Three former high school baseball standouts will be playing in the NCAA Baseball Tournament this weekend.
Danny Zandona of Cal Poly and UC Irvine’s Johnny Brontsema are Santa Barbara High alums, and Steven Reveles of Nebraska is a graduate of Dos Pueblos High.
Zandona is a junior middle reliever for the Big West-champion Mustangs (45-10), who are hosting a four-team regional this weekend. They’ll be joined by Pepperdine, Sacramento State and Arizona State. Cal Poly opens against Sacramento State on Friday.
Zandona is 4-0 with a 2.66 ERA in 47.1 innings of work.
Brontsema is a freshman infielder at UC Irvine. The Anteaters (35-22) are playing in the Corvallis Regional at Oregon State with the host Beavers, UNLV and North Dakota State. They open Friday against UNLV.
Reveles, who was an All-American infielder at SBCC before moving on to Nebraska, started 48 games for the Cornhuskers (40-19), posting a batting average of .254 and a fielding percentage of .937.
Nebraska is in the tournament for the first time since 2008. It opens against Cal State Fullerton in the Stillwater, Okla. Regional.
A pair of Reveles’ SBCC teammates also are in the regionals: outfielder Zach Zehner with Cal Poly and pitcher Brendan Shoemate of Youngstown State. Zehner is the second leading hitter for the Mustangs with a .329 average.
