The decade is coming to a close, and what a special one it was for the South Carolina baseball program. The Gamecocks won the national championship each of the first two years of the decade, made the championship series the following year and went to six Super Regional rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

There have been some incredible players who played for the Gamecocks in this decade, with eight making their MLB debuts. As the 2010s come to a close, we take a look back at the top 10 players from the decade.

With this list, though, we considered former Gamecocks who played two or more seasons in this decade. Not meeting the qualification included two sure-fire top players in program history - outfielder Whit Merrifield and pitcher Blake Cooper.

It also disqualified future MLB pitcher Sam Dyson, as well Braden Webb, who put together one of the single best seasons in program history when he threw over 100 innings and struck out 128 hitters in 2016.

After starting with a group of 26 players, the list was whittled down to what is read below. Here’s the top 10 Gamecocks, by this writer’s estimation, this decade and 12 more listed in alphabetical order who just missed the cut.

No. 10 - First baseman Kyle Martin (2012-15)

Martin led the Gamecocks in batting average in 2014 and 2015 and is one of 27 players to have at least 200 career hits. Martin’s senior season when he hit .350 with 12 and 14 home runs - leading the team in each category - is, arguably, the best season in the decade in terms of a combination of batting average and power. He’s one of six players in program history to hit for the cycle and one of the best defensive first basemen to come through the program.

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