Baseball Team Ranked in Preseason Polls

Jan. 2, 2003

The 2003 Clemson baseball team has been ranked 18th by Collegiate Baseball and 19th by Baseball America in each organization’s preseason poll. The Tigers are coming off a College World Series season in which they finished 54-17.

Head Coach Jack Leggett’s squad will be led by senior first baseman Michael Johnson. The second-round draft pick in 2002 was named a preseason second-team All-American by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball after batting .384 with 25 home runs and 81 RBIs in 2002.

The Tigers will begin the 2003 season on Feb. 21 at Auburn.