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Chad HOLBROOK 2 Head Coach 2nd season as Head Coach 6th season at South Carolina 21st season Overall CAROLINA GAMECOCKS CAROLINA Chad Holbrook led South Carolina to a 43-20 record and the school’s 11th NCAA Super Regional appearance in the last 14 years in his first season as head coach. Holbrook directed the 2013 squad to a final national ranking of No. 12 in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll along with No. 13 by Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game and No. 14 by Baseball America. It was the school’s 14th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. STAFF Among the 2013 highlights was a series victory against instate rival Clemson, the seventh consecutive season the Gamecocks have won more games than the Tigers on the baseball diamond. Holbrook’s team would sweep four SEC squads and claim six SEC series victories including a pair of wins at LSU, the only team to go into Baton Rouge in 2013 and claim a three-game set. South Carolina hosted a NCAA Regional for the fourth straight year with the Gamecocks going undefeated in three games and continuing a run of 27 straight postseason wins at home including a 16-0 mark at Carolina Stadium. Gamecock Nation flocked to Carolina Stadium as South Carolina set a school record with 5,835 season tickets sold. South Carolina ended the 2013 season with a total attendance of 260,605, third highest in the country. The 2013 team raised its season batting average 19 batting points to .284 with a .375 on-base percentage and a .419 slugging clip. South Carolina led the SEC and ranked 18th in the nation with 52 homers. The 2013 pitching staff was among the best in the nation with PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER a 3.02 earned run average to go along with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.3 that ranked third best in the nation. South Carolina pitchers averaged 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings while walking just 2.36 batters per contest. CHAD HOLBROOK CAREER HEAD COACHING RECORD Among the top players on the 2013 squad was third-team All-America designated hitter LB Dantzler. The senior ranked third in the SEC in homers (15) slugging percentage Year School W L T Pct. (.617) and walks (42) as well as fifth in total bases (132) sixth in on-base percentage (.444). 2013 South Carolina 43 20 0 .682 Dantzler led Carolina in hitting with a .322 average (69-for-214) and was drafted by the TOTAL 43 20 0 .682 Toronto Blue Jays. Senior left-hander Tyler Webb, earned third-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and second-team All-SEC honors after anchoring a bullpen with 17 saves. That mark is fifth HOLBROOK AT SOUTH CAROLINA VS. ALL OPPONENTS OPPONENTS highest in school history and ranked second in the league and seventh in the nation. Webb Opponent ........................................................ Record ...........................................Pct. struck out 60 batters in 43.0 innings and pitched in 32 games on his way to setting a school Albany ....................................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 record for career appearances with 110 on the mound with the Garnet & Black. Webb was Arkansas ................................................................0-3 ................................................ .000 selected in the 10th round by the New York Yankees. Sophomore catcher Grayson Greiner Ball State ................................................................2-0 .............................................. 1.000 was tabbed second-team All-SEC at catcher and made USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Charleston Southern ..............................................1-0 .............................................. .1000 Team. He hit .298 (61-for-205) with 10 doubles and 38 RBI. Sophomore shortstop Joey Clemson.................................................................2-1 ................................................ .667 Pankake continued his rise with a .311 average (69-for-214) with 11 homers and 42 RBI. College of Charleston.............................................2-0 .............................................. 1.000 Two Gamecock newcomers recruited by Holbrook garnered Freshman All-America honors. Davidson ................................................................1-0 .............................................. 1.000 Max Schrock started 61 games at second base and hit .282 with six homers and 49 RBI Florida....................................................................0-3 ................................................ .000 with 36 walks to just 23 strikeouts and was second-team choice by Baseball America, the Furman...................................................................1-1 ................................................ .500 NCBWA and Perfect Game. Jack Wynkoop went 7-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 64.0 innings pitched Gardner-Webb ........................................................0-1 ................................................ .000 on his way to recognition by Collegiate Baseball. Georgia ..................................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 SEASON IN REVIEW Holbrook’s team succeeded off the field logging its highest cumulative GPA in school Kentucky ................................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 history with a 3.201 in the Fall 2012 semester. The Gamecocks maintained a high mark Liberty ....................................................................4-1 ................................................ .800 in the Spring of 2013 with a 3.050 GPA. The baseball team had 16 players named to the LSU ........................................................................2-1 ................................................ .667 2013 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. Among those were Dantzler, who was named 2013 Mississippi State....................................................1-3 ................................................ .250 CoSIDA Baseball Academic All-American of the Year. Dantzler was a finalist for the Senior Missouri.................................................................2-1 ................................................ .667 North Carolina........................................................1-2 ................................................ .333 CLASS Award. Senior right-hander Patrick Sullivan was South Carolina’s male nominee Presbyterian ...........................................................1-0 .............................................. 1.000 for the 2012-13 Brad Davis SEC Community Service Scholarship. Rider ......................................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 Chad Holbrook was named head baseball coach for the University of South Carolina Saint Louis .............................................................1-0 .............................................. 1.000 on July 16, 2012. Holbrook was promoted to the top spot by athletics director Ray Tanner Tennessee ..............................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 after four seasons as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Gamecocks. Texas A&M .............................................................3-0 .............................................. 1.000 Holbrook came to South Carolina in July 2008 as associate head coach. Along with his The Citadel .............................................................2-0 .............................................. 1.000 recruiting coordinator duties, he served as hitting instructor, overseeing the Gamecock HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY USC Upstate...........................................................1-0 ................................................ .000 offense, including base running and the short game and was the third base coach. He Vanderbilt ...............................................................0-3 ................................................ .000 also worked with the outfielders. Holbrook came to the Gamecock program after serving Wofford ..................................................................1-0 .............................................. 1.000 15 seasons as a member of the University of North Carolina coaching staff. Holbrook was TOTALS ............................................................43-20 ..............................................682 the 2011 ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year after the Gamecocks won a Vs. Southeastern Conference ........................17-14 ..............................................548 18 second consecutive national championship. Vs. Non-Conference .........................................26-6 ...............................................812 29 NCAA APPEARANCES - (1974-77, 1980-86, 1988, 1992-93, 1998, 2000-13); 3 SEC TITLES - (2000, 2002, 2011) as the No. 1 group in the country. That 2003 class also tied “I’m honored and privileged to be the head baseball coach at the University of South for first in Collegiate Baseball’s recruiting rankings with GAMECOCKS CAROLINA Carolina. This is a 19-year dream come true. What this program has accomplished over South Carolina. Under Holbrook’s eye, UNC batted .324 as a team the years is amazing. I’ve learned so much from Coach Tanner, and I still call him Coach in the 2008 season and posted six of the top seven hitting Tanner. It’s been