Making an Impact by Giving Back

Brad Capps has been a friend of the baseball program since his days as a student in the early 2000s. He has become a bigger friend of the program through his professional generosity as he recently donated his support in the remodeling of the Gamecocks’ locker room.

“In this new era of college athletics, you either help or you are part of the problem,” said Capps, a 2004 graduate who now owns two construction companies, including the commercial company named Titan Construction Group, and will oversee the project. “When all of this NIL stuff popped up, I decided I wanted to help the baseball program as best as I could. I want to see them get back to where we were when I was a student in the early 2000s when we were going to Omaha.

“Last year I went on a tour of the baseball facility, and I noticed that the locker room area could use some upgrades. In the facilities arms race that you have in college athletics, it’s those kinds of things that are important when guys decide where they want to play. I looked at ways to update it and refresh it. It seemed like a natural fit for me to volunteer and step up to do that.”

The Capps Family Locker Room will be renovated following the 2025 season.

“My dad (Jack) and I love college baseball, love the University of South Carolina, and this is important to me,” said Capps, who comes back to campus with his father once per year for a baseball series. “We do this every year. Baseball is near and dear to our heart. My mom and dad were a big part of me going to school there, and I love it, my kids love it, and my wife now loves it. So, it only makes sense to have our family name on it.”

Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Capps fell in love with the South Carolina campus while making a tour of southern schools. Not long after he arrived on campus, he befriended Kevin Melillo from the baseball team after a chance meeting at orientation during his freshman year and is still friends with the former Major Leaguer.

“I was around the baseball program more than the average student, and then during my senior year I worked with the Athletics Department in event management at all of the home baseball games, which was a pretty cool thing for a student to do,” said Capps, who would go on to earn a degree in Sport and Entertainment Management. “It was cool to see the backside of how things operated on game day as a student and get paid to watch baseball games.”

Having seen the program through the lens of having friends on the team, then working behind the scenes, and also being a long-time fan and supporter of South Carolina baseball, Capps is excited to be involved with a project that will benefit the student-athletes on a daily basis.

“There aren’t words to describe this feeling,” Capps said. “As a student and young alum, you know there are people that have the financial resources to sponsor or donate to the program. You don’t think you’re ever going to be one of those people, so to be able to give back to the University and an athletics department that I love, means more than I can put into words. Next to my children and my family, there’s probably nothing that is more important to me than our university, both academically and athletically. I love to see the progress that we’ve made inside and outside of athletics. The campus is expanding and the innovation that is there is great.

“With athletics, we continue to take steps forward in the SEC and to be able to be a part of that support, even if it’s a very small part, means the world to me. So, to have my family’s name attached to the baseball program in some way is sort of a ‘pinch me’ kind of moment.”