MyTURN
by JIM DUCIBELLA
I
t started with a phone call from
Virginia Beach to Kentucky. It
ended with a phone call from
Virginia Beach to the same
Bluegrass state.
In between, Virginia Wesleyan
coach Bryan Hearn and golfer Evan Cox
crafted an extraordinary story of coaches
and their players, one that could have a
Hollywood ending should Cox steer his
career where he’d like it to go.
And that’s far beyond the NCAA Division III national championship Cox won
in a thrilling three-way playoff on May 12.
But let’s back up a couple of years.
Hearn had just finished his first season
as Marlins’ coach and needed players.
Scrolling through an Internet recruiting
site, he found Cox. The kid was a terrific baseball player, he noted, one whose
innings pitched o