July 30, 2015

Gamecock History

• Four-year letter-winner 2001-04
• 2002 Second-Team All-SEC
• Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member
• Ranks sixth on the Gamecocks’ all-time list in walks (75) and tied for fifth in sacrifice flies (8)
• Her 431 assists at shortstop are the most for a Gamecock in the SEC era

Profile

• Amber Curtis came to South Carolina from Arizona.
• She sometimes butted heads with Joyce Compton but always respected her.
• Of the five freshman she started with, all graduated and played all four years.
• She loved the restaurants in Columbia.
• Curtis remembers the team getting pants her senior year, saying Coach Compton didn’t think they looked good.

Current Life

• Curtis now works for the Border Patrol, where she deals with threats drug dealers, gangs and the cartel.
• She put her criminal justice degree to work for years, working as a state parole agent and an investigator before her current job.

Interview conducted by Olivia Lawrence