Garnet & Black World Series Begins Friday
Oct. 25, 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina begins the Garnet & Black World Series on Friday at Founders Park with first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. Game two is slated for Saturday at 11 a.m. with Sunday’s game at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
GARNET TEAM
No. 3 Justin Row (INF)
No. 4 Danny Blair (OF)
No. 6 Clarke Schmidt (RHP)
No. 10 Jonathan Jahn (LHP)
No. 14 Madison Stokes (INF)
No. 19 Chase DeMars (INF)
No. 21 Tyler Johnson (RHP)
No. 22 John Jones (C)
No. 23 Sawyer Bridges (RHP)
No. 24 Alex Destino (OF)
No. 28 John Parke (LHP)
No. 32 Riley Hogan (INF)
No. 35 Kyle Anderson (LHP)
No. 36 TJ Shook (RHP)
No. 38 Hunter Taylor (C)
No. 40 Colie Bowers (RHP)
No. 42 Josh Gregory (LHP/OF)
No. 43 Wilson Beattie (RHP)
No. 45 Caleb Whitenton (1B)
No. 47 Josh Reagan (LHP) (Captain)
No. 48 Matt Williams (INF)
No. 49 Cody Morris (RHP)
No. 50 Hank Nichols (LHP)
BLACK TEAM
No. 5 TJ Hopkins (OF)
No. 7 Jacob Olson (INF)
No. 8 Carlos Cortes (INF/OF)
No. 9 Brandon Murray (RHP)
No. 11 LT Tolbert (INF)
No. 15 Adam Hill (RHP)
No. 16 Harrison Smith (RHP)
No. 17 Rian Haire (LHP)
No. 18 Tyler Haswell (RHP)
No. 20 Jonah Bride (INF)
No. 25 Ross Grosvenor (1B)
No. 26 Colby Lee (RHP)
No. 27 Hayden Heflin (RHP)
No. 30 Joey Polak (1B)
No. 31 Christian Flint (INF)
No. 33 Chris Cullen (C)
No. 34 Jacob Wright (LHP)
No. 37 Wil Crowe (RHP)
No. 39 Reed Scott (RHP) (Captain)
No. 46 Dillon Hodge (LHP)
No. 54 Graham Lawson (RHP)
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South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has made 11 College World Series appearances including six times in the last 15 years. In those 11 appearances, the Gamecocks are 32-20 for a .615 winning percentage, that is sixth-best among winning percentage leaders in CWS history. South Carolina is one of three schools in the nation to have reached at least 12 NCAA Super Regionals since 2000 and has the most NCAA Super Regional appearances of the 14 SEC schools since 2000. In addition, the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in Division I baseball since 2000 (791-332 record) and more conference wins than any SEC team since 2000 (308-198 record). Recently, South Carolina is one of only four schools in the nation to host a NCAA Regional in six of the last seven years.
