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South Carolina baseball picks up second transfer from in-state rival Clemson
South Carolina baseball picked up its second transfer commitment from rival Clemson on Wednesday.
Redshirt freshman infielder Nolan Nawrocki announced on his Instagram story he has committed to Paul Mainieri and the Gamecocks. Nawrocki joins Nathan Hall as former Clemson Tigers who will play for South Carolina next season.
Nawrocki is also the second Power 4 commit for the Gamecocks this week, joining Ohio State’s Henry Kaczmar. He announced he was going into the transfer portal on Friday.
Nawrocki appeared in 36 games last year for the Tigers and hit .264 with four homers and 24 RBI. He was rated as a top-300 player in the country by Perfect Game coming out of Chaminade High School in Long Island, NY.
South Carolina went 37-25 in 2024 and fired Mark Kingston after the season. Maineri replaced Kingston, and his staff has been busy trying to fill the roster for next year. USC has received commitments from 10 transfers since June 2.
South Carolina transfer portal
A list of players USC baseball has added and lost in the transfer portal
Additions
Caleb Jones, RHP, Winthrop — June 3
Cayden Gaskin, INF/OF, Northwest Florida State — June 12
Dalton Mashore, OF, St. Mary’s — June 14
Wyatt Evans, LHP, Tennessee — June 21
Ashton Crowther, LHP, Miami — June 24
Nathan Hall, OF, Clemson — June 24
Jarvis Evans, LHP, Georgia — June 26
Charlie Meglio, INF, Campbell — June 26
Henry Kaczmar, INF, Ohio State — July 2
Nolan Nawrocki, INF, Clemson — July 3
Leaving
Connor McCreery, RHP
Carson Hornung, OF
Jackson Phipps, LHP (Jacksonville State)
Jevarra Martin, LHP
Drake Quinn, RHP
Tristan Salinas, UTIL
Austin Williamson, RHP
Tyler Zedalis, INF (Old Dominion)