Last week, elite high school power-hitting high school prospect George Wolkow announced he would be foregoing his college career for South Carolina baseball due to being selected high in the 2023 MLB Draft. Wolkow was taken in the 7th round by his hometown Chicago White Sox.
Wolkow is not the only South Carolina baseball commitment to head off to the professional ranks before making their way to Columbia. Since 2008, the Gamecocks have been hit as hard as just about any college baseball program with MLB-bound commitments and there are a handful of similar stories for the Gamecocks that occurred before 2008, as well.