Clarke Named a Third Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball
Clarke led the SEC with eight home runs while adding 22 RBI in 16 games last season.
TUCSON, Ariz. – University of South Carolina infielder/catcher Wes Clarke has been named a Third Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the newspaper announced this morning (Tuesday, Dec. 22). Clarke earns the preseason honor after also being named to the third team after the 2020 season.
Clarke led the SEC and was tied for third in the country with eight home runs in 2020 while driving in 22, which was tied for third in the league. Clarke hit .286 with 14 runs scored in 16 games played for the Gamecocks. He was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two home runs and seven RBI in a win over Northwestern on Feb. 22. He also hit the game-winning home run in the top of the 12th inning in a 2-1 win at Furman (March 3). Clarke had a .406 on-base percentage and did not commit an error at first base for Carolina.
Clarke, a Forest, Va., native, becomes the first Gamecock to earn the Preseason All-American honor by Collegiate Baseball since Clarke Schmidt and Josh Reagan were selected for the 2017 team.
