Baseball's Petry Named an ABCA Second Team All-American

GREENSBORO – University of South Carolina freshman outfielder Ethan Petry earned ABCA Second Team All-America honors, the organization announced this morning (Friday, June 16).

Petry ended his rookie season with a .376 batting average with 10 doubles, 23 home runs and 75 RBI. The Land O’Lakes, Fla., native scored 55 runs and had a .733 slugging percentage. In the Columbia Regional, Petry was 4-for-12 with five runs scored, a home run and three RBI on his way to being named to the All-Columbia Regional team.

Petry has been named an All-American by the NCBWA (First Team), ABCA (Second Team), and Collegiate Baseball (Third Team) as well as being named Perfect Game’s National Freshman of the Year.

The Gamecocks (42-21, 16-13 SEC) ended the 2023 season with a Columbia Regional title, a trip to the Gainesville Super Regional, a pair of All-SEC First team honors and a national ranking as high as No. 3 this season.