Twenty-one months ago, Oregon State athletics was dealt what many saw as a death blow when the Pac-12 imploded, leaving them without a conference. The baseball team, unlike any other sport at OSU, opted to play a completely independent schedule this season.

DeMarini has been producing bats for nearly 20 years for the Oregon State Beavers baseball team and other college baseball teams.

The CWS opens Friday with the Sun Belt Conference's Coastal Carolina (53-11) playing the Big 12's Arizona (44-19) in a rematch of the 2016 finals won by the Chanticleers. No. 8 national seed Oregon State (47-14-1), an independent until the Pac-12 ramps up again in 2026-27, meets the ACC's Louisville (40-22) in the second game.

Oregon State’s pitching coach Rich Dorman put a bug in Ethan’s ear as he headed to Linn-Benton Community College for his freshman season. This time last year, his season at LBCC had wrapped up and he knew he was headed to OSU next.

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