COLUMBIA — South Carolina athletics director and former head baseball coach Ray Tanner has been selected for induction into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, USC announced Tuesday. Tanner is one of four honorees in the class of 2016 and is the first coach in Gamecock history to be named to the ABCA Hall of Fame.
Tanner, who won two national championships as the Gamecocks’ head baseball coach, will be officially inducted at the ABCA Convention on Jan. 8, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. Also entering as part of the Class of 2016 are Robert Babb, Augie Garrido and Sam Riggleman.