Spurs Up Daily Round-Up: 5/8 Fan Fest Tour Kicks Off

Catch up on the day's buzz about the Gamecocks! In today's edition: the Fan Fest Tour kicks off in Myrtle Beach and continues tonight in Charlotte; golf debuts a new practice facility; three votes you need to cast to support Gamecocks; the latest Gamecock Spotlight and more!

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM NEWS

Men's Golf. Gamecock Men's Golf Selected to NCAA Norman Regional

Golf. Gamecock Golf Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For The Coop Practice Facility

Softball. Hannah Milks Named to SEC Softball Community Service Team

Baseball. South Carolina Baseball Notebook

Baseball. Baseball Takes Series With 10-7 Win Over Arkansas

FAN FEST TOUR PRESENTED BY THE GAMECOCK CLUB

Gamecock Fan Fest comes to Grand Strand (CarolinaLive.com)

Gamecocks Fan Fest, Spurrier, visit Myrtle Beach (SCnow.com)

Spurrier, Martin visit Myrtle Beach for Gamecock Fan Fest (MyrtleBeachOnline.com)

GAMECOCKS AROUND THE WEB

Baseball: Gamecocks move up to national seed line (ESPN College Baseball Blog)

"South Carolina took over first place in the SEC East with a series win at Arkansas while Florida took two out of three at Kentucky. Based on conference standing and recent play, the Gamecocks join LSU and Florida as a national seed, knocking Kentucky down to a non-national No. 1 seed."

Baseball: Look back, look ahead: Defense sparkles (GamecockCentral.com)

VOTE FOR MICHAEL ROTH

Senior left-handed pitcher Michael Roth is one of 10 finalists selected for the 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for baseball. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award website through June 11. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I men's head coaches' votes to determine the winner.

Click here to vote!

VOTE TO BRING A COLLEGE GAMEDAY COMMERCIAL TO COLUMBIA

ESPN will film a College GameDay commercial this summer on a campus selected by fans. The school with the most votes wins, so vote daily to bring GameDay to Columbia! Bookmark it and vote every day!

Voting ends May 10th!

http://www.gamedayvote.com/

GAMECOCKS IN THE PROS

Blake Brettschneider nominated for Goal of the Week in MLS, go cast your vote for the Gamecock vet: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/05/07/vote-att-goal-week-week-9

COCK-A-DOODLE-TWEET

The Fan Fests continue this week - tonight in Charlotte, Wednesday in Greenville and Thursday in Augusta!

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SPURS UP BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

This Week's Home Events: Baseball Hosts Furman

ABC Columbia's "10 Most Fascinating...": Dawn Staley

Congratulations to Spring 2012 Gamecock Graduates!

LB Dantzler Talks Reptar and "Fear the Fish" on Inside the Roost

ABC Columbia's "10 Most Fascinating...": Ray Tanner

ABC Columbia's "10 Most Fascinating...": Steve Spurrier

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Team back flipper Nolan Belcher is the latest baseball player in the Gamecock Spotlight:

ROOSTER CROWS

The men's golf team was selected to play in the NCAA Regional in Norman, Oklahoma, this season! The selection marks the Gamecocks' 20th NCAA Regional appearance, including their 15th bid in the last 16 years, and they have advanced to the NCAA Championship 16 times, with the last being in 2009.

Freshman catcher Grayson Greiner caught all 28 innings in the Gamecocks' weekend series victory at 13th ranked Arkansas, only the second time in school history that South Carolina has won a series at Arkansas. Greiner was phenomenal behind the plate as he threw out five runners over the course of the weekend trying to steal. His two-run homer on Friday night was the first homer allowed all season by Arkansas starter Ryne Stanek, a key two-run blast that helped the Gamecocks rally from six runs down to defeat the Razorbacks.

FAN PHOTO OF THE DAY

Today's photo is from Harden Alderman of daughter Haley at the university's Easter egg hunt showing Cocky some love!