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The NCAA Baseball Tournament is back in 2021 after being canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020. This year’s tournament is filled with former California high school baseball stars – a total of 327 players who finished their high school careers in California.

Forty-two of the 64 teams in the tournament have at least one representative from California on their roster. Here's a look at every player:

FORMER CALIFORNIA STARS IN 2021 NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

Alabama

Jim Jarvis – INF – Clairemont

Arizona

Tony Bullard – INF – JW North

Daniel Susac – C – Jesuit (Carmichael)

Mac Bingham – OF – Torrey Pines

Chase Davis – OF – Elk Grove

Jacob Blas – INF – San Marcos

Nik McClaughry – INF – Rocklin

Garrett Irvin – LHP – Norco

Jonathan Guardado – RHP – Nogales

Kyle Casper – OF/RHP – Valhalla

Bryce Collins – RHP – Hart

TJ Nichols – RHP – Oakmont

Dawson Netz – RHP – Maranatha

Preston Price – RHP – Cathedral Catholic

Kaden Hopson – Redlands East Valley

Ian Churchill – LHP – San Marcos (Santa Barbara)

Blake Peyton – LHP – El Capitan

Riley Cooper – LHP – Clovis North

Ryan Kysar – RHP – Valencia

Ryan Holgate – OF – Davis

Jack Grant – INF – San Ramon Valley

Hunter Cope – RHP – Mater Dei

Randy Abshier – LHP – Otay Ranch

Arizona State

Joe Lampe – OF – Casa Grande

Sean McLain – INF – Beckman

Erik Tolman – LHP – El Toro

Vinny Tosti – OF – Mater Dei

Cooper Benson – LHP – San Luis Obispo

Blake Burzell – RHP – Laguna Beach

Will Levine – RHP – Mission Viejo

Hunter Jump – OF – Aliso Niguel

Tyler Thornton – RHP – Santa Fe Christian

Seth Tomczak – RHP – Argonaut

Jared Glenn – RHP – Jserra

Christian Bodlovich – RHP – Mira Costa

Blake Pivaorff – INF – Laguna Beach

Arkansas

Patrick Wicklander – LHP – Valley Christian (San Jose)

Ryan Costeiu – RHP – De La Salle

Army

Brendan Siriani – C – Carlsbad

Campbell

Zach Williams – INF – Liberty (Bakersfield)

Jonathan Tyler – RHP – St. Francis

Aaron Rund – RHP – Wood

Central Connecticut State

Andrew Braun – LHP – Mater Dei

Central Michigan

Justin Simpson – INF – El Modena

Connecticut

Devin Kirby – RHP – Ukiah

Zach Bushling – INF – Kern Valley

T.C. Simmons – OF – Santana

David Langer – INF – Berkeley

Kenneth Haus – RHP – Palos Verdes Peninsula

Dallas Baptist

Max Blessinger – INF/OF – Maranatha

Duke

Marcus Johnson – RHP – Etiwanda

RJ Schreck – OF – Harvard-Westlake

Georgia Tech

Kevin Parada – C – Loyola

Will Coquillard – RHP – Palisades Charter

Gonzaga

Riley Livingston – C – Loyola

Alex Zerfass – INF/OF – El Toro

Nico Zeglin – RHP – Northgate

Tyler Rando – C – Willow Glen

William Kempner – RHP – Valley Christian (San Jose)

