Greiner Earns Preseason All-America Honors From Perfect Game

Jan. 21, 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina junior catcher Grayson Greiner earned Second-Team Preseason All-America honors from Perfect Game, as announced on Monday afternoon.

This marks Greiner’s second preseason accolade, as he earned Second-Team Preseason All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball as well.

Greiner played this past summer for Team USA and was a 2013 second-team All-SEC selection. Baseball America ranks Greiner the No. 24 best college prospect for the 2014 MLB Draft as well as the No. 2 best catching prospect in the country. He hit .298 with four homers and 38 RBI. Greiner also was the team’s top hitter in SEC games as he hit .310 (31-for-100) in 27 league contests last year.

The Gamecocks open the 2014 season against Bucknell on Feb. 14, 2014, with first pitch slated for 3 p.m.

—————————————— South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has 11 College World Series appearances, including six in the last 12 years. South Carolina is the only school with 200 or more wins in the last four years (2010 to the present) with a 201-70 record, and the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in the nation in the last 14 years (2000 to the present) with a 669-271 record. South Carolina is one of five schools to appear in the NCAA Regional every season in the last 14 years, including 11 NCAA Super Regional appearances in that span, one of only two schools to accomplish the feat.