Big South favorite Coastal Carolina got some good news today, as ace senior righthander Bobby Gagg was ruled eligible for the 2009 season. Gagg’s status was in limbo after he withdrew from classes before the completion of the fall semester, but today the Big South granted him an absence waiver. Gagg had been participating in practice with the Chanticleers since it began on Feb. 1.

Obviously, this is a huge development for Coastal, which has aspirations of breaking through to the College World Series after reaching its first super regional last year. Gagg has gone 22-6, 2.90 with 187 strikeouts in 273 innings over his first three years for the Chanticleers.