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OMAHA, Neb. — NC State junior catcher Jacob Cozart needed surgery this past summer, and he told Wolfpack coach Elliott Avent that it was scheduled for 6:45 a.m. Cozart, the Pack’s starting backstop, needed to be there at 6 a.m. But he was just keeping his skipper in the loop, not thinking anything of it. What followed was something Cozart didn’t expect. He walked into the hospital and Avent was already there. He arrived 15 minutes before Cozart was scheduled to get there to wait for him. Once Cozart went into surgery, Avent waited with his family for the two-hour procedure and made sure his pl…

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