2020 AND WILL JOIN YOU AND SEE THIS FALL. THE VIRGINIA BEACH NATIVE COMMITTED TO UNC OVER ALABAMA, AUBURN, AND OTHERS, EARLY THIS MONTH. WHEN JOSH OWENS WAS PRESENTED WITH TOM SUITER'S EXTRA EFFORT AWARD, HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN COLLEGE SPORTS OR MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BY NOW. IT TURNS OUT HE HAD A HIGHER CALLING. JARED FIALKO HEARD THE GOOD WORD IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF WHERE ARE THEY NOW. >> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT JOSH OWENS. >> IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER AGO AND ALSO LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. >> I DIDN'T WORK HARD ENOUGH OR DIDN'T PUT IN THE EXTRA HOUR. I WILL BE THE BEST I CAN, BECAUSE IT MAKES EVERYONE AROUND ME SUCCEED. >> IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH THAT AND HEAR MYSELF TALK ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS I VALUE TODAY. RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE IN THE VALUE OF HARD WORK. >> Reporter: THAT DEFINING ETHIC, TOOK OWENS FROM COLLEGE TO COLLEGE. FROM AN UNDERGRAD AT CAMPBELL, TO AN ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION AT WINGATE. HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON THAT SUBJECT IS SAVED FOR SUNDAYS. >> BREAKING BREAD AND DRINKING FROM THE CUP. >> Reporter: PREACHING THE GOOD WORD AS ASSOCIATE MINISTER AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MONROE. >> PART OF THIS JOB ENTAILS THAT WE WALK ALONGSIDE PEOPLE IN THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST TIMES OF THEIR LIVES AND TRY TO SPEAK A WORD OF HOPE AND ASSURANCE IN THAT. IT IS HUMBLING, IT IS REWARDING IN SO MANY WAYS AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING I TAKE FOR GRANTED. >> Reporter: HE FILLS THE ATHLETIC VOID THROUGH OFFICIATING. EVERY AVENUE, EVERY WALK OF HIS LIFE, SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPED MAKE HIM THE MAN THAT HE IS TODAY. >> THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT LIFE, WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT PART OF THE JOY IS FINDING NEW WAYS TO LIVE OUT ALL THOSE THINGS. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHY FROM