First-year freshman.
Before Clemson: No. 478 player and No. 157 righthander in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 68 player and No. 14 righthander in Florida by Perfect Game … first-team all-state selection … Northeast Florida player-of-the-year as a junior … all-academic team member as a senior … lettered four times in baseball at The Bolles School, where he was coached by Mike Boswell.
Personal: His father, Greg, played baseball at Johns Hopkins (1996-00) … pronounced KICK … majoring in general engineering … born Chayce Nicholas Kieck on July 9, 2005 in Jacksonville, Fla.