Firehouse Subs Athlete of the Month: Aliyah Boston

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ALIYAH BOSTON

South Carolina freshman Aliyah Boston started her Gamecock career with a bang, posting a triple-double in her very first regular-season game. She continued her dominant play through January, winning four SEC Freshman of the Week awards and one national honor.

Through 17 games, Boston was averaging 13 points and 8.8 rebounds per game with a team-high 53 blocks and 22 steals, while shooting 61.6 percent from the field and 77 percent from the freethrow line. She had 16 double-figure scoring games, six double-doubles and one triple-double to earn a spot on the Midseason Top 25 list for the prestigious Wooden Award.

Boston’s best game came on Jan. 9 when she had 19 points and 25 rebounds, the second-highest rebounding performance in program history.

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THE GREATEST DECADE

Gamecocks enjoy unprecedented success from 2010-2019

By Brad Muller | SC Athletics • Photo by Allen Sharpe

While the academic year is only half over, the decade that ended in 2019 represents the greatest in University of South Carolina sports history. In looking back at all of the Garnet and Black programs from 2010-2019, it has been a great time to be a Gamecock.

The combined achievements of the 21 South Carolina athletic teams include: • 150 postseason appearances (an average of 15 per year) • 17 conference championships (regular season and tournament) • 11 national championships (team and individual) • 395 All-Americans (1st, 2nd and 3rd team) • 146 Academic All-Americans or Scholar-Athletes • 784 All-Conference performers (1st, 2nd and 3rd team) • 2,733 athletes named to the

SEC Academic Honor Roll During the last decade, 20 of 21 Gamecock teams played in postseason competition with 15 competing six times or more. Nine teams won either conference regular-season or tournament titles or team or individual national championships. Of the 21 sports, 11 had their best season ever during the decade.

South Carolina has also won the annual Palmetto Series Championship against rival Clemson every year since the competition was launched in 2015-16.

The football team played in eight bowl games, the most ever in a decade. The Gamecocks posted a 78-51 overall record during the decade for a .605 winning percentage. The 78 wins were 10 more than the previous high for a decade, while the team won more than 60 percent of its games in a decade for the first time in school history.

Baseball won back-to-back College World Series championships in 2010 and 2011 and finished as the runner-up in 2012.

Women’s basketball reached the Final Four twice and won its first national championship in 2017, while men’s basketball reached the Final Four for the first time in school history that same year.

Women’s soccer reached the College Cup semifinals (Final Four) in 2017, and equestrian won its third national championship in 2015.

Track & field claimed six national titles for individual events: Johnny Dutch won the 400-Meter Outdoor Hurdles in 2010; LaKya Brookins won the Indoor 60-meters in 2011; Jeannelle Scheper won the Outdoor High Jump in 2015; Stephanie Davis, Aliyah Abrams, Tatyana Mills and Wadeline Jonathas won the Indoor 4x400 Meter Relay in 2019; Jonathas also won the Outdoor 400-Meters in 2019; and Quincy Hall won 400-Meter Hurdles in 2019.

Men’s tennis also won its first national championship in 2019 as Paul Jubb took home the NCAA Singles Championship last spring.

Off the field, South Carolina led the SEC in the number of student-athletes listed on the league’s academic honor roll.

“I am proud of the efforts of our former and current student-athletes, coaches and staff,” Athletics Director Ray Tanner said. “They have represented our school well during the past decade. I am appreciative of our great fans, who have supported our programs and helped us grow our facilities.

“I believe the best is yet to come for Gamecock Athletics and look forward to many championships in the new decade.”