Bradley Mullan – LHP – Damien

Zachary Schwartzberg – INF – La Jolla Country Day

JT Waldon – OF – Christian Brothers

Grand Canyon

Jacob Wilson – INF – Thousand Oaks

Nick Hansen – INF – El Modena

Pierson Ohl – RHP – Grace Brethren

Daniel Garcia – UTIL – Yucaipa

Carson Ohl – RHP – Grace Brethren

Josh Buckley – C – Grace Brethren

Frankie Scalzo – RHP – Vista

Ronnie Belton III – OF – Alpha Charter

Blake Reilly – RHP – Thousand Oaks

Vince Reilly – RHP – Thousand Oaks

Mike Garcia – C – Mater Dei

Indiana State

Sean Ross – OF – Granite Hills

Louisiana State

Zach Arnold – INF – Great Oak

Jordan Thompson – INF – Helix

Louisiana Tech

Jackson Slaughter – C – Oak Ridge

Miami

Chad Born – OF – Orange Lutheran

Jared Thomas – C/OF – Orange Lutheran

Michigan

Ted Burton – INF – Edison

Brandon Lawrence – INF – Dunn

Danny Zimmerman – OF – Redondo Union

Griffin Mazur – C – Moorpark

Christian Molfetta – C – Jserra

Will Proctor – RHP – Mira Costa

Isaiah Page – RHP – Damien

Keaton Carattini – RHP – La Costa Canyon

Blake Beers – RHP – Loyola

Joe Pace – INF/OF – Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

Noah Rennard – RHP – Mario Carrillo

Mississippi

Derek Diamond – RHP/INF – Ramona

Jacob Gonzalez – INF – Glendora

Wes Burton – RHP – Windward

Nebraska

Chance Hroch – RHP – Vista Murrieta

Gunner Hellstrom – C – Grace Brethren

Caleb Bennett – RHP – Corona Centennial

Nevada

Tyler Bosetti – INF – Vacaville

Griff Fenn – OF – Pleasant Valley

Ryan Jackson – INF – Heritage (Brentwood)

Jacob Stinson – OF – Amador Valley

Joshua Zamora – INF – El Toro

Kade Morris – RHP – Pitman

Dario Gomez – OF – Freedom

Logan Douglas – 3B – Petaluma

Cam Walty – RHP – Consumnes Oaks

Jordan Jackson – RHP – Helix

Connor Hennings – OF – Live Oak

Steven Riddle Jr. – OF – Vista Murrieta

Jake Fenn – RHP – Granite Hills

Anthony Flores – OF – Valley Christian (San Jose)

Matt Clayton – C – Yuba City

Thomas Caneday – RHP – Helix

Marco Valenzuela – C – Redondo Union

Landon Wallace – C/UTIL – Roseville

Dillan Shrum – 1B – Granite Hills

Brady Hormel – 2B – Buchanan

Jake Jackson – RHP – El Toro

Josh Catacutan – OF – Davis

Alejandro Murillo – RHP – Stockdale

Bryce Tweedt – OF – Red Bluff

Ben Purcell – RHP – Del Campo

Nolan Wilson – C – Granite Bay

Owen Sharts – RHP – Simi Valley

Sean Flowers – RHP – Cardinal Newman

Nicholas Wilson – RHP – Rio Americano

Shane Gustafson – RHP – Rocklin

Clayton Westrope – LHP – Livermore

Tanner Cunha – LHP – Christian Brothers

Shane O’Malley – RHP – Sonoma Valley

Vinnie Bachelier – INF – Capital Christian

Sam Burns – UTIL – Summerville Union

Tyler Cochran – RHP – Foothill

Justin Durflinger – 2B – Foothill

Peyton Stumbo – SS – Placer

Blake Bambrick – RHP – Great Oak

Matt Schavone – RHP – Servite

New Jersey Tech

Brett Helmkamp – INF – Aliso Niguel

John Shukur – UTIL – San Juan Hills

Aidan Kidd – LHP – Laguna Beach

Bryce Short – RHP/C – Murrieta Valley

Grant Vurpillat – LHP – San Juan Hills

Drew Standen – RHP – Aliso Niguel

North Carolina

Dallas Tessar – OF – Chaminade

North Carolina State

Danny Carnazzo – C/INF – Palma

Carson Falsken – INF – Newbury Park

Northeastern

Nick Davis – RHP – Flintridge Prep

Notre Dame

Ryan Cole – OF – De La Salle

Zack Prajzner – INF – San Marcos

Oklahoma State

Christian Encarnacion-Strand – 3B – College Park

Justin Campbell – RHP/1B – Simi Valley

Old Dominion

Andy Garriola – OF/INF – Damien

James Tarkenton II – C – Marin Catholic

Oregon

Isaac Ayon – RHP – Buchanan

Brett Walker – RHP – Clovis North

Josh Kasevich – INF – Palo Alto

Sam Novitske – Foothill

AJ Miller – OF – Casa Grande

Christian Ciuffetelli – RHP – Servite

Andrew Mosiello – RHP – Vista Murrieta

Tristan Hanoian – INF – Orange Lutheran

Nick Bellafronto – INF – Bellarmine Prep

Rio Britton – LHP – Capital Christian

Tanner Smith – OF – Servite

Cullen Kafka – RHP – De La Salle

Scott Ellis – RHP – Thousand Oaks

Anthony Hall – OF/1B – Point Loma

Tyler Ganus – OF/1B – Harvard-Westlake

RJ Gordon – RHP – West Ranch

Brett McCauley – OF – Redondo Beach

Oregon State

Reid Sebby – RHP – Marina

Troy Claunch – C – Vacaville

Kevin Abel – RHP – Madison (San Diego)

