USC Baseball Reunion Luncheon

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USC BASEBALL REUNION
Players scheduled to attend on Friday: Name USC yrs Pro organization
Jackie Bradley, OF 2009-11 Boston Red Sox
Mike Cisco, P 2006-08 Los Angeles Angels
Blake Cooper, P 2007-10 Arizona Diamondbacks
Reese Havens, SS 2006-08 Recently retired
Colby Holmes, P 2010-13 Atlanta Braves
Evan Marzilli, OF 2010-12 Arizona Diamondbacks
Whit Merrifield, OF 2008-10 Kansas City Royals
Matt Price, P 2009-12 Baltimore Orioles
Michael Roth, P 2009-12 Los Angeles Angels
Justin Smoak, 1B 2006-08 Seattle Mariners
Steven Tolleson, UT 2003-05 Toronto Blue Jays
Christian Walker, 1B 2010-12 Baltimore Orioles
Tyler Webb, P 2010-13 New York Yankees
Adam Westmoreland, P 2009-13 Miami Marlins
Scott Wingo, 2B 2008-11 Los Angeles Dodgers

Ray Tanner wants to make sure former South Carolina athletes know they always have a home in Columbia.
The USC athletics department will host a luncheon at Carolina Stadium on Friday for its former baseball players now competing in the professional ranks before they head to their spring training camps next month.
This event, which follows a pair of football luncheons held last year for former players as well as a recent basketball legends weekend, continues an outreach effort by Tanner, who took over as the athletics director in 2012.

“It’s a big deal to me,” said Tanner, who coached the baseball team from 1997-2012, when the Gamecocks went to six College World Series and won two national championships.

“Student-athletes play here and dedicate themselves for four years or so before life takes them in different directions. But it’s always their school. When you’re located in different parts of the country, it’s not easy to get back here all the time. But it’s important that they feel strongly about their school and know that they’re going to be embraced.”

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