Kleinschmit, P —
Kennedy (Mt. Angel, Ore.) Zach Kmatz, P —
Sandia (Albuquerque, N.M.) Jacob Krieg, IF —
Clayton Valley Charter (Concord, Calif.) Dallas Macias, OF —
Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) Carson McEntire, OF —
Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) Joey Mundt, P —
Central Catholic (Modesto, Calif.) Kellan Oakes, P —
Canby (Ore.) Laif Palmer, P —
Golden (Colo.) Tyce Peterson, IF —
Juanita (Kirkland, Wash.) Wyatt Queen, P —
Lake Stevens (Wash.) Canon Reeder, OF —
Summit (Bend, Ore.) Chase Reynolds, P —
West Albany (Albany, Ore.) Dawson Santana, IF —
Lakeridge (Lake Oswego, Ore.) Eric Segura, P —
Soledad (Calif.) Martin Serrano, C —
Pocatello (Idaho) A.J. Singer, IF —
Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) Easton Talt, OF —
Sunrise Mountain (Peoria, Ariz.) Gavin Turley, OF —
Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) Ryan VandenBrink, C/IF —
West Linn (Ore.) Paul Vazquez, IF —
South Hills (West Covina, Calif.) Wilson Weber, C —
Barlow (Gresham, Ore.) Dax Whitney, P —
Blackfoot (Idaho) Murray State Racers Brayden Baker, UT —
Eagleville (Tenn.) Nico Bermeo, IF —
St. Patrick (Chicago, Ill.)Gunnar Bingham, OF —
Lyon County (Eddyville, Ky.) Reed Braundmeier, P —
Mater Dei (Breese, Ill.) Preston Chaudoin, P —
Hopkinsville (Ky.) Case Clatur, P —
Nolensville (Tenn.) Conner Cunningham, IF —
Batesville (Ark.)Dom Decker, IF —
Silver Creek (Sellersburg, Ind.) Jaxon Diamond, UT —
Science Hill (Johnson City, Tenn.) Kane Elmy, P —
Plymouth (Canton, Mich.) Carson Garner, IF —
Franklin (Tenn.)Brady Grabowski, OF —
Streator (Streator, Ill.) Kingsley Guthrie, C —
TNXL Academy (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) Jonathan Hogart, OF —
Madisonville-North Hopkins (Madisonville, Ky.) Isaac Huettl, C —
Mandan (N.D.) Jacob Hustedde, P —
Mater Dei (Breese, Ill.) Charlie Jury, OF —
West Chicago (Ill.)Graham Kelham, P —
Garrett (Ind.) Dererk Lebron, P —
Riverton Parke (Montezuma, Ind.) Ethan Lyke, P —
Evansville Central (Evansville, Ind.) Jackson McCoy, OF —
Booneville (Miss.)Harper McLendon, P —
Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.) Dustin Mercer, OF —
Weddington (Matthews, N.C.) Luke Mistone, IF —
Bonita (La Verne, Calif.) Reese Oakley, P —
Marshall County (Benton, Ky.) Matt Parenteau, P —
Guerin Catholic (Noblesville, Ind.) Parker Patterson, C —
Dyer County (Newbern, Tenn.) Danny Rollins, C —
Lake Park (Roselle, Ill.) Nic Schutte, P —
Male (Louisville, Ky.) Brevin Scott, P —
Franklin-Simpson (Franklin, Ky.) Isaac Silva, P —
Organ Mountain (Las Cruces, N.M.) formerly Onate
David Stokley, C —
Tarpon Springs (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) Dan Tauken, OF —
Clarkstown North (New City, N.Y.) Jackson Ugo, P —
Andrew (Tinley Park, Ill.)Will Vierling, C —
Homestead (Mequon, Wis.) Jack Wajda, P —
Providence Catholic (New Lenox, Ill.) Dylan Zentko, L —
Northview (Brazil, Ind.)
Arkansas Razorbacks
Weiwa Aloy, IF —
Baldwin (Wailuku, Hawaii)Kuhio Aloy, IF/OF —
Baldwin (Wailuku, Hawaii) Michael Anderson, IF —
Bonner/Prendergast (Drexel Hill, Pa.) Tag Andrews, P —
Maumelle (Maumelle, Ark.) Zane Becker, C —
Flower Mound (Texas) Land Beidelschies, P —
Canfield (Ohio) Carson Boles, OF —
Lebanon (Tenn.) Ben Bybee, P —
Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park, Kan.) Dylan Carter, P —
Bentonville West (Centerton, Ark.) Benton Clark, OF —
Pleasant Grove (Texarkana, Texas) Park Coil, P —
Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.) Charles Davalan, OF —
TNXL Academy (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) Lance Davis, P —
Valley View (Jonesboro, Ark.) Hunter Dietz, P —
Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.) Kendall Diggs, OF —
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.) Cooper Dossett, P —
Har-Ber (Springdale, Ark.) Steele Eaves, P —
Lonoke (Ark.) Jackson Farrell, P —
Owasso (Okla.) Ross Felder, P —
Har-Ber (Springdale, Ark.) Colin Fisher, P —
Noble (Okla.) Christian Foutch, P —
Chatfield (Littleton, Colo.) Gabe Fraser, IF —
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) Gabe Baeckle, P —
Aptos (Calif.) Cole Gibler, P —
Blue Springs (Blue Springs, Mo.) Ryder Helfrick, C —
Clayton Valley Charter (Concord, Calif.) Tyler Hollard, IF/P —
Mission Viejo (Calif.) Brent Iredale, IF — Hill Sports (Australia)
Aiden Jiminez, P —
Elk Grove (Calif.) Cam Kozeal, IF —
Millard South (Omaha, Neb.) Logan Maxwell, OF —
Shawnee (Lima, Ohio) Will EmEntire, P —
Bryant (Ark.) Tate McGuire, P —
Liberty North (Liberty, Mo.) Rocci Peppi, IF/OF —
Marina (Huntington Beach, Calif.) Elliott Peterson, C —
Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) Reese Robinett, IF —
Kennett (Mo.) Zach Root, P —
Fort Myers (Fla.) Nolan Souza, IF —
Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii) Justin thomas, OF —
Benedictine (Savannah, Ga.) Carson Wiggins, P —
Roland (Okla.) Luke Williams, P —
Owasso (Okla.) Carson Willis, C — P27 Academy (Lexington, S.C.)
