Markevian “Tink” Hence isn’t sure whether his name will be called during the the Major League Baseball Draft, but he’s convinced himself to remain even keel if it does.
The excitement in his voice Tuesday might suggest otherwise.
“If it happens, I know it’ll be an exciting moment because I know all of my hard work will have paid off,” the former Watson Chapel pitcher said. “There have been some tough times where I’ve felt like, ‘Dang, I need to get better,’ and things like that. So just knowing that I’ve done all I could and did the best I could to put myself in this position … it’s all paying off.