Back to the South Carolina Gamecocks Newsfeed

Incoming Gamecock takes home MVP, batting title before coming to Columbia

South Carolina baseball is losing most of its offensive firepower from the 2018 squad that advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals.

But based off the summer league performance of at least one incoming junior college transfer, Mark Kingston’s Gamecocks will still have some pop for 2019.

Andrew Eyster, who has twice been selected in the MLB Draft, comes to USC after a season at Sante Fe College in Florida. This summer, he spent time playing in the Valley Baseball League, one of the oldest wooden bat collegiate leagues in the country, and he tore through the competition, batting .