McElvain, a native of Thompson's Station, Tennessee, will already be familiar with at least one Razorback. He was teammates with current Arkansas second baseman Cam Kozeal in 2024. It marks the second straight season that coach Dave Van Horn has picked off a former Commodore from the portal.

A former Gatorade Player of the Year, the Omaha native is back for the College World Series starting a second base for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The redshirt sophomore left his outing against Tennessee on Sunday with muscle spasms in his shoulder. Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs and trainer Corey Wood came to the mound to check on Jimenez after he faced the first batter of the eighth inning, and he left the field with Wood.

LSU baseball meets Arkansas on Saturday in the College World Series. Here’s what happened when the two met in the regular season.

SEC Saturday night at the College World Series. No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 6 LSU. The highest-seeded teams left in the field backed by fan bases who know how to

Left-handers Zach Root of Arkansas and Kade Anderson of LSU will take the mound at Charles Schwab Field for the 6 p.m. game. Both were first-team All-SEC picks by league coaches and both are projected to be high-round MLB Draft picks next month.

When Arkansas and LSU take the field for their opening game of the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field, one common thread links the two t