NOTRE DAME, IN (CAC) — Junior Chris Okey (Mount Dora, Fla.) is one of 15 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award, presented annually to the nation’s best catcher. Ballots will be sent to the national voting panel at the end of May for a vote to determine the three finalists. The finalists will be announced June 6. It is…
Almost six years after clinching the Gamecocks’ first national championship with a walk-off hit, Whit Merrifield is in the major leagues. In between doubleheader games Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals officially called up the 27-year-old utility player from Triple-A Omaha. Merrifield was hitting .278 with 5 HRs in 36 games in the minor leagues this season. He also leads the…
Former Gamecock Jackie Bradley Jr. came up with a clutch 9th inning single Tuesday afternoon to extend his major league leading hitting streak to 23 straight games. Bradley and Boston lost game one of a doubleheader at Kansas City 3-2. Fellow Gamecock great Whit Merrifield was officially called up to the big leagues for the first time after the game. …
TUSCALOOSA, AL (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina Men’s Golf team clinched a spot at the NCAA Championship for the fourth consecutive season on Wednesday as the Gamecocks finished second at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional. Carolina shot 283 (-5) in the final round to post a three-day score of 852 (-12). Georgia won the Regional, finishing with a…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Graduates Miller Capps and Stephen Behr each shot under-par rounds to lead Clemson to a third-place finish out of 14 teams at the NCAA Regional Golf Tournament in Stillwater, Okla. Clemson finished with a team score of 901 for the three-day 54-hole event and qualified for the NCAA National Tournament at Eugene Country Club in Eugene,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Four Fireflies hitters collected two-hit games on Wednesday afternoon, but Columbia fell to the Rome Braves in the series finale, 8-5. Kevin Kaczmarski, David Thompson, Joe Tuschak and Vicente Lupo combined to reach base safely ten times. Rome (15-24) used a hit parade in the second inning to score six runs on seven hits, including doubles…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday the signing of Rakym Felder (G – 6-0 – 180 – Lincoln High School – Brooklyn, N.Y.), Hassani Gravett (G – 6-2 – 180 – Villa Rica, Ga./Alexander/Hargrave Military Academy/Pensacola State College), Khadim Gueye (C – 7-1 – 220 – Senegal/Bradenton, Fla./Victory…
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (USC SID) — The SEC announced its annual Community Service Team for baseball Wednesday morning, and sophomore Jonah Bride has been selected to represent South Carolina. The Community Service Team highlights an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts. The Owasso, Okla., native led his team in community service hours with…
Fort Worth, Tex. (CAC) — Joey Batson, Director of Football Strength and Conditioning Coach at Clemson University, has been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa). Batson was elected at the organization’s 16th annual national conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The CSCCa was established in May 2000…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson freshman Lauren Stephenson will begin play in the 2016 NCAA Women’s Golf Tournament on Friday, May 20. This year’s national tournament will be played at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. She is the first Clemson women’s golfer to qualify for the NCAA National Tournament. Stephenson qualified by virtue of her fifth-place finish at the…
