South Carolina junior tight end Rory Anderson has been named to the 2013 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List, as announced by the Award committee on Tuesday. Anderson is one of 37 named to the preseason list.
Former Gamecock and current Kansas City Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop is spending the summer in the Lowcountry. Succop says Carolina football’s back-to-back 11 win seasons have earned him bragging rights among his fellow SEC teammates in the NFL.
South Carolina junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has been named to both the Maxwell and Bednarik Award Watch Lists for 2013 as announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday morning.
Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins were named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, while Vic Beasley was named to the Bednarik Award Watch List on Monday. The Maxwell Award is presented each year to the Most Outstanding Player in college football, while the Bednarik goes to the top defensive player.
The Clemson Athletic Ticket Office has announced the kickoff package, including Georgia and South Carolina State, is now sold out. A limited number of full season tickets, including all seven home games, are still available for $330 each to both IPTAY members and the general public. Season tickets may be purchased online at ClemsonTigers.com or by calling 1-800-CLEMSON. All single game tickets, excluding Georgia, will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, July 10 at 8:00am.
Joe Saunders pitched seven efficient innings and Nick Franklin and Justin Smoak each homered to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
Former Gamecock catcher Dante Rosenberg has been picked up by the St. Louis Cardinals. Rosenberg will play with the State College Spikes, a minor league baseball team in the New York-Penn League.
A three-run triple from Hiromi Oka broke a scoreless tie in the eighth and Japan rode the outburst to a 4-0 win, evening the series with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team at a game apiece. Defense was on display as the team’s combined to turn six double plays.
Gamecock men’s basketball coach Frank Martin and the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Team (1-0) opened its play in the 2013 World University Games with a record-setting 140-46 win over United Arab Emirates. (Photo courtesy: http://www.usabasketball.com)
Gamecock Grayson Greiner recorded an RBI in the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team’s 6-3 victory over Japan. The Collegiate National Team takes a 1-0 lead in the USA vs. Japan Collegiate International Friendship Series. Game two is set for Sunday at 1 a.m. (ET)/2 p.m. (JST) at Matsuyama’s Botchan Stadium.
