News digest, June 23

Benson, Bouknight, Tanner honored

Pitchers Kris Benson of Clemson and Kip Bouknight of South Carolina and former Gamecocks coach Ray Tanner are among 21 people selected for the 2025 class of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Monday by the College Baseball Foundation.

Benson pitched for Clemson from 1994-96. He had a 29-8 record with a 2.90 ERA and 356 strikeouts in 319 2/3 innings. He was the national player of the year in 1996 and the first selection the that year's MLB Draft.

He joins former Clemson coach Bill Wilhelm and ex-player Rusty Adkins in the Hall of Fame.
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Bouknight had a 45-12 record from 1998-2001 and is USC's career wins leader. He struck out 457 in 482 innings. Bouknight won the 2000 Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player in the  United States.

Tanner, who played and coached at N.C. State, coached the Gamecocks to College World Series championships in 2010 and 2011 and runner-up finishes in 2002 and 2012. His 16-year record at USC was 738-316. Counting his years at N.C. State, Tanner was 1,133-489-3.

Bouknight and Tanner are the first USC representatives in the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Other notables to be inducted this year include Gene Hooks (Wake Forest), Mark McGwire (Southern Cal),  David Price (Vanderbilt) and Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State)

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Rankings

Final NCAA DI rankings
* Baseball America: 1. LSU. 2. Coastal Carolina( up from 8). 24. Clemson (down from 14).
BA

* D1Baseball.com: 1. LSU (up from 3). 2. Coastal Carolina (up from 11). 23. Clemson (down from 14).
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* NCBWA: 1. LSU (up from 2). 2. Coastal Carolina (up from 8).  22. Clemson (down from 21).
Writers
 
* Perfect Game: 1. LSU. 2. Coastal Carolina (up from 9). 21. Clemson (down from 12).
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* USA TODAY: 1. LSU (up from 3). 2. Coastal Carolina(up from 11). 20. Clemson (down from 12).
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