Mike Candrea

Ever since Mike Candrea touched down in Oklahoma City for the Women’s College Series, he’s been peppered with the same question: "How does it feel to be there as a spectator rather than a coach?" "I’ve answered that question about 50 times," said Candrea, who led the Wildcats...

It wasn’t long ago that four-time All-American Caitlin Lowe stood on the outfield grass in Oklahoma City playing as a member of a Wildcats Women’s College World Series team. “It felt so grand back then. The stadium felt so big and larger than life,” Lowe, the Wildcats’ first-year...

It didn’t take long for Mike Candrea to turn Arizona softball into a national powerhouse. Now that his legendary coaching career has come to an end, there’s no point in waiting to put him into the school’s Hall of Fame. Candrea is part of the latest class...

Eight former Arizona Wildcats icon are being inducted into the 2022 Class of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The class is highlighted by former UA softball coach Mike Candrea and Fred Batiste, the university's first Black student-athlete of any sport. Cory Chitwood, Ben Grado, Brittany Lastrapes, Jim Livengood, Austen Thompson and Willie Williams complete UA's Hall of Fame class this year.