Last Friday’s announcement that South Carolina pitching coach Jerry Meyers would be taking an indefinite medical leave of absence and not return to Gamecocks baseball came as a shock to fans of the program.
For the high school standouts committed to play for USC, it was no less abrupt — but it still did not sway their decision to pick the Gamecocks.
At Northwestern High School, where star pitchers John Gilreath and Wesley Sweatt signed their letters of intent to play for South Carolina on Wednesday, both players said they first heard about Meyers’ departure last week during personal calls from new USC head coach Mark Kingston.