Men's Golf Championships
1964 Atlantic Coast Conference
1991 Metro Conference
Women's Basketball Championships
1979 NWIT Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Regular Season
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1988 Metro Conference Regular Season
1988 Metro Conference Tournament
1989 Metro Conference Regular Season
1989 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Regular Season
1991 Metro Conference Regular Season
Men's Tennis Championships
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Regular Season Champions
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Co-Champions
1985 Metro Conference Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1987 Metro Conference Tournament
1989 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Tournament
1991 Metro Conference Tournament
Women's Tennis Championships
1985 Metro Conference Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1987 Metro Conference Tournament
1988 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Tournament
13 Bowl Appearances:
1946 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 1, 1946)
1969 Peach Bowl (South Carolina vs. West Virginia, Dec. 30, 1969)
1975 Tangerine Bowl (South Carolina vs. Miami (Oh.), Dec. 20, 1975)
1979 Hall of Fame Bowl (South Carolina vs. Missouri, Dec. 28, 1979)
1980 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, Dec. 29, 1980)
1984 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Oklahoma State, Dec. 28, 1984)
1987 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. LSU, Dec. 31, 1987)
1988 Liberty Bowl (South Carolina vs. Indiana, Dec. 28, 1988)
1995 Carquest Bowl (South Carolina vs. West Virginia, Jan. 2, 1995)
2001 Outback Bowl (South Carolina vs. Ohio State, Jan. 1, 2001)
2002 Outback Bowl (South Carolina vs. Ohio State, Jan. 1, 2002)
2005 Independence Bowl (South Carolina vs. Missouri, Dec. 30, 2005)
2006 Liberty Bowl (South Carolina vs. Houston, Dec. 29, 2006)
Football 2 Sterling Sharpe 1983, 85-87
Sharpe, wore #2, is the school's all-time leading receiver with 169 catches for 2,497 yards and 17 touchdowns. Sharpe had his jersey retired following the 1987 regular season. He became only the second Gamecock to have his jersey retired while he was still active at the school. In fact, both Sharpe and George Rogers played in the Gator Bowl in their final collegiate game. Sharpe was a number one draft pick by the Green Bay Packers.
37 Steve Wadiak 1948-51
Wadiak wore #37 for Carolina, 1948-51, was the first to have his number retired, after a tragic automobile accident claimed his life. Wadiak, who still appears throught the South Carolina record book, was the school's all-time ruhing leader for 28 years after his senior season.
38 George Rogers 1977-80
Probably the school's most well known player was also USC's Heisman Trophy winner - George Rogers. He had his #38, retired duing halftime ceremonies at Carolina's final 1980 home game. Rogers was the first USC player to have his jersey retired while still active at the school.
56 Mike Johnson 1964
Center Mike Johnson, #56, became gravely ill before the start of his junior season, and the illness cut short a potentially great football career. Johnson had finished his sophomore campaign as the regular center. When he died in 1965, his number was retired.
Men's Basketball
3 B.J. McKie 1996-99
Retired on December 28, 2005. McKie is the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,119 points and he is the only Gamecock to score more than 2,000 points in a career. He helped lead the Gamecocks to the school's first ever SEC Championship with a 15-1 record in the 1996-97 campaign.
11 John Roche 1968-71
Roche's number, 11, was retired after a successful three-year tenure from 1968-71. Roche made one or more of the recognized All-America team in each of his three seasons. Roche holds USC records for three-year career point average (22.5) and points in a game, scoring 56 vs. Furman his senior year.
22 Alex English 1972-76
Retired after his senior season of 1976, the number 22 worn by Alex English was the last USC jersey number to be retired. English was a consensus All-American at South Carolina and is second on the USC all-time scoring list with 1,972 points. English started every game in a four-year span (111) and was a 52.8% shooter from the field in the process.
42 Grady Wallace 1955-57
Wallace, who wore 42, was the first South Carolina player to have his jersey number retired. Wallace averaged an amazing 28.0 points per game in his career and led the NCAA in 1957 with 31.3 points per tilt, edging out Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain. Wallace holds down four of the top six scoring games in school history, scoring 54 points vs. Georgia in his senior year.
43 Kevin Joyce 1970-71
The third number retired in USC history was number 43 of Kevin Joyce. Joyce scored 1,400 points in his three years at South Carolina, averaging 20.4 points per game as a senior. Joyce, though, may be best known for out-jumping UNC's Lee Dedmon (6-10) with four seconds left in the 1971 ACC Tournament title game, tapping the ball to Tom Owens for the winning bucket. Joyce was a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team.
Women's Basketball 13 Martha Parker 1985-89
Parker averaged 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds a game and ranks fifth on the all-time South Carolina scoring list with 1,728 career points was named to the All-American team on three occasions, including a first-team honor in 1988-89. Parker is second on the all-time steals list with 284. Parker started all but two games in her South Carolina career (122 starts in 124 games).
53 Sheila Foster 1978-82
A 6-1 center-forward, Sheila Foster rewrote the South Carolina women's record book during her tremendous career at USC and many of her records still stand today. The school's all-time leading scorer with 2,266 points, Foster established herself as one of the dominant power forwards in collegiate basketball. The native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, started every game (134 games) during her four years. In addition, Foster holds the distinction of being the Gamecocks' all-time leading rebounder 1,427 rebounds. During her four years, Foster averaged 16.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. As a senior, she averaged her career high of 20.2 points and 10.9 boards per game.
USC Men's Soccer Conference Affiliations
Independent 1978-92, 95-2004
Metro Conference 1993-1994
Conference USA 2005-current
* Men's soccer is not a sponsored sport in the SEC.
USC Softball Conference Affiliations
Independent 1974-1996
Southeastern Conference* 1997-current
*The SEC did not sponsor softball as a sport until the 1997 season.
