Graduate transfer from Dayton and second-year Tiger … was the No. 9 hitter in the lineup for the first quarter of the 2022 season, but batted in the leadoff spot for the rest of the year … a career .315 hitter with a .421 slugging percentage and .414 on-base percentage in 172 games (172 starts) over four seasons, including three at Dayton and one at Clemson … has 28 doubles, six triples, nine homers, 95 RBIs, 148 runs, 82 walks, 30 hit-by-pitches and 34 steals … No. 34 shortstop in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2022: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .327 with 52 runs, 10 doubles, a triple, three homers, 33 RBIs, a .422 slugging percentage, .428 on-base percentage, 32 walks, 10 hit-by-pitches and four steals in 58 games (58 starts at shortstop) … led the team in hit-by-pitches … one of three Tigers to start every game … only Tiger to start every game at the same position … had 20 multiple-hit games … had a .951 fielding percentage, committing only 11 errors in 224 chances … just the second Tiger shortstop since 2003 to field .950 and hit .300 in a season, joining Brad Miller in 2011 … committed only five errors in the last 43 games and four errors in the last 34 games … hit a team-high .391 with runners on base and team-high .429 with runners in scoring position … had a 10-game hitting streak from March to April … went 1-for-2 with a homer on the first pitch of his Tiger career, two RBIs and a walk against Indiana on Feb. 18 … went 1-for-2 with an RBI, three runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch against Indiana on Feb. 19 … led off the 10th inning with a single, scored the walkoff run on Bryar Hawkins’ sacrifice fly and had a walk and hit-by-pitch against Indiana on Feb. 20 … went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and three runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Feb. 26 … went 1-for-1 with two RBIs, three walks and a steal against South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Segra Park) on March 5 … went 3-for-4 with a walk against Northeastern on March 12 … went 4-for-6 with a homer, five RBIs and two runs against No. 23 Miami (Fla.) on March 20 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and a walk against Coastal Carolina on March 22 … went 3-for-3 with three runs and two walks against No. 22 NC State on April 1 … went 3-for-4 with a walk against No. 22 NC State on April 3; was 8-for-12 (.667) with three runs and three walks in the series … went 3-for-4 with an RBI, four runs and a walk against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on April 12 … went 2-for-6 with two runs at No. 23 Wake Forest on April 16 … went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs at No. 23 Wake Forest on April 17 … went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs against No. 9 Florida State on April 22 … went 2-for-4 with three runs, a walk, hit-by-pitch and steal against No. 22 Wofford on April 27 … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, three runs and a walk against No. 21 Georgia Tech on May 6 … went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, a run and hit-by-pitch against No. 21 Georgia Tech on May 8 … went 3-for-5 with an RBI, two runs and a walk against College of Charleston at Columbia, S.C. on May 10 … went 2-for-5 with a run and walk in the first game of a doubleheader at No. 9 Virginia on May 15 … No. 36 shortstop in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.
Before Clemson: Hit .309 with six homers, 62 RBIs, 96 runs a 30 steals in 114 games (114 starts) over three seasons (2019-21) at Dayton … First-Team All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2021 … third in the conference in runs (52) and tied for fifth in batting average (.349) in 2021 … earned numerous academic accolades at Dayton, where he was coached by Jayson King … lettered multiple times in baseball at Riverdale (Md.) Baptist School, where he was coached by Ryan Terrill.
Personal: Majoring in athletic leadership … born Benjamin Samuel Blackwell on April 6, 1999 in Fort Bragg, N.C.

*Courtesy Clemson Media Guide