Arizona head coach Andy Lopez takes the field before the start of a college baseball game between the defending national champion No. 24 Arizona Wildcats and the Coppin State Eagles on Feb. 15, 2013, at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 16-0.

 Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Exactly a year after he underwent heart surgery, UA baseball coach Andy Lopez had a much more enjoyable weekend. He flew to Los Angeles to be part of the wedding of the Pac-12’s 2012 Player of the Year, Alex Mejia, who was married Saturday in Woodland Hills. Mejia spent most of the 2014 season with Class AA Springfield (Missouri), where he was named the Texas League’s top defensive shortstop by Baseball America.

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