Good morning. Juice Wells and his adopted pooch, Sosa, are stars! Check out this pawsitively adorable commercial the two did together.

What else is stirred up in today's Brew?

🏀 Get older
⚾ Past and present
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Lean On Leadership. The latest episode of The Follow is here! Sit down with shortstop Braylen Wimmer, starting pitcher Jack Mahoney, and the man in charge himself Mark Kingston as we dive deep into how the Gamecocks responded to their first SEC series loss of the year by turning around and sweeping No. 3 Florida.

Check out a sneak peek here, then watch Episode 4: Lean on Leadership on Gamecocks+ now!

📈 STOCK UP

​🔼 It's Tourney Time. The men's and women's NCAA tennis tournaments get underway today! Both Gamecock teams will take the court at 2 p.m. ET this afternoon, with the women battling Old Dominion and the men clashing with South Carolina State.

🔼 Get Older. Head men's basketball coach Lamont Paris wanted to use the portal this offseason to bring more experience to his young team. Coach Paris talked this week about how the latest additions of Myles Stute and B.J. Mack do just that.

"Skill and versatility for both of those guys. Besides the fact they're experienced, they're both ready for a significantly more vast role," Coach Paris said. "One of them at a different level in B.J. and one at a different position and a different role in Myles."

​🔼 Super 11. South Carolina is part of the Super 11 once again! The Football Writers Association of America gives the award each year to the best performing College Sports Communicators departments in NCAA D1 football. The Gamecocks are back-to-back winners for offering top-notch access during game week and after games, along with a variety of other factors.

​🔼 Past And Present. Gamecocks past and present are absolutely crushing it with the long ball this week. Watch as:

• Rookie sensation Ethan Petry ripped his 21st homer of the season

• Will Tippett went deep in back-to-back games for his first-ever homers in the Garnet & Black

• Jonathan French put some serious mustard on this one

• And yet another homer came off the bat of Cole Messina in South Carolina's 6-1 win over Winthrop

• MLB superstar Christian Walker posted a two-homer night in a Diamondbacks' win

• Noah Campbell crushed a long ball for the Biloxi Shuckers

• TJ Hopkins hit it out of the park once again for the Louisville Bats

We can't get enough of watching these dingers fly off Gamecock bats!

​🔼 He Was A Video Game. Dakereon Joyner joined 107.5 The Game this week to talk about who he looked up to when he was a younger player. Spoiler: The decorated high school QB didn't have early quarterback aspirations so his answer may surprise you!

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Rookie Impact. Ethan Petry needs just one homer to tie the SEC freshman home run record. In what year was the all-time mark set?

Think you have it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2006

Vanderbilt's Pedro Alvarez set the record with 22 homers during his freshman year. Ethan Petry enters this weekend looking to tie a mark that's stood for 17 years.

Have a good weekend, y'all.