Jon Willard Class: Senior Hometown: Morrisville, N.C. High School: Chipola JC (Fla.) Height / Weight: 6-0 / 205 Position: OF Birthdate: 01/31/1985 Experience: 2L Bats/Throws: R-R

2003 USA BASEBALL JR. NATIONAL TEAM

OUTLOOK - Clutch performer off the bench last season ... One of the most improved players on the team from 2006 to 2007 ... Could be regular DH, or play left field or right field ... Will vie for playing time at a regular basis.

2006 - Appeared in 24 games with 10 starts ... Batted .304 (14-46) with five home runs and 18 RBI ... Collected a team-high four pinch hit homers ... Pinch-hit two-run homer in ninth inning helped lift Gamecocks to 4-2 win over Kentucky at SEC Tournament (5/24) ... Pinch-hit homer tied game and was part of a five-run 11th inning that lifted USC to 9-7 win over Mississippi State (4/30) ... Hit a solo homer in 11-2 win over The Citadel (4/19) ... Hit a three-run pinch-hit homer in 12-0 win over Quinnipiac (3/11). .

2005 - Appeared in 55 games with 48 starts ... Batted .315 (56-178) with six home runs, 11 doubles, two triples and 30 RBI ... Went 3-for-4 with a HR and two RBI in 9-4 win vs. The Citadel (4/6/05) ... Went 2-for-4 with a HR and a double in 4-2 win at The Citadel (3/30/05) ... Named to All-Tournament Team at Dairy Queen Classic where he collected five hits in three games ... Went 4-for-4 with one run scored and two RBI in 13-1 win over Wofford (3/2/05) ... Hit 4-for-6 with a HR, four runs scored and four RBI in 20-0 win over Radford (2/18/05).

JUNIOR COLLEGE - Played at Chipola JC in Florida and played in the summer of 2004 in the Coastal Plains League for the Wilson Tobs. HIGH SCHOOL - Played four seasons at Greenhope High School where he batted .516 with 11 home runs ... Member of 2003 U.S. Junior National Team ... Also played basketball and football.

PERSONAL - Born Jonathan Patrick Willard 1/31/85 ... Parents are Terry and Diana Willard ... Father attended Southern Illinois University ... Mother attended University of Michigan ... Has an older brother, Chris, and an older sister, Nikki ... Father played football and baseball, Mother tennis and swimming ... Brother was a boxer and played lacrosse ... Sister played tennis ... Hobbies are fishing and video games ... Favorite food is sushi ... Favorite actress is Brittney Andrews ... Favorite actor is Mel Gibson.