re: Baseball Recruiting Discussion

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South Carolina picked up a commitment late last week from second baseman Everett Eynon, a member of the 2014 class, from A.C. Flora High School. His commitment came as a bit of a surprise to me last week. I'm not sure what other programs were recruiting him. I've been on kind of a working vacation up here in the Cape for the last nine days. I'm going to bounce on over to A.C. Flora to speak with Eynon in person this week.

I've had a chance to watch him play probably 10 times over the last few years. He's gotten a lot more physical over the years even though he still has a very slight build. He's smaller in stature but the ball flies off his bat really well. He's a definite second baseman at the next level. Has some good savvy about him and is solid defensively.

Growing up, Eynon was a bat boy at South Carolina for Ray Tanner. He is a diehard South Carolina fan and has been to Omaha for the College World Series. I know he'd have the chance to get scholarship offers at smaller schools, if he doesn't have them already, but he wants to try his luck at South Carolina as a walk-on. He's going to be a player who, as things stand right now, is going to have to redshirt his first year. We'll see how he develops. He's going to be a player who is always giving 100 percent and will do everything asked of him. Watching him mature over the last few years, I wouldn't put anything past him. I think he can be a contributor after a couple or few years in the program.

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