Good Morning Fam! Take your lunch break a little early to watch former Gamecock Sabrina D’Angelo play soccer for Canada at the Olympics! Canada takes on New Zealand this morning at 11 a.m. Check out nbcolympics.com to watch!

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 A’ja starts strong
⚾️ Team Academic Excellence Award
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Gamecock Talk. Former University of South Carolina student athlete and graduate assistant, Ashley Chastain, is the Gamecocks' new head softball coach. She comes back home to Carolina after serving as the head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last five years, where she led her team to a pair of postseason berths. Welcome Home, Coach Chastain.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 A’One Performance. Former Gamecock A’ja Wilson had a strong start to Olympics season! USA women’s basketball took down Germany in one final exhibition game before the Olympics begin. She finished the game with 19 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Team USA will play their first Olympic game against Japan on July 29 at 3 p.m.

🎥 Watch the highlights

🔺 Fall At Founders. Gamecock fans will see the new baseball staff in action sooner, rather than later! South Carolina will play two scrimmages against teams other than themselves. They’ll host Air Force on October 26 at 2 p.m. Head coach Paul Mainieri led the Falcons from 1989-94. Then, they’ll head to the College of Charleston on November 7 at 6 p.m. They’ll meet former Gamecock head coach Chad Holbrook at Patriots Point.

🔺 Academic Excellence. The baseball team was given the 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award! The award highlights programs that post a GPA of 3.0 or above for the entire academic year. The Gamecocks had 15 student-athletes on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and 15 on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

🔺 Count Us Down. We’re 37 days from Gamecock football! Let’s throw it back on this Thursday. Last season, South Carolina beat Mississippi State at home: 37-30. Quarterback Spencer Rattler went 18-of-20, passing for 288 yards and three touchdowns in that win. Xavier Legette had 189 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Both of those Gamecocks are in the NFL now, Rattler with the New Orleans Saints and Legette with the Carolina Panthers.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

How many sports did South Carolina finish top 50 in average attendance?

Got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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🏅 GAMECOCKS IN PARIS

Thursday 7/25

⚽️ Canada Women’s Soccer (Sabrina D’Angelo) vs. New Zealand @ 11:00 a.m.

📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF — 37 DAYS
🤙 South Carolina vs. Old Dominion
📅 August 31, 2024
🏟️ Williams-Brice Stadium — Columbia, South Carolina

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: All 8 that the NCAA keeps attendance rankings for. South Carolina is the only DI school to do so.

🤙 Have a great Thursday, y’all.