The South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program is rebuilding under new head coach Kevin Schnall, who was hired in June. He already added several pitchers from the transfer portal, and over the weekend the Gamecocks added one more.
UConn ace Greg Shaw III has committed to the South Carolina Gamecocks, after spending the last two seasons with the Huskies. The right-handed pitcher is a native of Cornwall On Hudson, N.Y., and started his collegiate career at Manhattan College. Shaw announced his commitment to South Carolina via a post on his Instagram.
He had two very successful seasons at UConn, compiling an 8-1 win-loss record with a 3.83 ERA with the Huskies, including five saves. During his two seasons at Manhattan, he finished with a 4.58 record and a 3-1 record across 28 games. He also held opposing batters to a .267 batting average. During his 2024 summer league season with the Valley Blue Sox in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, he had a 2.35 ERA with 23 strikeouts across 35.2 innings.
Shaw will be taking advantage of a new eligibility ruling by Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court of Charlotte. Her ruling paves the way for high school athletes from the class of 2022 to get an additional year of eligibility.
The preliminary injunction, which came down on Friday evening, states that the NCAA must declare those athletes who previously exhausted their four seasons of eligibility this spring. The ruling is the result of the NCAA's new eligibility rule passed this summer, changing to an age-based eligibility rule, which gives athletes five years of eligibility instead of five, using an age-based system.
On Saturday, the NCAA issued a memo responding to the ruling, calling it "egregiously wrong" and adding that it plans to appeal. In the statement, the NCAA added that a court cannot "enjoin a settlement approved and entered by another court. "
NCAA memo: “To be clear, one federal court cannot enjoin a settlement approved and entered by another court. The House injunction remains in effect according to its plain terms.” https://t.co/w3JBgz0w1U pic.twitter.com/RQD8rmIdRY
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While it appears that the judge's ruling is essentially a blanket waiver for 2022 high school seniors, the NCAA was quick to respond.
"I love what Coach (Kevin) Schnall and his staff are building in Columbia and I hope to be a small piece in getting SC back in the national championship spotlight,” Shaw said in a statement to Gamecock Central after his commitment.
For now, Shaw is preparing to play for the Gamecocks. We'll see if the impending fight in court from the NCAA changes that at all.
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