He figured to serve as one of South Carolina's weekend starters before suffering an elbow injury that ultimately required a season-ending procedure before he ever took the mound in 2022.
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It caps a season during which Boston was the unanimous National Player of the Year and the NCAA Women's Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading the Gamecocks to the 2022 National Championship.
Less than a day after South Carolina wrapped up its last official visit weekend of June, Shane Beamer landed another impact recruit in the class of 2023.
Smith, a 6-0, 188-pounder redshirt junior from Blythewood, S.C., earned second-team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press a year ago after leading the team with 14 passes defended, including three interceptions and 11 pass breakups.
Bride has played in both Double-A (Midland) and Triple-A (Las Vegas) in the Athletics' organization this season. He is hitting .347 between the two organizations with five home runs and 29 RBI.
Former Gamecock Landon Powell led North Greenville to the 2022 DII baseball championship after defeating Point Loma 5-3 in the national championship game Friday night in Cary, North Carolina.
The former Chapin Eagle appeared in 27 games for the Gamecocks on the mound, going 5-3 with a team-best 3.17 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 54 innings pitched.
The Gamecocks, under second-year head coach Shane Beamer, will open the 2022 season at home on Saturday, Sept. 3, when they host the Georgia State Panthers.
Playing for national titles is familiar territory for Landon Powell and the other former Gamecocks on his staff. Now that championship mentality from Columbia is ingrained in the DNA of this North Greenville program.