South Carolina baseball losing star shortstop to transfer portal
South Carolina baseball lost its 15th player to the transfer portal on Friday morning.
Gamecocks shortstop Henry Kaczmar has entered the transfer portal, The State has confirmed.
The news was first reported by On3’s Pete Nakos, who said that Kaczmar had entered with a “do not contact” tag. While it’s not always be the case, such a tag generally indicates a player already has their next destination in mind.
Kaczmar was a bright spot in an otherwise forgettable season for the Gamecocks, who finished 28-29 and 6-24 in the SEC under first-year coach Paul Mainieri
During his lone year at South Carolina, he started in all 53 games that he played and recorded a .315 batting average (third best on the team) along with seven doubles, three triples, six home runs and 28 RBIs. He also slugged .486 and had a .394 on-base percentage. Kaczmar led the team with a .333 batting average in SEC games.
Prior to his time in Columbia, Kaczmar, an Ohio native, spent two years at Ohio State. He was a Big Ten All-Freshman Team member in 2023 and earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors in his sophomore season (2024).
USC baseball 2025 transfer portal tracker
Committed to South Carolina (4)
- Louisiana-Monroe pitcher Josh Gregoire
- Purdue first baseman Logan Sutter
- Samford infielder Cullen Horowicz
- USC-Upstate pitcher Amp Phillips
- Sacred Heart pitcher Elijah Foster (announced commitment Friday afternoon)
Transferring out of South Carolina (15)
- Sophomore catcher Ryan Bakes
- Junior infielder Cayden Gaskin
- Freshman outfielder Tyler June
- Junior pitcher Wyatt Evans
- Redshirt junior pitcher Roman Kimball
- Junior infielder Will Tippett
- Junior infielder/outfielder Jase Woita
- Sophomore pitcher Eddie Copper
- Sophomore pitcher Tyler Pitzer
- Sophomore infielder Nolan Nawrocki
- Junior catcher Max Kaufer
- Redshirt sophomore pitcher Eli Jerzembeck
- Senior pitcher Brandon Sweeney
- Freshman pitcher Ryder Garino
- Junior infielder Henry Kaczmar
This story was originally published June 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM.
