Baseball's Kerry Named First Team Academic All-American

COLUMBIA – University of South Carolina right-handed pitcher Brett Kerry has been named a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American, the organization announced this afternoon (Thursday, July 29).
 
Kerry becomes the first Gamecock baseball player to earn First Team Academic All-America honors since LB Dantzler in 2013. He is the first Gamecock baseball player to earn any Academic All-America honor since Grayson Greiner made the second team in 2014.
 
Kerry, an operations and supply chain major with a 3.72 GPA, was 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 54.1 innings pitched for the Gamecocks in 2021. He earned All-America honors by both D1Baseball and the NCBWA. Kerry made 17 appearances with three starts and had a complete-game shutout against Kentucky on May 15, striking out 10 while not walking a batter. He was named the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week after that performance. Kerry had 10 punchouts in a win over Vanderbilt on March 21 and had nine strikeouts at Ole Miss on May 1. He earned a win against Tennessee on May 21, striking out eight in seven innings and had six strikeouts in six innings, allowing one run in a win over Mississippi State on May 9.
 
Earlier this month, Kerry was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB Draft.
 
SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
2021 – Brett Kerry (1^st team)
2014 – Grayson Greiner (2^nd team)
2013 – LB Dantzler (1^st team)
2012 – Michael Roth (1^st team)
2011 – Michael Roth (1^st team)
1985 – Rob Rinehart (2^nd team)
1981 – Jim Curl (2^nd team)
1981 – Paul Hollins (2^nd team)
1980 – Jim Curl (3^rd team)
1980 – Paul Hollins (3^rd team)
1977 – Randy Martz
1977 – Mark Van Bever
1974 – John Gambrell