Two former Clemson stars where named to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2019 on Thursday.
Former Clemson kicker and punter Chris Gardocki and former baseball star Shane Monahan were named to the class, along with former South Carolina women’s basketball coach Nancy Wilson, Gamecock defensive lineman John Abraham, linebacker Dexter Coakley of Mt. Pleasant and Appalachian State, USC-Aiken and former major league pitcher Roberto Hernandez, and high-scoring basketball standout Miriam Walker-Samuels of Claflin College.
Gardocki, who won a Super Bowl title with the Pittsburgh Steelers, was Clemson’s placekicker during the 1989 and 1990 seasons, where he earned second-team All-America honors as a junior and third-team All-America as a sophomore.