Joey Mundt – RHP – Central Catholic

Cooper Hjerpe – LHP – Woodland

Wade Meckler – INF/OF – Esperanza

Brady Kasper – OF – Capistrano Valley

Garret Forrester – INF – Bella Vista

Chase Watkins – LHP – St. Francis

Samford

Towns King – INF – Woodbridge

Southeast Missouri State

Tyler Wilber – INF – Los Alamitos

Brett Graber – OF – Capital Christian

Southern

Wes Crockett – OF – El Camino Real

Quincy Smith II – UTIL – Beverly Hills

Stanford

Drew Bowser – INF – Harvard-Westlake

Carson Greene – INF – La Jolla Country Day

Austin Kretzschmar – INF – Helix

Zach Sehgal – INF – La Jolla

Brock Jones – OF – Buchanan

Adam Crampton – INF – Oakland Tech

Alberto Rios – C – St. John Bosco

Tommy Troy – INF/OF – Los Gatos

Eddie Park – OF – Valley Christian

Grant Burton – OF – Mater Dei

Vincent Martinez – C – San Marcos

Cody Jensen – RHP – Jesuit

Brendan Beck – RHP – Corona

Quinn Mathews – LHP – Aliso Niguel

Alex Williams – RHP – Redwood Christian

Carter Graham – INF – Chaminade

Brett Barrera – INF – Huntington Beach

Jonathan Worley – RHP – High Tech (San Diego)

Nathan Fleischli – RHP – Sacred Heart Prep

Nicolas Lopez – LHP – Serra (San Mateo)

Matt Swartz – LHP – Edison

Drew Dowd – LHP – Serra (San Mateo)

Texas

Lucas Gordon – LHP – Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

Murphy Stehly – INF – Santa Fe Christian

Pete Hansen – LHP – Oak Ridge

Texas Christian

Conner Shepherd – INF – Upland

Texas Tech

Andrew Devine – RHP – Simi Valley

UC Irvine

Trenton Denholm – RHP – Oak Ridge

Connor McGuire – INF – Beckman

Jack Cosgrove – INF – Heritage (Brentwood)

Sam Ireland – INF – Tesoro

Justin Torres – INF – St. Francis

Woody Hadeen – INF – Temecula Valley

Michael Frias – RHP – Servite

Josh Sheck – INF – Torrance

Josh Ibarra – RHP – Don Lugo

Caden Kendle – OF – Marina

Nick Pinto – LHP – Tesoro

Shaun Montoya – OF – Damien

Troy Wentworth – RHP – Granada

Dillon Tatum – C – St. Mary’s (Stockton)

Mike Peabody – OF – Mater Dei

Cameron Wheeler – RHP – Mater Dei

Braden Murphy – INF – Cypress

Jacob Castro – C – Rio Mesa

Nathan Church – OF – El Toro

Casey Slattery – INF/OF – Harvard-Westlake

Jacob King – RHP – Buchanan

Jake Palmer – OF – El Segundo

Andre Antone – RHP – Capistrano Valley Christian

Thomas McCaffrey – C – Harvard-Westlake

Luke Spillane – OF – Mission Viejo

Abraham Garcia-Pacheco – C – Rancho Cucamonga

Adrian Damla – INF – Crescenta Valley

Taishi Nakawake – INF – Torrance

Cole Van Den Helder – RHP – Point Loma

Gordon Ingebritson – RHP – Village Christian

John Vergara – RHP – Marshall

Roger Thomas – LHP – Santa Margarita

Dylan Riddle – LHP – San Clemente

Peter Van Loon – RHP – California

UC Santa Barbara

Mason Marquez – INF – San Benito

Mason Eng – C – Bellarmine Prep

Marcos Castanon – INF – Carter

Christian Kirtley – UTIL – Redlands East Valley

Alex Schrier – RHP – Santa Margarita

Jordan Sprinkle – INF – Palm Desert

Rodney Boone – LHP – Tustin

Cole Cummings – INF – Santiago

Conner Roberts – RHP – De La Salle

Omar Gastelum – C – St. Bonaventure

Nick Oakley – INF – Santa Barbara

Damian Stone – OF – Washington (Fremont)

