By Louie Avery

Assistant Sports Editor

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Scott Norwood’s work as Ouachita Baptist University’s head baseball coach has not gone unnoticed or unrewarded.

The same might be said about some of Norwood’s players at OBU, which is headed for its first-ever College World Series at Sauget, Ill., later this month after winning four straight games last week to capture the NCAA Divison II South Central Regional in Cleveland, Miss.

Norwood entered last week’s regional as a lame-duck, having already been hired as head baseball coach at the Uni...