Transfer who was the starting shortstop during the first half of the 2024 season before suffering a season-ending injury at midseason … a career .272 hitter with a .407 slugging percentage and .353 on-base percentage in 105 games (104 starts) over three seasons, including two at Georgetown and one at Clemson … has eight doubles, three triples, 12 homers, 66 RBIs, 69 runs, 44 walks, seven hit-by-pitches and 22 steals … has a .965 career fielding percentage.
2024: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .280 with 19 runs, two doubles, a triple, two homers, 16 RBIs, a .378 on-base percentage, 15 walks, a hit-by-pitch and five steals in 27 games (27 starts at shortstop) … had five sacrifice bunts … Clemson had a 24-3 record in his 27 starts … had a .955 fielding percentage, committing only five errors in 110 chances … did not commit an error in 47 chances in 11 ACC regular-season games … did not commit an error in his last 21 games of the season … was 4-for-6 with nine RBIs with the bases loaded … went 2-for-3 with his first homer as a Tiger and a walk against Xavier on Feb. 17 … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a walk and steal against Kennesaw State on Feb. 25 … went 3-for-6 with a walkoff homer in the 12th inning and two runs against No. 12 South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Segra Park) on March 2; it was the first walkoff homer by a Tiger against South Carolina; received the Bob Bradley Award, as he was 4-for-10 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs in the two-game series … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs, a walk and steal against UNC Greensboro on March 8 … went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and a walk against No. 7 Florida State on March 24 … suffered a torn ACL at Notre Dame on April 6 and missed the rest of the season.
Before Clemson: Member of the Georgetown team for four seasons (2020-23), as he only saw action in 2021 and 2022 … hit .270 with 50 runs, six doubles, two triples, 10 homers, 50 RBIs, a .414 slugging percentage, .344 on-base percentage and 17 steals in 78 games (77 starts) in his career at Georgetown, where he was coached by Edwin Thompson … did not play in 2023 … hit .297 with nine homers, 37 RBIs and 11 steals in 51 games in 2022 … All-Big East Tournament selection in 2022 … Coastal Plain League All-Star in 2022 … hit .447 with a .531 on-base percentage and a junior … first-team All-Central New England Prep selection … National Honor Society member … lettered four times in baseball at Patchogue-Medford High School and Phillips (Mass.) Academy, where he was coached by Kevin Graber.
Personal: His brother, Richard, played baseball at Brown … pronounced CHEW-fo … earned a certificate on May 9, 2024 in athletic leadership in educuation … born Andrew John Ciufo on Sept. 7, 2000 in Medford, N.Y.