Gage Wood, P —
Batesville (Ark.) UCLA Bruins Chris Aldrich, P —
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)Josh Alger, P —
Roseville (Calif.) Blake Balsz, C —
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) C.J. Bott, P —
Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Payton Brennan, OF —
Rocklin (Calif.) Phoenix Call, IF —
Calabasas (Calif.) Roch Cholowsky, IF —
Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) Logan de Groot, OF —
Tulare Western (Tulare, Calif.) Cody Delvecchio, P —
Mission Hills (San Marcos, Calif.) Aidan Espinoza, OF —
Huntington Beach (Calif.) Grant Gray, IF —
Norco (Calif.) Easton Hawk, P —
Granada Hills Charter (Granada Hills, Calif.) James Hepp, P —
West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) Jarrod Hocking, OF —
Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) Kasen Khansarinia, C —
San Dimas (Calif.) Cameron Kim, IF —
Norco (Calif.) Justin Lee, P —
Notre Dame (SO) (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) Nate Leibold, P —
Ballard (Seattle, Wash.) Mulivai Levu, 1B —
Ocean View (Huntington Beach, Calif.) Roman Martin, IF —
Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) Ian May, P —
Dana Hills (Dana Point, Calif.) Finn McIlroy, P —
Carlsbad (Calif.) Wylan Moss, P —
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) David Mysza, IF —
La Salle (Pasadena, Calif.) Jack O'Connor, P —
Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) Cal Randall, P —
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) Ryan Rissas, P —
California (San Ramon, Calif.) Luke Rodriguez, P —
Frontier (Bakersfield, Calif.) A.J. Salgado, IF/OF —
Glendora (Calif.) Rex Solle, P —
Redwood (Larkspur, Calif.) August Souza, P —
Reno (Nev.) Landon Stump, P —
Live Oak (Morgan Hill, Calif.) Dean West, OF —
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) Louisville Cardinals Alex Alicea, OF —
St. Thomas More (Milwaukee, Wis.) George Baker, C — Pro5 Baseball Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)
Tucker Biven, P —
New Albany (Ind.) Jack Brown, P —
Fishers (Ind.) Kyle Campbell, OF —
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) Cole Crafton, OF —
Lincoln-Way West (New Lenox, Ill.) Griffin Crain, OF —
Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.) Brandin Crawford, P —
Clay County (Manchester, Ky.) Brennyn Cutts, P —
Cumberland (Toledo, Ill.) Wyatt Danilowicz, P —
Traverse City West (Traverse City, Mich.) Tague Davis, P/1B —
Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.) Parker Detmers, P —
Glenwood (Chatham, Ill.) Nate Earley, 1B —
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) Ethan Eberle, P —
Normal Community (Normal, Ill.) Ethan Edinger, IF —
Troy-Buchanan (Troy, Mo.) Aaron Englad, P —
Fairfield (Ohio)Coen Evrard, P —
Floyd Central (Floyds Knobs, Ind.) Parker Forbes, P —
Bowling Green (Ky.) Alex Gay, P —
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) Jake Gregor, P —
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) Colton Hartman, P —
Lebanon (Ohio) Bayram Hot, IF —
Archbishop Molloy (Queens, N.Y.) Eli Hoyt, P —
Waukesha South (Waukesha, Wis.) Eddie King Jr., OF —
Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, Ill.) Matt Klein, C/1B —
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) Jared Lessman, P —
St. Croix Falls (St. Croix Falls, Wis.) Michael Lippe, OF —
Whitefish Bay (Wis.) Peter Michael, P —
Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.) Lucas Moore, OF —
Badin (Hamilton, Ohio) Colin Mowry, C —
Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, Ill.) Jake Munroe, IF —
Champaign Central (Champaign, Ill.) Casen Murphy, P —
Central (Park Hills, Mo.) Kamau Neighbors, IF —
Voyager Academy (Durham, N.C.) Garret Pike, OF —
Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse, Ohio) Zion Rose, OF/C —
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) T.J. Schlageter, P —
Joliet Catholic (Joliet, Ill.) Jack Schweitzer, P —
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) Tanner Shiver, IF —
Maryville (Tenn.) Ty Starke, P —
St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) Tagger Tyson, C —
Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Kian Vorster, P —
South Oldham (Crestwood, Ky.) Just West, P —
Paducah Tilghman (Paducah, Ky.)