South Carolina needed help with wide receivers, but removed all stops in March. Corey lacquer I made an official visit.
The potentially transferable itinerary from Arkansas featured dry-aged ribeye at an upscale Halls Chop House, personalized photography at a South Carolina football facility, and conversations with aggressive staff. .. A bar in Colombia’s popular nightlife area splashed “WE WANT COREY RUCKER” on the marquee.
This South Carolina love is unmatched 🐔 #SpursUp🤙🏾 pic.twitter.com/IWWCRAlV8i
— CoreyRucker 🎸 (@ coreyrckr7) March 23, 2022
So it took Game cock Director Shane Beamer was surprised to hear that Lacquer considers it the best part of his trip.Lacquer is from South Carolina other Famous coach — of course, Dawn Staley.
“It shook me a bit,” Beamer said with a laugh. “I like it.” Well, buds. You stayed here for 48 hours, went to two dinners and breakfast and lunch, talked about football and spent time with coaches and players. That is the highlight.
“But no, I think it’s great …. I love watching Dawn’s team play and I’m very grateful that she was pleased with such a thing for Corey. I am. “
Shane Beamer enters his second year as South Carolina head coach. (Bob Donan / USA Today)
Staley led the women’s basketball program to two national championships. UConn.. As the face of her sport, she talks about social justice and women’s athletics. And as the face of South Carolina athletics, she also became an additional weapon for beamers on the recruitment path.
After 59 catches and 9 touchdowns at 826 yards in Arkansas last season, self-proclaimed Starry superfan Lacquer committed to Gamecock in April.
“Everyone doesn’t know what they’re doing on campus, but they know what we’re doing in South Carolina. This is for every visitor we visit in every sport. It’s a practical approach, “says Staley.
“I do anything for student athletes to have a great experience here, and to make it happen, we need some of all of us.”
Staley arrived on the South Carolina campus in 2008. Of course, we all know the importance of hiring. She signed two top classes in 2019 and 2021 and finished in the second class in 2014 according to ESPN. Star forward A’ja Wilson, who currently has a statue on the South Carolina campus, was ESPN’s top-ranked player in the 2014 class after playing for Starry. WNBA All-star.Gamecock’s current star forward and Naismith National Player of the Year, Allie Boston, has committed to Starry and South Carolina. UConn, Notre Dame, Ohio In the 2019 class.
It is not uncommon for Starry to participate in softball, men’s basketball, or athletics recruitment activities when athletes are on campus and coaches seek special appearances.
She recently made a cameo appearance on the soccer team in a video inspired by “Full House” in a quarterback scene. Spencer Rattler.. The two weren’t meeting before they shot, it only took about two takes in their honor. Justin King, director of new creative media in South Carolina, first came up with the idea of a video showing the football team’s “cast” in support of ABC’s 1980s and 1990s Tanners’ hits.
All of the gangsters are here 🤙 pic.twitter.com/kiydaxq80R
— Gamecock Football (@GamecockFB) June 3, 2022
“Like all the teams and coaches on this campus, we want to make an edge. Wherever we can get it,” Staley said. “Everyone knows what we’re trying to do with each other, and what we’re trying to do for each program. And it’s just a phone call, even here in South Carolina. Phone, text message — “Hey, are your coaches busy?”
Staley was the first to receive the news that Lacquer wanted to see her shortly before the end of the official visit. He posted a photo shoot image on social media with the caption “This is the country of @dawnstaley”. Almost at the same time, Jessica Jackson, director of on-campus recruitment in South Carolina, asked if there was anything that could further develop his journey. Unforgettable.
At that time, he came up with the idea of meeting Starry. About two hours south of Starkville, Mississippi, Lacquer from Bentonia, Mississippi began chasing Starry’s career when the gamecock won. Mississippi At the 2017 national championship.
“I was dying to take a picture with her,” he said. “She had to take a picture of her with her.”
When Lacquer arrived, Starry’s Gamecock was preparing for a match against Sweet 16. North Carolina But in Greensboro, North Carolina, the two Nice Miss Coaches of the Year made time anyway. Staley initially planned to invite Lacquer and his family to her office. But she met them at her own home and did better. What a hell, that’s insane, “Lucker said. Lacquer was so excited to see her that he could hardly sleep the night before her, he said. His stomach “passed through the floor,” he said.
When Lacquer and his family arrived, Starry guided them and, of course, introduced them to her dog, Champ. A little internet sensation..
But what is the most memorable moment?
“She just told me it wouldn’t be a bad decision. At the end of the day she said I had to do my best for me, but her convincing I think one statement was “you look good on garnet,” Lacquer said.
“I blushed a little.”
You see excitement! I met 🐐. #WBBvsEverybody pic.twitter.com/GptuICBGnF
— CoreyRucker 🎸 (@ coreyrckr7) March 24, 2022
Staley said he regularly talked to his parents during the football game and thanked Beamer for how he wanted to win all the programs in Colombia. If Lacquer is the biggest fan of Starry’s soccer team, freshman Guard Bree Hall is the biggest fan of Beamer’s women’s basketball team. And Beamer doesn’t hesitate to return her favor to Starry.
Starry’s game cook lost only two games last season. One of them was played in the SEC Tournament Championship Game. Kentucky.. Between that defeat and the NCAA tournament, Beamer shook with practice. So Starley asked him to share some words with her team. A few weeks later, he took his family to Minneapolis and cheered him when the gamecock won another championship.
“Beamer is just trying to get it done for me. He’s a good guy, he’s always positive and he’s on his way. He’s doing his round.” Mr Starry said. “He decided to go see all sports games (on campus). Similarly, all sports.
“Our player really loves him.”
Congratulations @GamecockFB @CoachSBeamer And welcome back home! It’s strange how the world will change …I returned a note a few weeks ago (sorry for being late) you sent me a pre-covid congratulations @GamecockWBB With a big win, you are now back in Garnet and Black. I wish you a lot of success!
— Dawn Staley (@dawnstaley) December 7, 2020
Beamer said he hopes to take advantage of the fact that new hires are around Starry, especially from the perspective of developing a once struggling program into a national champion. He added that some of the new hire’s mothers who visited the campus last month were playing college basketball and were certainly familiar with Starry.
“Corey is the only one who specifically asked to sit with her, but he’s definitely not the last, and I want them to do that,” Beamer said. “She wants to be able to attract other new hires around her.”
Among those who have already heard about Starry’s status on campus, count the four-star quarterback Dante Reno, a South Carolina commitment in the 2024 class.
“I have never met her,” Reno said in a direct message. “But I heard she’s a goat.”
(Top photo of Dawn Staley: Kirby Lee / USA Today)
