The Law of Increasing Disorder: Reversible and Irreversible Processes

A ball is thrown upwards into the air, but because of collisions with air molecules as the ball moves (friction), the ball returns to the thrower's hand after completing its rise and fall with less kinetic energy (speed) than when it originally was thrown. Is this a reversible or an irreversible process?

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