Know Your South Carolina Athlete

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Sergeant Bernhard Jetter (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions in December 1890, during the Sioux campaign. His citation reads:

Distinguished bravery.

First Lieutenant Erastus W. Jewett (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on February 2, 1864, at Newport Barracks, North Carolina. His citation reads:

By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges kept a superior force of the enemy at a distance and thus covered the retreat of the garrison.

Sergeant Jim (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions during the Winter of 1871-1873. His citation reads:

Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.


Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the retail workers today. I know it’s good when business is good… but these can still be wild and crazy days with customers yelling and screaming like little children if something doesn’t go their way. And by the way, as someone who has lived through working retail (especially retail in a mall), I can assure you the customer isn’t “always right”. Truth is, the customer is seldom right… and they love to yell at the one person who has no control over the situation. So here’s to all of you in the retail world who are now faced with 12 hour shifts and ridiculously stupid store hours and insanely crowded parking lots. All I can say is I feel your pain… and you should get a state job so you won’t have to miss time with family over the holiday season.


The I’m just sayin… Know Your South Carolina Athlete

The South Carolina Athlete you should know this week is Summerville native A. J. Green. Adriel Jeremiah "A. J." Green (born July 31, 1988) is a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was selected fourth overall by the Bengals in the 2011 NFL Draft. Green played college football at the University of Georgia. In his first season with the Bengals, Green made the 2012 Pro Bowl and became the first rookie receiver to make it since Anquan Boldin in 2003, with the Arizona Cardinals. The last Bengal rookie wide receiver to make the Pro Bowl was Cris Collinsworth in 1981.

A. J. attended Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina, where he played under Coach John McKissick. He was widely considered to be one of the top football prospects of the 2008 high school class. He earned All-State honors four times and was named by EA Sports the nation's top sophomore player after catching 75 passes for 1,422 yards and 16 touchdowns in the 2006 season. He hauled in 57 passes for 1,217 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman. In his junior season, Green caught 60 passes for 1,203 yards and 14 touchdowns. Green was the only junior nominated to the 2006 USA Today All-American first team. He was also a member of the Rivals.com Junior All-America team. A. J. Green's 5,373 career receiving yards rank second and his 279 career receptions rank fourth on the National Federation of High Schools’ football all-time career receiving records.

In June 2006, Green was profiled by Sports Illustrated as part of its “Where Will They Be?” stories on potential future professional greats, alongside Peter Uihlein, John Tavares, Tyreke Evans, Elena Delle Donne, and others. Sports Illustrated compared him to the then-Oakland Raiders wideout Randy Moss and predicted Green will be in the NFL by 2011. Rivals.com ranked Green their No. 9 prospect for the high school class of 2008, while Scout.com named Green their No. 10 prospect nationally. He participated in the Under Armour All-America Game.

Green was also on the Summerville High basketball team that claimed the 2007–2008 South Carolina state championship in a championship game against Spartanburg (S.C.) High. (Spartanburg made a 3/4 court shot at the end of the game, but the shot was disallowed by the referees after discussion). They had played in the memory of their fallen assistant coach, Captain Louis Mulkey (Engine 15) of the Charleston, SC F.D., who died along with eight other firefighters in the June 18, 2007, Charleston Sofa Super Store fire. The story of the Summerville High team was featured on SportsCenter.

In the fourth game of his college career, against Arizona State, Green had 8 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown. For this, he was named SEC Player of the Week. He finished the 2008 season with 56 catches for 963 yards and 8 touchdowns, all Georgia freshman school records. He also led the SEC in receiving yards, with the third-highest total in UGA school history. He was named second-team All-SEC and Freshman of the Year by the SEC coaches, and was named to the Associated Press All-SEC first team. He was not named to any national All-American teams. Green ended the 2009 regular season with 47 catches for 751 yards and 6 touchdowns, despite being injured the last three games of the season. Green returned from injury for the 2009 Independence Bowl, December 28, 2009 in Shreveport, LA where he made 6 catches totaling 57 yards. A. J. was suspended for the first four games of the 2010 regular season after he admitted to selling his 2009 Independence Bowl Jersey for $1,000 to former North Carolina defensive back Chris Hawkins, who the NCAA described as an agent or someone who markets amateur athletes. As part of his punishment, Green was required to repay $1,000 to a charity. Despite missing the first four games, Green finished the season with a team high 57 catches for 848 yards and nine touchdowns. He finished his three seasons at Georgia with 166 receptions for 2,619 yards and 23 touchdowns.

By the end of his rookie season, Green recorded four 100-yard games and led all NFL rookies in receptions and receiving yards, catching 65 passes for 1,057 yards in 15 games. His seven touchdown receptions was second among rookies – one behind Julio Jones. On December 18, 2011, Green and fellow rookie QB Andy Dalton surpassed the all-time NFL record for yards and receptions by a rookie QB/WR tandem. One week later on December 24, 2011, Green's 1,031 yards surpassed Cris Collinsworth's franchise record of 1,009 yards set in 1981 for most receiving yards by a rookie. Collinsworth still holds the franchise record for most receptions by a rookie with 67.

Congrats to A. J. Green for being our SC Athlete you should know this week.

Thanks for the info Wikipedia!