[1] He attended North Carolina State University, but he did not play for the baseball program.

Avent attended North Carolina State University, and had intentions of playing college baseball for the Wolfpack, but when he saw the way coach Sammy Esposito treated other players Avent considered better than him, he decided to not try out for the team.

[2] Avent left NC State when he was only about 20 credits away from a degree in textiles in order to focus on a career as a baseball coach.

He started by accepting an assistant coaching job at North Carolina Wesleyan University.

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