Honors and Awards
- 2023: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2019: Alaska Baseball League All-Star
Arizona 2023 (Senior)
Wrapped up collegiate career with 12 relief appearances as a senior...Posted a 5.79 ERA (6ERx9.1IP) with five strikeouts and did not factor into any decisions...Pitched one inning in Arizona's 20-0 shutout victory over Arizona State on April 19 (1.0,0,0,0,0,1)...Held opponents without an earned run in seven of 12 appearances...Struck out a season-high two batters on March 31 against Oregon, his longest outing of the year (2.0,2,1,1,0,2)...Made five appearances during Pac-12 play, posting a 6.35 ERA (4ERx5.2IP) with three strikeouts.
POSTSEASON: Did not register an appearance in Arizona's six postseason contests.
Arizona 2022 (Junior)
Saw time in a career-high 25 games as a junior...Logged a 2-1 record with a 4.40 ERA (14ERx28.2IP)...Struck out 26 batters and issued just 10 walks in 28.2 innings of work...Held opponents without an earned run in 18-of-25 outings...Worked more than one inning of relief eight times, including a season-high three frames on April 5 at Arizona State (3.0,5,4,0,0,0)...Matched career-high with four strikeouts in back-to-back appearances against Stanford on May 26 (2.1,5,4,2,1,4) and Canisius on June 5 (2.0,1,0,0,0,4)...Registered eight relief appearances during Pac-12 play, posting a 7.50 ERA (5ERx6.0IP).
POSTSEASON: Saw time in three games during the Wildcats postseason run and worked 4.2 innings.
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Limited to three appearances out of the bullpen...Did not register a decision and sported a 3.86 ERA (1ERx2.1IP)...Struck out five batters in just over two innings of work...Struck out a season-high three batters on April 20 versus New Mexico State (1.0,1,0,0,0,3)...Limited opposing hitters to a .222 batting average with no extra-base hits.
POSTSEASON: Logged one postseason outing, a relief appearance against Stanford in the College World Series (0.1,0,0,0,0,1).
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Did not play due to injury.
Summer 2019
Arias made nine appearances, all starts, for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska Baseball League...Registered 44.0 innings of work...Lled the team and ranked second in the league with 47 strikeouts while limiting opposing hitters to a .247 batting average...Closed out the summer strong, allowing just one earned run and striking out 12 over his final two starts.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Made 21 appearances, one start, for the Cats as a freshman...Went 1-0 with one save and a 7.63 ERA (26ERx30.2IP)...Struck out 26 batters in 30.2 innings of work...Earned first career win on May 13 against Sam Houston State and throwing 4.0 innings of scoreless, three-hit relief with a pair of strikeouts...Posted a 1.86 ERA (2ERx9.2IP) over his final six appearances of the season...Struck out a career-high four batters on May 7 against Arizona State (2.2 IP)...Worked 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on March 22 at No. 1 ranked UCLA, allowed no hits and struck out two...Logged a scoreless outing (0.2 IP) on the road against No. 9 ranked Arizona State on March 29...Registered a scoreless performance (0.1 IP) at No. 3 ranked Stanford, striking out one...Allowed just one home run all season.
High School
Prepped at Tucson High School under head coach Oscar Romero…Named
Perfect Game First-Team All-State Pitcher of the Year as a junior…On the mound, went 10-4 with a 1.79 ERA in 117.1 innings of work…Also spent time as an outfielder, hitting .337 with 29 runs scored and 31 RBI through three varsity seasons…Carried a 3.8 GPA through high school…Selected to First-Team All-Conference, All-City, and All-District as a sophomore and junior.
Draft
Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 34th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
George Alexander Arias…Son of George and Rachel Arias…Father played baseball at Arizona in 1993, appearing in 60 games and hitting .345 with 23 home runs and 75 RBI; 23 home runs are second-most in a single season in UA history; went on to play Major League Baseball with the California/Anaheim Angels and San Diego Padres…Two younger siblings; brother, Nick, and sister, Alexis…Majored in Criminal Justice Studies with a minor in Creative Writing…Now pursuing graduate certificate in International Security Studies...Outside of baseball enjoys reading books, playing piano, fishing, and binge watching TV shows…Chose Arizona because “it was my dream school.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
