Trio reunites in Washington

Everyone knows by now that Connor Owings and G. K. Young are part of the winning Chanticleer Baseball team that won the College World Series National Championship. But not everyone knows the reach of their supporters.

Linda Kuykendall, Ph.D., a senior instructor in Coastal Carolina University’s Department of Communications, Languages and Cultures, taught Owings and Young when they were student-athletes.

In late July, she traveled all the way to Pasco, Wash., to watch Young’s Tri-City Dust Devils (Class A Northwest League affiliate of the San Diego Padres) take on Owings’ Hillsboro Hops (Class A Northwest League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks). After the game she met up with them for this photo.

Although thousands of miles away from Conway, the Chanticleer bond reunited these three for a special memory-making evening.