Baseball's Recruiting Class Ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball

Sept. 20, 2017

TUCSON, Ariz. – South Carolina baseball’s recruiting class has been ranked No. 3 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball, the publication announced on Wednesday. The ranking comes on the heels of Baseball America placing the Gamecocks’ recruiting class No. 5 in the nation on Sept. 11.

South Carolina is one of seven schools from the Southeastern Conference in CB’s top-10 list. It’s also the second time in the last three years that Carolina’s class has been ranked in the top-three by Collegiate Baseball, as the 2015 class was second in the country.

Joining the Gamecocks for the 2017-18 academic year are Elijah Bowers (Matthews, N.C./Weddington HS), Noah Campbell (Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons HS), Logan Chapman (Liberty, S.C./Liberty HS), Ridge Chapman (Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist College), Parker Coyne (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinett HS), Eddy Demurias (Miami, Fla./Miami Dade College), Gage Hinson (Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist College), Jordan Holladay (Sumter, S.C./Sumter HS), Kyle Jacobsen (Acworth, Ga./Allatoona HS), Ian Jenkins (Suwanee, Ga./Collins Hill HS), Hunter Lomas (Blythewood, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist College), Carmen Mlodzinski (Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head HS), Shane Roberts (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Dywer HS), McClendon Sears (Sumter, S.C./Sumter HS), Jack Stamler (Greenville, S.C./JL Mann HS), Corey Stone (Prosperity, S.C./Mid Carolina HS), Mason Streater (Duncan, S.C./Boiling Springs HS) and Cam Tringali (Columbia, S.C./Cardinal Newman HS).

2017 NCAA Div. 1 Top-40 Recruiting Rankings by Collegiate Baseball
1. Vanderbilt
2. Florida
3. South Carolina
4. Arizona State
5. LSU
6. Arkansas
7. Oklahoma State
8. Auburn
9. Kentucky
10. Michigan
11. Clemson
12. Oklahoma
13. Miami
14. Florida State
15. Georgia Tech
16. UCF
17. FIU
18. UCLA
19. UC Santa Barbara
20. TCU
21. Texas A&M
22. North Carolina
23. Louisville
24. Mississippi State
25. South Alabama
26. Virginia
27. Cal State Fullerton
28. Texas
29. Southern California
30. Coastal Carolina
31. Arizona
32. Stanford
33. San Diego State
34. UC Riverside
35. Oregon
36. Oregon State
37. New Mexico State
38. East Carolina
39. Maryland
40. Cal State Northridge