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Wednesday, June 23,1999 Kitchings From Staff Reports South Carolina red-shirt freshman .. T7" * x ~ 1- _* J x - - xuiiy Jtviicnings was nameu 10 a Southeastern Conference all-star team that will travel to Japan to compete against the Japanese National Team beginning August 8. The team features one player from each of the 12 SEC schools. The players chosen are expected to make an impact 1999 SEC All-Si Name, School Po Brandon Dean, Arkansas Adrian Jones, Georgia Doc Robinson, Auburn Saul Smith, Kentucky Sam Haginas, Alabama Tang Hamilton, Mississippi State Marcus Hicks, Ole Miss Major Parker, Florida Vincent Yarbrough, Tennessee Darius Coulibaly, Vanderbilt Tony Kitchings, South Carolina Jahari Smith I SI I Co-Head Coaches John Brady, LSU; Rod Barnes, 01 Fogler pie; From Staff Reports Eddie Fogler knew he'd be losing five seniors at the beginning of last season. By the end of the season, that number increased to six when Hagen Rouse decided not to return. Fogler would have to recruit for need this year more so than in any other. That need was size. In turn, Fogler signed six new players, none of whom stands shorter than 6foot-7-inches. "I'm pleased with the job our staff has done to attract quality studentathletes to the University of South r^mlino onrJ fka Kaclroihall nmcrrom " v?*WUlia CU1U UlV/ UUOAUbULUl Eddie Fogler said. "We are particularly happy with what these six individuals have accomplished off the court as well, and we are looking forward to working with each of them in our program starting this fall. "With that said, we will be a very young team next year with seven freshmen (including redshirt center Tbny Etchings) and three sophomores, giving us 10 freshmen or sophomores out of our top 13." Chuck Eidson (SF) Eidson is USCs highest-rated recruit As a senior at Pinewood Prep in Summerville, Eidson (6-7,190) led the state in points per game (30.1), while also averaging 12.5 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 3.8 steals per game. Eidson was named South Carolina Player of the year by USA Tbday and ; to rpnrp s W V Jh W -M- V/ on their teams during the upcoming season. The team will begin practicing ir Birmingham on Thursday, August 5 with the first game to be played ir Fukuoka on Sunday, August 8. All games will be played undei international rules in the "Basketbal Universiade Anniversary Cup W" Subsequent games will be played ir ! :ar Basketball T s. Ht. Wt. CI. Exp. G 6-0 180 So. 1L G 6-5 190 Jr. 2L G 6-2 185 Sr. 3L F216 C 7-1 238 So. 1L Greer C 6-10 260 Fr. RS C^ol 2J f| 1L^ le ased with Super size Fogler starts rebuilding pi 1998-99 USC Mens Basl Name Pos. H Chuck Eidson SF 6Ivan Howell SF 6Travis Kraft SF 6Calvin Clemmons PF 6Marijonas Petravicius C 6-1 Trevor Harvey C 6-1 also was a Parade third team AilAmerican. In March, he played for the USA Basketball Junior Select team, which defeated the International Select team 107-95 in the Nike Hoop Summit. Ivan Howell (SF) Howell was part of Lower Richland's AAAA championship team this past season. He chose the Gamecocks over Coastal Carolina on signing day. Howell (6-7,195) led the nationally ranked Diamonds with 18.5 points a game during their 28-3 campaign. In addition to his scoring average, his 6.4 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.9 assists earned him all-state, all-region and allarea honors. Howell played for the Palmetto team in the South Carolina-North Carolina CAROLINA SPORTS sent SEC I Ohita (Monday, Aug. 9), Kobe (Wednesday, Aug. 11), Fukui (Thursday, Aug. 12) and l Tbkyo (Saturday, Aug. 14). , Etchings only played in five games l during the 1998-99 season before being redshirted because of injury. As a high school senior at South 1 Aiken High School. Etchings was a consensus top 50 high school prospect, i He was his team's most valuable player earn Hometown/HS or JC Monroe, La./Ouachita Parrish HS Atlanta, Ga./South Atlanta HS Selma, Ala./Selma HS Athens, Ga./Clarke Central HS Mobile, Ala./UMS Wright Prep Jackson, Miss./Lanier HS Jackson, Tenn./Northwest CC iHarrlaln Fla /Parrlinal fiihhnne WQ Cleveland, Tenn./Cleveland HS lsboro, N.C./Greensboro Day HS Aiken, S.C./South Aiken HS Atlanta, Ga./Metropolitan JC 1999 class it rocess at 6-foot-7-inches cetbail bignees t. Wt. Hometown/School 7 190 Summerville/Pinewood 7 195 Columbia/Lower Richland 7 190 Mayville, N.D./May-Port 7 215 Charlotte/Olympic 0 235 Lithuania/ New Hampton (NH) 1 215 ... Bahamas/ 1 Grand Bahama Catholic All-Star Classic. * He also considered Clemson and the College of Charleston before signing f with the Gamecocks, and played for 1 coach Carl Williams at Lower Richland. i Travis Kraft (SF) 1 Kraft was the Gatorade North Dakota ? High School Boys Players of the Year. He led his team with 28.6 points, 11.6 ? rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.4 steals per I game as his May-Port team finished 19- 1 6. Kraft (6-7,190) scored 1,246 points ? his final two seasons and broke single (game (9) and season (86) records for made three pointers. I He passed former University of Minnesota star Sam Jacobson to become 1 May-Port's all-time leading scorer with 1 1,566 career points. 1 Tony Kltchings was selected to the S apan to play the Japanese National Te I Calvin Clemmons (PF) Clemmons will play in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game in fuly. As a senior at Olympic High School n Charlotte, he averaged 12.8 points, .1.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots per ;ame. //? n ni r\ c i_j vaeuimons 10- /, zio; was nrsi-ieam ill-conference and played in the Pittsburgh Hoop Classic in April featuring lational all-stars. He led his team to the North Carolina actional semi-finals and the Mega Seven Conference Tburnament Championship. I Marijonas Petravicius (C) As a senior at New Hampton Prep, 5etravicius averaged 10 points and 11 abounds in his second year of organized )asketball. -TBK Page 7 : V USC Sports Information EC All-Star team that will travel to am beginning August 8. a He earned all-league honors as his team advanced to the New England Prep school semi-finals with a 22-9 record. Petravicius (6-10,235) considered Providence, UNC-Charlotte and Arizona before choosing South Carolina. New Hampton Prep is the same prep school of current South Carolina small forward Antonio Grant. Trevor Harvey (C) In his third year of organized basketball, Harvey averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks per gasae for Grand Bahama Catholic High School in Freeport. Harvey (6-11,215) considered Miami (Fla.) and Georgetown before signing with the Gamecocks. Harvey played for coach Charles Robbins.