Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named the recipient of the Capital One Impact Performance of the Week award by ESPN on Thursday. It is the second major national player of the week award for Watson this week. On Sunday he was named National Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation.
Clemson defensive end Shaq Lawson has been named one of 12 semifinalists for the Lombardi Award. The Lombardi Award is presented each year to the top lineman or inside linebacker in college football. This is the second consecutive year Clemson has had someone in the semifinals for the award. Vic Beasley was a finalist last year.
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson has been named a semifinalist for he Maxwell Award and defensive end Shaq Lawson has been named a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award. Both awards are presented by the Maxwell Football Club of Pennsylvania.
The Tigers are ranked No. 1 in the nation in the initial 2015 College Football Playoff poll, released Tuesday evening. It marks just the third time in history Clemson has been No. 1 in an in-season major poll. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 for the final two polls of the 1981 season.
Dabo Swinney said Tuesday in his weekly press conference that in order to win the national championship, the Tigers must beat Florida State Saturday. Click the video to watch his comments.
Columbia native Austin Ajukwa will transfer from Clemson, head coach Brad Brownell announced Tuesday. Ajukwa played in 55 career games over two seasons, scoring 2.7 points per contest.
The South Carolina men’s basketball team will honor the nine victims of the Emanuel AME Church shooting at halftime of the team’s free admission exhibition contest versus Allen University on Nov. 8, Gamecock head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Monday.
USC men's basketball coach Frank Martin addressed the media before Carolina's exhibition game with Allen Sunday. Click the video to watch his comments.
Sophomore quarterback Deshaun Watson and senior offensive tackle Joe Gore were both honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday. Watson was named the ACC Back of the Week for the second time this year and the fourth time in his career, while Gore was named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for the first time.
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson had another sterling afternoon in the victory over NC State and was named the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation on Sunday.
Ohio State, Baylor, Clemson and LSU remain the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 as the College Football Playoff selection committee prepares its first rankings.
Nine different players scored in their Jervey Gym debuts as Clemson emerged victorious over St. Thomas 78-48 in an exhibition contest.
The Gamecock volleyball team continued their late-season surge Sunday afternoon, winning their third match in the last five outings with a 3-0 sweep of Ole Miss, 26-24, 25-21, 26-24.
South Carolina sophomore midfielder Savannah McCaskill earned first-team All-SEC honors with senior forward Raina Johnson picking up second-team All-SEC accolades, as announced by the league office on Sunday afternoon.
Click to watch Dabo Swinney's postgame comments after Clemson's 56-41 win at NC State Saturday.
The No. 3 Clemson Tigers defeated NC State 56-41 on Halloween at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday. It was Clemson’s 11th consecutive win dating to last season, the program’s longest winning streak since a 13-game tear from 1980-82.
Clemson freshmen Alice Hewson and Lauren Stephenson are both in the top 30 of this week’s Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. The system is based on each player’s average performance in counting events over a rolling cycle for the previous 52 weeks. The system is similar to that used in the professional ranks.
Junior defensive end Shaq Lawson has been named to the Ted Hendricks Award Midseason Watch List. The Hendricks Award is presented each year to the top defensive end in college football, and is named after former University of Miami (Fla.) and NFL player Ted Hendicks.
Click the video to watch Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney's comments before the (3) Tigers' (7-0, 4-0 ACC) game with NC State (5-2, 1-2 ACC) Saturday.
ABC Columbia's Mike Gillespie sat down with USC women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley Monday afternoon to talk about life on and off the court. Click the video to watch the interview.
Clemson cornerback McKensie Alexander has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award.
South Carolina women’s golf posted its best round of the fall on Sunday at the Landfall Tradition as the team shot 283 (-5) in the third round, finishing the event in ninth place (888, +24). Three Gamecocks were under-par in the final round, led by junior Katelyn Dambaugh (68, -4), who finished in a tie for second on the individual leaderboard.
For the second straight year, the South Carolina men’s golf team captured the Camden Collegiate Invitational title. The Gamecocks fired a 5-over (285) in Sunday’s final round and finished the tournament atop the leaderboard with an overall score of 2-under (838).
Women’s soccer senior forward Raina Johnson tallied her sixth goal of the season for the No. 17 Gamecocks, who earned a 1-1 decision against LSU (10-4-4, 4-4-2 Southeastern Conference) on Sunday afternoon at LSU Soccer Stadium. South Carolina moved to 11-5-2 overall and 5-3-2 in SEC play with the draw.
