South Carolina baseball star Ethan Petry had such a good season that fans often forgot that he was just a freshman…or, at least, they would have had they not constantly been reminded that he was in his first year by the fact that he shattered almost every freshman Gamecock record in existence.
On the year, Petry broke the freshman USC batting average record (hitting .376 this year) and knocked off Gamecock great Justin Smoak’s freshman home run record with 23 long balls and Smoak’s freshman RBI record with 75.
Understandably so, the big freshman has received boatloads of accolades for his great play in the 2023 season.