Clayton Hall – RHP – Merced

Andrew Neil – INF/RHP – Freedom

John Newman Jr. – C – Los Alamitos

Zach Torra – LHP – Santa Ynez

Kyle Johnson – INF – Leigh

JD Callahan – RHP – West Ranch

Christopher Troye – RHP – Heritage (Brentwood)

Zach Rodriguez – OF/INF – Vista Murrieta

Gianni Bloom – C – St. Mary’s

Bryce Willits – INF – St. Mary’s

Ben Fariss – RHP – Valencia

Michael McGreevy – RHP – San Clemente

Steele Ledford – OF – Thousand Oaks

Broc Mortensen – OF – Ventura

Nick Vogt – OF – Davis

Leo Mosby – INF – Westview (San Diego)

Jeffrey Barber – 3B – Point Loma

Jorge Arellano Jr. – LHP – Downey

Nick Welch – RHP – Redwood

Cary Arbolida – OF/INF – South Torrance

Ryan Harvey – RHP – Woodcreek

Eugene Jeon – INF – La Mirada

Luke Williams – INF/RHP – Jesuit

Cooper Rons – RHP – Cathedral Catholic

Hayden Hattenbach – San Rafael

Michael Marsh – INF – Cypress

Conner Dand – RHP – San Clemente

Mark Sellers – RHP – El Capitan (Merced)

Trevor Beer – LHP – Crescenta Valley

Sam Whiting – RHP – Pleasant Grove

Carter Benbrook – LHP – Jesuit (Carmichael)

Cory Lewis – RHP – Marina

UCLA

Matt McLain – INF – Beckman

Sean Mullen – RHP – Stockdale

Kevin Kendall – INF – La Mirada

Daylen Reyes – INF – Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

Michael Curialle – INF/OF – JSerra

JT Schwartz – INF – Corona del Mar

Jarron Silva – OF – St. Mary’s (Stockton)

Darius Perry – C – La Mirada

Mikey Perez – INF – Gahr

Jake Moberg – INF – Vista Murrieta

Emanuel Dean – OF – Servite

Charles Harrison – RHP – Canyon

JonJon Vaughns – OF – St. John Bosco

Kyle Cuellar – OF – La Salle

Carson Yates – OF – Leland

Jared Karros – RHP – Mira Costa

Max Rajcic – RHP – Orange Lutheran

Zach Pettway – RHP – Long Beach Wilson

Noah Cardenas – C – Alemany

Jack Filby – RHP/INF – McClatchy

Adrian Chaidez – RHP – Warren

Michael Townsend – RHP – Los Alamitos

Nick Nastrini – RHP – Cathedral Catholic

Chris Aldrich – RHP – Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

Josh Hahn – OF/LHP – Huntington Beach

Jake Saum – LHP – St. Bonaventure

Jake Brooks – RHP – Fountain Valley

Kyle Mora – RHP – Los Alamitos

Tommy Beres – C – Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

Eli Paton – INF – Maranatha

Pat Caulfield – OF – Serra (San Mateo)

Carson Hamro – RHP – Rancho Buena Vista

Daniel Colwell – LHP – St. Mary’s

Kyle Karros – INF – Mira Costa

Kenji Pallares – RHP – Salesian

Jesse Bergin – RHP – Harvard-Westlake

Vanderbilt

CJ Rodriguez – C – Mater Dei

Spencer Jones – UTIL – La Costa Canyon

Sam Hilboki – RHP – Harvard-Westlake

Brett Hansen – LHP – Foothill

Jayson Gonzalez – INF – Bishop Amat

Virginia

Griff McGarry – RHP – Menlo

Paul Kosanovich – RHP – Temple City