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This music superstar gives shout out to Coastal Carolina University. See for yourself

Coastal Carolina baseball held its Media Day on Wednesday to launch the 2025 college baseball season. The Chanticleers season opener under new head coach Kevin Schnall will be the annual Baseball at the Beach Tournament starting on Feb. 14, 2025. The opening weekend lineup also includes games against Kansas State and Washington.
Coastal Carolina baseball held its Media Day on Wednesday to launch the 2025 college baseball season. The Chanticleers season opener under new head coach Kevin Schnall will be the annual Baseball at the Beach Tournament starting on Feb. 14, 2025. The opening weekend lineup also includes games against Kansas State and Washington. Jason Lee jlee@thesunnews.com

Carolina Country Music Festival headliner and Nashville-based artist Jelly Roll had a special visit to Coastal Carolina University’s baseball team.

“I’m wishing y’all well and I’m cheering for y’all,” the famous rapper said in his video message to the team.

The video was originally posted on June 8. Two days later, the video had already received over 130,000 views.

The CCU team is headed to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, for the second time in the program’s history. The last time the team made it this far was 2016.

This story was originally published June 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM.

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