Wernes brings professional experience back to Arkansas

Arkansas third baseman Bobby Wernes (left) takes the field as head coach Dave Van Horn stands in the dugout prior to a College World Series game against Virginia on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. 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…