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Ray Tanner i STAFF REPORTS 1 he Athletics Department select* Ray Tanner as the Gamecock's ne baseball coach Friday. Tanner, a 38- year-old native < Benson, N.C., comes to USC froi North Carolina State. At N.C. Stat he averaged 45 victories a season whi compiling a 395-173 record with tl Wolf Pack. He also led N.C. State to their fin ACC championship in 1992. He w? r? Bapti BSU is: I Thursdays 7pm large group meenng I 1 ij Baptist Student Ce | St. Thoi X/ P . 7.. mass dunaay 1610 Greene Sti Rev. N Wednesday, Jui named new b; _ the ACC coach of the year in 1990, e has led his team to seven NCAA to *d nament appearances in nine years. w is the second-winningest coach school history. He has had 30 playi go on to play professional baseball a 1X1 coached them to a school-record 49 > e> tories in 1993. Tanner was given a five-year c< ie tract worth $70,000 a year. It' $10,000 increase over his N.C. St; salary and $20,000 more than forn ls coach June Raines was paid last ye ist Studen Christ-centerec Addressing ne Love and Variety by Acceptinq anc Responding tc \/w nter 700 Pickens Sfl mas Mnrp fatl LAAMU AT&VA ^ V* 11am; Mon-Thurs. 12: i Cor half hour befc ^ Newr Evening F ^ Meeting reet lichael F. McCaffertj le 19,1996 The Ga aseball coach ind USC announced that Equestriur an will become USC's 11th varsity He sport for women and puts the school in in compliance with the SEC gender eqers uity policy. South Carolina features ind nine men s sports m its athletic prohe gram. Janet Brown, who has served as on- coach of the Equestrian Club, will s a coach the varsity team. Coach Brown ate owns and operates Softwinds Farm, aer where the team will train and host its ;ar. home events. it Union J community | ieds with Chora/Ensemble | "oundof?on" i > D,??^ reef 803 799-3854 1 v^v-.v. .W.WW.VVV.^ :' .. ..... I ;x.....i:.......-:;;.vl'. lolic Center 15pm; Sat. Vigil 5pm lfession w rk C r* f i * ? /-! ? \ r* o o >1 ^ oaiuiLid_y mass nan Club ^ayer 6:45pm s: Tues. 7pm * II sii 11 /, Chaplain J ^iS^vivi-iii-i-ivivinvi-iiiiv.ri-i-;-; imecock Gamecock r> prepare tor I BRYAN | O.J. Simpson will be elected President in November; Princess Diana will marry Andre Agassi; Bobby Cremmins will make peace with Gamecock fans; and Dennis Rodman will decide to get all of his tattoos removed. Yes my friends, these next 10 mnnthc will hp wpirH nnpe hi it pvpn stranger things will happen on the campus of The University of South' Carolina. Join me as we take a look at what will happen in the sports world at USC during the coming school year. Keep a copy, so when they come true, I won't have to say "I told you so." SEPTEMBER USC is forced to move all soccer matches inside the Frank McGuire Arena due to the lack of seating at The Graveyard. The first-ever indoor match in collegiate history draws a sell-out crowd of 12,401 as USC defeats Clemson, 4-1. OCTOBER Only weeks into their inaugural season as a varsity sport, the women's equestrian team is put on pronation by the school after horses run wild around campus. Two women's volleyball matches are postponed because of odor problems after several horses are found roaming in the volleyball complex. NOVEMBER After upsetting number one Tennessee, USC students tear down the goalposts and carry them to the pond in front of the Thomas Cooper Library, where they will stay for years to come. Three weeks later, vandals sneak into Death Valley and cover Howard's Rock with superglue. After all of the Clemson players become stuck to it, the game is postponed, and 84,000 fans riot. DECEMBER Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'Neil announce they will retire from nrr\c onH nlov fnr fho riam<wv*lrc WIV |/tvu UUU ^/iUJ iUl Ulv VlUlllVVUViU}. They say they feel they are missing out on their youth. Within minutes, USC jumps to the number one rankBored this su nothing better join the Game Staff this sumn 7182 to becoi 17 athletics wild year ing in the nation. To no one's surprise, Clemson coach Rick Barnes l _ complains. JANUARY After beating Florida State, for the National Championship, Carolina renames the stadium Brad Scott Stadium. Scott announces plans to overthrow Strom Thurmond and replace him in the Senate. After setting yet another indoor shot-put record, Dawn Ellerbe announces she will "now be throwing bowling balls because the sport has gotten too easy." FEBRUARY Cocky, the beloved mascot, is kidnapped and presumed dead. Needing a fill-in quickly, Athletics Director Mike McGee announces Hootie and the Blowfish will become the new mascots ofUSC. Wanting to continue the tradition started by the Florida Panthers, fans start throwing rubber rats on the basketball floor after every Gamecock basket. The 92-78 victory over Florida takes two days to play and classes are cancelled because of it. A teacher strike is narrowly avoided. MARCH At the post-game press conference, just moments alter suffering a heartbreaking loss in the championship game, basketball coach Eddie Fogler says Carolina will not field a team next year because all his recruits and current players have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. APRIL Senior pitcher Trinity Johnson leads the softball team to a 20-0 start with an ERA of 0.00. As a result, the NCAA forces Johnson to start throwing from second base. These are just a few of the wacky things that will happen during the 1996-97 athletic year. Forecasters predict a strange year ahead for all, but especially for South Carolina. Maybe that darned Chicken Curse can be used against Gamecock opponents. Hold on to your seats because it's going to be a wild ride. mmer? Got to do? Then icock Sports ler. Call 777Tie real cool!