FAYETTEVILLE — As Arkansas’ starting third baseman, Bobby Wernes played a starring role in the Razorbacks’ run to the College World Series in 2015.
Last year Wernes had a less-heralded role for another Arkansas team that went to Omaha. He spent the fall of 2018 as a student assistant coach for the Razorbacks while he was finishing his undergraduate degree, but had graduated and left the program for a coaching job in the Philadelphia Phillies organization by the time the 2019 season began.
Still, his work with infielders that offseason was remembered by those who were on the 2019 team that went 46-20, won a share of the SEC West title and played in the College World Series.