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Carson Boleman of Southside Christian High School was named the Gatorade South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year on June 1.
Boleman also won the award last year, making him the first player in South Carolina to win the award in back-to-back seasons.
Boleman recently led Southside Christian to a fifth straight state championship after an 8-7 victory over Oceanside Collegiate on May 27 at Sabre Park. Through 33 games, Boleman had a 0.17 ERA, 91 strikeouts, and a 7-0 record in 41.1 innings pitched.
MORE: T.L. Hanna baseball's remarkable playoff run ends in state final
Boleman has played on varsity for the Sabres since he was an eighth-grader and was named the 2026 South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year. The five-time state champion played for the USA Baseball 18U national team, which won the World Championship in 2025.
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound left-handed pitcher and first baseman is signed to play at Wake Forest and is a MLB prospect. Boleman has been named the Greenville News' Upstate Player of the Year for the past two seasons.
Southside Christian finished the season 25-8-1, and 10-0 in Region 2-3A.
Kamryn Jackson covers high school and college sports for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Greenville News, Anderson Independent Mail, and the USA TODAY Network. Please email her story ideas, athlete-of-the-week nominations, and statistics to [email protected], and follow her on X at @KamxJack (formerly Twitter).
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Southside Christian's Carson Boleman named 2026 Gatorade baseball player of year
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Boleman also won the award last year, making him the first player in South Carolina to win the award in back-to-back seasons.
Boleman recently led Southside Christian to a fifth straight state championship after an 8-7 victory over Oceanside Collegiate on May 27 at Sabre Park. Through 33 games, Boleman had a 0.17 ERA, 91 strikeouts, and a 7-0 record in 41.1 innings pitched.
MORE: T.L. Hanna baseball's remarkable playoff run ends in state final
Boleman has played on varsity for the Sabres since he was an eighth-grader and was named the 2026 South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year. The five-time state champion played for the USA Baseball 18U national team, which won the World Championship in 2025.
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound left-handed pitcher and first baseman is signed to play at Wake Forest and is a MLB prospect. Boleman has been named the Greenville News' Upstate Player of the Year for the past two seasons.
Southside Christian finished the season 25-8-1, and 10-0 in Region 2-3A.
Kamryn Jackson covers high school and college sports for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Greenville News, Anderson Independent Mail, and the USA TODAY Network. Please email her story ideas, athlete-of-the-week nominations, and statistics to [email protected], and follow her on X at @KamxJack (formerly Twitter).
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Southside Christian's Carson Boleman named 2026 Gatorade baseball player of year
Continue reading...
