COLUMBIA — Aleighsa Welch may have played her final game at South Carolina, but her legacy will continue at USC — in more than just the record books, or the Final Four banner the Gamecocks will hang at Colonial Life Arena prior to next season.
Two USC fans from Columbia, Morris and Sheila Cregger, have endowed a women’s basketball scholarship in the name of the former Goose Creek High School star, a three-year captain who helped lead the Gamecocks to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. A graduating senior, Welch last week was chosen in the second round of the WNBA draft.