Durazo took long road to start at UA

Ernie Durazo doesn't take anything for granted anymore.

Arizona's baseball team is stacked with players who had numerous options for college, but Durazo is one UA player who had to struggle to have the opportunity to wear a Wildcat uniform.

Durazo, a senior first baseman and Tucson native, was highly recruited by UA out of Tucson High School but failed to obtain the minimum score on his Scholastic Aptitude Test.

The first baseman was denied admission, crushing his lifelong dream.

Rather than go somewhere else, Durazo put his dream aside and enrolled at Pima Community College.