Pro baseball’s loss is South Carolina’s gain.
Justin Row, who led the Gamecocks in batting average this past season, will be returning to USC in 2019 as an undergraduate assistant on coach Mark Kingston’s staff, The State confirmed Wednesday. Gamecock Central first reported the move.
Row exhausted his eligibility in 2018 after two seasons with Carolina and two years in junior college. The second baseman started 47 games for USC this past year, hitting .347 while slugging seven home runs and driving in 25 runs. His .975 fielding percentage was also one of the best on the team.