NEMS360: Exception to the rule

WHEELER – Jeff Forehand says the Wilson brothers are the exception.

“I just feel that they both are a story that a walk-on dreams about,” the Lipscomb University baseball coach said about his two players from Wheeler, Tyler and Lee Wilson. “They’re the exception to the rule. They both came to our school as players walking on, and they definitely have a storybook ending.”

Around this same time two years ago, Tyler Wilson sent an e-mail to Forehand expressing his interest in attending a Christian university and playing college baseball. He had just played two seasons at Itawamba Community College and had played in a summer league in Nashville.

“We gave him a shot, and sure enough he’s starting,” said Forehand, who has coached Wilson the past two years.

Wanting to play with his brother for one more season, Lee Wilson turned down offers from >>> click here to read more from John Wilbert. 

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