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Notebook: Harper signs with Nationals

By James Kratch | Aug. 3, 2011

Left-handed reliever has chance to go pro with brother Bryan Harper took a step toward fulfilling a dream this week Actually, make that two dreams. Harper, a left-handed reliever for South Carolina this past season, came to terms on his first professional contract with the Washington Nationals, who selected him in the 30th round of the 2011 MLB First Year Player Draft in June. The signing is all the more significant because it gives Harper a chance to eventually play professionally on the same team as his brother Bryce Harper, who is the gem of the Nationals’ farm system and one of the most heralded prospects in recent memory.

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Notebook: Ray Tanner named College Baseball's National Coach of Year

July 6, 2011

Equestrian, swim, dive teams release fall schedules Ray Tanner has pulled off his own personal repeat. In the wake of South Carolina’s second consecutive College World Series championship, Tanner has been named Collegiate Baseball’s National Coach of the Year for the second time in as many years and the third time in his career. Under Tanner, the Gamecocks have won 16 straight NCAA postseason games and 11 consecutive College World Series contests. Both marks are all-time records.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Jackie Bradley Jr. selected with 40th overall pick in MLB Draft for Boston Red Sox

By James Kratch | June 8, 2011

Jackie Bradley Jr., the Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 College World Series, was an integral part of South Carolina baseball’s national championship last year — the school’s first national title in a men’s sport and one that, according to some, forever broke the infamous Chicken Curse. After Monday night, chances are Bradley will continue his career with another once-agonized organization that ended its own curse in championship glory.