Bio
Emilio Corona will make his professional debut after finishing his college career at the University of Arizona. He capped off his collegiate career with 56 games and 53 starts in a Wildcat uniform as a senior and a member of the Pac 12 Conference regular-season and tournament-team champions. Corona hit .262 with 42 runs scored, seven doubles, seven triples, six home runs, and 30 RBI in his final season in Tucson. The native of California led the Wildcats with 15 stolen bases during the 2024 season. Corona was named Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention and was awarded a spot on the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award watch list. The outfielder led the team and the conference in triples with seven while ranking tied for seventh nationally with three baggers. In the field, Corona played primarily right field and posted an impressive .984 fielding percentage on 62 chances during Pac-12 play.
Corona would play his first season in Arizona in 2023 after transferring from Pima Community College where he played in 2021-2022. He played in 38 games and was in the starting lineup card in 36 games, hitting .336 with 11 home runs and 44 RBI. Corona collected 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances for Arizona his junior season. He swatted three home runs on April 30 at Oregon State, going 4-for-5 and scoring three runs while driving in eight runs in the game. Corona was the first Wildcat with a three-HR game in 15 years, and his eight RBI in the game were the most by an Arizona player in 21 years. The three home run performance earned him the Golden Spikes Performance of the Week award for the week nationally.
Corona was a key contributor for the Wildcats during conference play. He logged 20 runs, seven doubles, one triple, eight home runs, and 30 RBI. The 30 RBI and eight home runs during Pac-12 play were second on the team during that stretch. Corona had once again held down right field, posting a .978 fielding percentage, committing just one error all year on 46 total chances. In the postseason Corona started in all six of the Wildcats postseason games and was second on the team with a .348 batting average. He scored five runs with three doubles, one triple, one home run, and three RBI during the postseason.
In 2022 Corona hit .346, blasting 13 home runs and driving in 60 runs at Pima Community College. Both totals would lead the team by a wide margin. He finished with seven home runs and 14 RBI ahead of the second spot on the team. Corona would steal 15 bases, only being caught once during the season. He was named All-ACCAC and Second Team All-Region during his only season with Pima College. Corona would spend his first college season at the University of Washington. He would play in 20 games with the Huskies in 2021, hitting .167 with one RBI.
Corona hails from San Luis Obispo, California and was a three-sport star at San Luis Obispo High School. He lettered four years in baseball and football and three years in basketball. Corona was named First Team All-Conference in baseball as a junior and senior, First Team All-Conference in football as a senior and Second Team All-Conference selection in basketball as a senior. He holds the program record of 52 touchdowns as quarterback during his senior season and would be named All-State Third Team on the gridiron.