Photos: Arizona Wildcats baseball team wins fourth College World Series in 2012
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On June 25, 2012, UA baseball sat atop of the college baseball world. Take a look back at the Arizona Wildcats taking home their fourth national title in program history after beating the South Carolina Gamecocks in a best-of-three series in 2012.
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Arizona players dog pile on each other following their 4-1 victory over South Carolina in Game 2 to win the NCAA College World Series championship in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 25, 2012.
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Arizona players celebrate their 4-1 victory over South Carolina to win the NCAA College World Series. The Gamecocks had put the tying runs on base in the ninth inning.
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Arizona's Robert Refsnyder (2) celebrates with Konner Wade (48) after scoring the go-ahead run against South Carolina on a double by Brandon Dixon in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
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A UA players watch a highlight video of their Division One National Championship win in Omaha with fans at McKale Center, Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
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Seth Mejias-Brean and members of the University of Arizona baseball team are greeted as they walk along a red carpet as they arrive at the McKale Center in celebration of their winning the national championship on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.
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The 2012 NCAA Baseball Championship trophy is strapped in for a safe, comfortable plane ride all with University of Arizona baseball players and coaches from Omaha to Tucson on June 26, 2012.
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Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, meets with Arizona coach Andy Lopez at TD Ameritrade Park ahead of Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals against South Carolina in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Arizona starting pitcher James Farris works against South Carolina in the first inning of Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Francis)
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UA head baseball coach Andy Lopez, center, gives a thumbs up as he acknowledges former UA coach Jerry Kindall, lower right, as the team celebrated their baseball National Championship win in Omaha with fans at McKale Center on Tuesday. Kindall was the head coach when the team won the National Championship in 1986.
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UA head coach Andy Lopez feels the love from fans as the team celebrated their Division One National Championship win with fans at McKale Center.
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The hat of player Kurt Heyer says it all as the team celebrated their Division One National Championship win with fans at McKale Center.
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A UA pitcher Michael Lopez holds the baseball National Championship trophy during a celebration with fans at McKale Center.
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UA outfielder Bobby Brown holds the national trophy as he makes his way down the steps at McKale Center for a celebration.
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UA players kid with teammate Kurt Heyer, right, as he speaks to fans during their celebrating of their National Championship win at McKale Center.
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A UA fan holds cutouts of UA baseball players from left; Alex Mejia, left, Kurt Heyer, center, and head coach Andy Lope as the team celebrated their National Championship win in Omaha with fans at McKale Center.
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Arizona's outfielder Bobby Brown, brings in the National Championship trophy as he leads his team to their celebration with fans at McKale Center.
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UA head baseball coach Andy Lopez, center, gives a thumbs up as he acknowledges former UA coach Jerry Kindall, lower right, as the team celebrated their National Championship win in Omaha with fans at McKale Center on Tuesday. Kindall's team won the championship in 1986.
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Fans cheer the University of Arizona baseball team at McKale Center in celebration of their winning the national championship.
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The video screen inside McKale Center shows members of the University of Arizona baseball team during the celebration of their winning the national championship.
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Tucson Fire Department engine companies shoot their water cannons over the baseball team bus arriving on the UA Mall for the celebration.
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University of Arizona baseball coach Andy Lopez, left, is greeted by Dick Bartsch as he and the team arrive at the McKale Center in celebration of their winning the national championship.
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University of Arizona baseball player Bobby Brown holds the trophy team as the team stands in the Hall of Champions as they arrive at McKale Center in celebration of their winning the national championship on Tuesday.
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An excited Tomas Luevanos and his friends hold up signs as they wait members of the University of Arizona baseball team to arrive at the McKale Center in celebration of their winning the national championship on Tuesday.
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Stacy Hernandez and her boyfriend, Owen Garcia, left, pick out a couple of t-shirts and a hat which acknowledges the University of Arizona baseball team as the national champions outside McKale Center on Tuesday.
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