Wil Crowe article from Perfect Game

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Fabulous freshmen desperately want to make their impact on college baseball sooner rather than later.

Though that hasn’t happened for some talented prospects who were Perfect Game Top 100 high school players, the opposite holds true for plenty of others, especially South Carolina right-handed pitcher Wil Crowe, who was ranked No. 58 nationally out of high school.

Crowe, along with Taylor Widener, Josh Reagan and Matthew Vogel formulated one of the nation’s most talented pitching classes brought in during fall workouts. And though Vogel, Reagan and Widener have logged some innings through the first two weeks, it’s been Crowe with the most significant impact.

Crowe, who earned a starting job with a strong fall, is part of a South Carolina starting rotation and pitching staff that has thrown five-straight shutouts and 51 consecutive scoreless innings, 14 innings shy of the national record.

“We’re just trying to get off to a good start. Like some other guys, Crowe has really done a great job of getting ahead of the country with four pitches and good velocity,” South Carolina pitching coach Jerry Meyers said. “He’s been able to pitch off his fastball and he’s shown the ability to mix something else in there first pitch, to where he has a good enough mix to be very effective.

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