LINVILLE, N.C. _ Three months. Two national championships. One family.
It is going to be hard for Mark and Aimee Maye's testosterone-heavy brood to ever top what has happened in the first half of 2017 _ an NCAA basketball championship for Luke at North Carolina and an NCAA baseball championship for Cole at Florida.
The family's ride over the past three months has been extraordinary, joyous and at one point monumentally scary _ Luke's car-flipping, landing-on-the-hood, 'I-totaled-the-car-Dad' wreck on Interstate 85 at 70 mph last month that he somehow walked away from with hardly a scratch.
The Mayes have traveled all over America, watching, playing and praying for each other _ from Huntersville, N.C. to Chapel Hill, N.C., from Memphis to Phoenix, from Gainesville, Fla., to Omaha, Neb.
Cole flew to the NCAA title game in Arizona to support Luke in the middle of his season as a surprise. Luke flew to the College World Series in Omaha two weeks ago to support Cole.
"We were just so happy for each other," Cole said.
"And now," Luke said, referring to the two national titles, "we've got something on every other family."
