Good morning. Clear your calendars and kick up your feet because it’s Gamecock Day on the SEC Network! For the next 24 hours, the SEC Network is nothing but Garnet & Black.

Here’s what’s new in today’s Brew ⤵️

📺 Media Days
⚾ Pro Ballers
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

A Runner, A Track Star. Gamecock track star Silan Ayyildiz is a champion! She won the Turkey national title with personal records in both the 3K (9:11.58) and the 1500m (4:11.62).

Hear directly from Silan as she recently joined the Gamecock Talk podcast to talk about her journey from Turkey to Columbia in a quest to be the best.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Media Days. A sure sign that football season is inching closer? SEC Media Days are right around the corner! Coach Beamer, Spencer Rattler, Tonka Hemingway, and Kai Kroeger will head to Nashville for the July 20 event.

🔼 Track Stars. Silan Ayyildiz isn’t the only Gamecock runner chasing titles. Anass Essayi just ran a career-best 3:32.87 in the 1500m, winning the event at the Meeting de l’Est Lyonnais in France!

Meanwhile, three former Gamecocks came out of the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships with tickets punched to the World Championships. Quincy Hall, Josh Awotunde, and Makenzie Dunmore all finished within qualifying standards to head to Budapest in late August.

🔼 CB18. Former South Carolina QB Steve Taneyhill is taking his talents from on the field to behind the bar! Tanneyhill has teamed up with a group to purchase Breakers Bar & Grill and Breakers Live in Five Points. Breakers Bar & Grill, which will rebrand as CB18 Bar and Grill, will get a new logo: a drawing of Taneyhill’s iconic 1992 photo as he took a bow toward Clemson fans after driving the Gamecocks to a 24-13 win. Read more about Tanneyhill and his team’s plans for the locations here.

🔼 On To The Next. The MLB Draft is underway and Day 2 was a big day for many of our Gamecocks!

• Jack Mahoney - Drafted No. 77 overall in the third round by the Colorado Rockies

• Will Sanders - Drafted No. 113 overall in the fourth round by the Chicago Cubs

• Noah Hall - Drafted No. 216 overall in the seventh round by the New York Mets

• Braylen Wimmer - Drafted No. 232 overall in the eighth round by the Colorado Rockies

Congratulations to all of our drafted Gamecocks! Let’s take a look back at the incredible pitching trio of Jack Mahoney, Will Sanders, and Noah Hall with the premiere episode of The Follow, which features exclusive interviews with all three star pitchers.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Countdown: 53. Todd Ellis owns the South Carolina record for most passing yards in a career. How many yards did he rack up during his time in the Garnet & Black?

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

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 9,953

From 1986-89, Ellis completed 747 passes for 9,953 yards and 49 touchdowns. He’s the second all-time winningest starting QB in school history with 24 Ws, second only to Connor Shaw’s 27.

Have a good Tuesday, y’all.