PAC-10 TEAMS AT A GLANCE
Pac-10 in the 1990s
Pac-10 Overall
W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct.
Stanford 191-103 .650 418-203-1 .673
USC 188-106 .639 410-214-2 .657
Arizona St 158-135 .539 398-213 .651
Washington 165-95 .635 355-218 .620
Oregon St. 147-110 .572 297-207-4 .589
UCLA 140-154 .476 331-282-1 .540
Wash. St. 129-131 .496 300-279-1 .518
Arizona 113-171 .398 279-294-2 .487
California 104-189 .355 271-318 .460
Note: Pac-10 played separate divisions until 1999.
Arizona
Coach: Jerry Stitt
Players to watch: RHP/DH Ben Diggins, IF Keoni DeRenne, OF Shelley Duncan, OF Troy Gingrich
Notable: Diggins, the country's top pitching prospect with a fastball in the high 90s, leads the conference in strikeouts with 70.
Washington connection: Jr. RHP Ben Viegland, Redmond (Spokane Falls CC)
vs. UW: April 7-9, Husky Ballpark
Arizona State
Coach: Pat Murphy
Players to watch: IF Mitch Jones, OF Jeff Duncan, DH/C Casey Myers.
Notable: ASU has scored in a conference-record 284 consecutive games dating to April 7, 1995, the nation's longest active streak and fourth-best in NCAA history.
vs. UW: May 12-14, Tempe.
California
Coach: David Esquer
Players to watch: 3B Xavier Nady, C Mike Tonis
Notable: Nady has 46 career home runs, No. 2 second all-time for the Golden Bears and was the preseason NCAA player of the year in several publications.
vs. UW: March 31-April 2, Husky Ballpark
Oregon State
Coach: Pat Casey
Players to watch: 1B Joe Gerber, OF Joe Hedges
Notable: OSU boasts what is believed to be the second-oldest (1907) college ballpark in the country, behind Vermont (1906).
Washington connection: Fr. RHP Adam Barker, Auburn, Sr.; OF Rod Gott, Ravensdale (Green River CC), So.; LHP Craig Hays, Kennewick (Kamiakin), So.; C/IF Bryan Ingram, Everett (Cascade), Fr.; 1B/OF Andy Jarvis, Liberty, Jr.; LHP Scott Nicholson, Longview (Lower Columbia CC), Jr.; OF Eric Stark, Sumner, Jr.; C Kory Thaut, Moses Lake (Centralia CC).
vs. UW: April 28-30, Corvallis
Stanford
Coach: Mark Marquess
Players to watch: RHP Jason Young, OF Joe Borchard, RHP Justin Wayne, 1B John Gall, OF Edmund Muth, LHP Mike Gosling
Notable: Justin Wayne tied the Pac-10 record set by Mariner John Olerud of Washington State with his 16th consecutive win in Stanford's 4-3 victory over USC on Friday.
Washington connection: Fr. OF Jason Cooper, Moses Lake, So.; IF Arik VanZandt, Interlake.
vs. UW: April 14-16, StanfordUCLA
Coach: Gary Adams
Players to watch: 2B Chase Utley, RHP Josh Karp, OF Bill Scott, 1B Garrett Atkins
Notable: The Bruins will not have their names on the backs of their jerseys for the first time since 1987. UCLA went from 1920 to 1987 without names on jerseys.
Washington connection: So. RHP Josh Karp, Bothell, Jr.; CF Nick Lyon, Monroe
vs. UW: Saturday-Monday, Los AngelesUSC
Coach: Mike Gillespie
Players to watch: RHP Mike Prior, SS Seth Davidson, IF Beau Craig.
Notable: Collegiate Baseball named USC's recruiting class the country's best.
vs. UW: May 19-21, Husky Ballpark
Washington
Coach: Ken Knutson
Players to watch: OF Todd Linden, 1B Ed Erickson, RHP Jeff Carlsen.
Notable: The last two times the Huskies opened 0-3, as they did this season, they won the Pac-10 North title.
Washington State
Coach: Steve Farrington
Players to watch: OF Jason Grove, SS Shawn Stevenson, 1B Stefan Bailie
Notable: The Cougars, in their 105th season of baseball, were the first competitive athletic team at the school when it began in 1892.
vs. UW: May 6-8, Husky Ballpark