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Second baseman given key to city, has high school jersey retired Before he heads to Ogden, Utah, and begins his professional baseball career as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ organization, College World Series Most Outstanding Player Scott Wingo was given a hero’s welcome home, and farewell, by his hometown of Mauldin over the weekend.
Action would honor USC baseball coach Ray Tanner After two consecutive national baseball titles, lawmakers have proposed a stadium field name change. State Sens. Courson, Lourie, Land, Setzler, Leventis, Knotts, Malloy, Cromer and Gregory all collaborated on a resolution to name the field of the baseball stadium after USC’s head coach Ray Tanner. The resulting name, Tanner Field at Carolina Stadium, would be aimed at honoring Tanner for his work with the team in his past 15 seasons. Since Tanner’s arrival, the team has won two national championships (making it the first sport at the university to do so), three SEC Championships, five SEC Eastern Division titles and one SEC Tournament title. He also has a 689-296 win-to-loss record in the 15 seasons he has been at USC, giving the team a .699 winning percentage. The percentage is the second highest all-time among SEC coaches. The team also has won 16 consecutive NCAA tournament games and 11 consecutive College World Series games, which makes the Gamecocks record holders for both.
A parted sea of garnet and black lined the sides of Main Street Friday afternoon as a parade honoring USC’s baseball team marched south toward the Statehouse grounds.
Equestrian, swim, dive teams release fall schedules Ray Tanner has pulled off his own personal repeat. In the wake of South Carolina’s second consecutive College World Series championship, Tanner has been named Collegiate Baseball’s National Coach of the Year for the second time in as many years and the third time in his career. Under Tanner, the Gamecocks have won 16 straight NCAA postseason games and 11 consecutive College World Series contests. Both marks are all-time records.
Gamecocks prove mettle,
Jackie Bradley Jr., the Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 College World Series, was an integral part of South Carolina baseball’s national championship last year — the school’s first national title in a men’s sport and one that, according to some, forever broke the infamous Chicken Curse. After Monday night, chances are Bradley will continue his career with another once-agonized organization that ended its own curse in championship glory.
Senior outfielder displays
Stetson, NC State kick off three-day series Friday at 1 p.m. South Carolina isn't oblivious, but it also isn't going to get ahead of itself.
Bradley Jr., Marzilli out for rubber game win
USC looks to stay atop division, league
USC outfielder's suspension lifted for series at MSU