Gamecock News & Notes

EQUESTRIAN

No. 3 South Carolina downed No. 5 Georgia, 14-5, on Senior Day at OneWood Farm with the Gamecocks taking three of the four Most Outstanding Player honors. Junior Taylor Kellam won her first MOP for horsemanship, while McKenzie Duncan won her third MOP in reining. Senior Madeline Schaefer won her third MOP in fences. • Schaefer was named SEC and NCEA Fences Rider of the Month for February after going 4-0 with three MOP honors. She has four MOPs this season and finished the regular season 7-2. • Junior Tyler Petrie was named SEC Flat Rider of the Month for January, her second Rider of the Month Award this season.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

South Carolina upset No. 4 Southern Cal 3-2 in the Hilton Head Island Invitational on Feb. 29. Franky Harrison and Avery Davis clinched the victory with a three-set win in the third pairing. The Gamecocks also scored two more wins over ranked opponents early in the season, beating No. 14 Long Beach State and No. 10 Stetson.

FOOTBALL

Former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier and former South Carolina tight end Willie Scott will be inducted into the 2020 class of the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame April 2 in Greenville.

Spurrier, a member of the College Football

Hall of Fame, led South Carolina to three straight 11-win seasons and its first SEC East division title. Scott led the Gamecocks in receiving in 1980 with 34 receptions for 469 yards and finished his career in the top 10 on the school’s career reception list. He was a fist-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1981 NFL Draft.

MEN'S GOLF

Former Gamecock All-American Matt NeSmith notched his first career top-10 finish on the PGA Tour when he finished T-6th at the Puerto Rico Open with a 72-hole total of 274 (-14). NeSmith shot under par in every round and finished the tournament with a 66 (-6) and 67 (-5) on Saturday and Sunday. • South Carolina finished seventh at the 2020 All-American Intercollegiate in its first tournament of the spring. Sophomore Ryan Hall finished T-19th with a 54-hole total of 215 (-1). Carolina finished ninth in the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach March 10, with Jamie Wilson pacing the Gamecocks with a 54-hole 211 to finish T-6th

SWIMMING & DIVING

Anton Down-Jenkins made history at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, becoming the first South Carolina diver to win both the three-meter and one-meter competitions to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. • Senior Itay Goldfaden also qualified for the NCAA Championships after defending his 100 breaststroke title at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships with a programrecord 51.35, the third-fastest time in the country this season. Goldfaden became the first back-to-back 100 breaststroke SEC Champion since 2016-17. Sophomore Lewis Burras also made the NCAA Championships in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle after finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the two events at the SEC Championships. • Five members of the women's team also earned invitations to the NCAA Championships — sophomore Hallie Kinsey (200 butterfly), freshman Taylor Steele (100 breaststroke) and seniors Albury Higgs (200 breaststroke), Christina Lappin (100 butterfly) and Emily Cornell (200 freestyle). The Gamecocks are also eligible to swim in two relays, the 200 freestyle and the 400 medley.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Ty Harris and Aliya Boston were both named finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, making South Carolina one of two schools with multiple entries on the list. Boston and Harris are also semifinalist for the Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year, while Harris is a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation’s top point guard. Boston, a freshman forward, was also named a semifinalist for the Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year award and earned a spot on the Lisa Leslie Award Top 10 List for the best female collegiate centers in the nation. Harris, a senior guard, was also named to the Wade Watch List for the 2020 Wade Trophy, putting her on all four major national player of the year watch lists.

TRACK & FIELD

Stephanie Davis finished second in the 400m at the SEC Indoor Championships to earn second-team All-SEC honors. Davis ran backto-back personal records in the event to climb to No. 5 in program history in the indoor 400m. The South Carolina men finished 11th in the SEC Championships, while the women finished 12th. Other top finishers included Malik Paul, who finished fourth in the men’s weight throw, and the men’s 4x400m relay team (Arinze Chance, EJ Richardson, Rivaldo Leacock and William Spencer Jr.), which ran a season-best time to finish fourth. Chance also finished seventh in the men’s 400m. • Shortly after turning pro this spring, former South Carolina star Wadeline Jonathas won her first professional title, winning the USATF National Championship in the 400m. Jonathas, who still trains on campus, set a new world leading time at 51.32. The U.S. indoor championship is the first by a South Carolina track and field athlete since

Natasha Hastings captured gold in the 300m in 2015.

WOMEN’S GOLF

Freshman Pauline Roussin-Bouchard has been named to the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Team, a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's collegiate golfers. The tournament matches golfers from the United States against a team of international players. Roussin-Bouchard, the No. 1 amateur in the world in Women's Amateur Golf Rankings, will play for the international team. • No. 5 South Carolina notched its third top-three finish of the season by taking third at the IJGA Collegiate Invitational. RoussinBouchard earned her third top-three finish with a 7-under 209, including a 5-under 67 in the final round.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Freshman Emma Shelton was named SEC Freshman of the Week Feb. 26 after collecting the first ranked win of her career by beating No. 13 Oklahoma State's No. 56-ranked Ayumi Miyamoto, 6-4, 7-5. Shelton started the season 11-0 in dual matches and 19-3 overall. • Mia Horvit was named UTR/ITA National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week after going 3-0 in SEC play the week of March 10. Horvit helped her team pick up wins against No. 36 Texas A&M and No. 25 LSU as all three of her victories came against ranked opponents. The No. 30 Gamecocks started the season 4-0 in the SEC.

SOFTBALL

Karsen Ochs was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 24 after posting a 3-0 record highlighted by a complete-game shutout over No. 8 Michigan in just her fourth career appearance. She allowed just four hits over 11 innings during the week.

• Junior pitcher Kelsey Oh will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair a Lisfranc foot injury, the team announced March 10.

VOLLEYBALL

Junior Mikayla Robinson earned a spot on U.S. Women's Volleyball Collegiate National Team. Robinson made the 28-woman gold roster, which trains July 5-12 in Anaheim, Calif. and will compete side-by-side with the U.S. Women's National Team ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Robinson is coming off a career year for South Carolina, setting personal bests in every major statistic while earning All-SEC and All-Region honors and helping the Gamecocks earn back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2001-02.