First-year transfer and redshirt sophomore … No. 30 transfer in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.
Before Clemson: Member of the Purdue program for two seasons, as he played in 2024 as a redshirt freshman under Head Coach Greg Goff … second-team freshman All-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and NCBWA … Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Year … Second-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection … All-Big Ten Conference Freshman selection … five-time Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Week … hit .359 with 13 homers, three triples, 15 doubles, 64 RBIs, 62 runs, a .646 slugging percentage, .449 on-base percentage and two steals in 53 games in 2024 … tied the school record for runs … set school freshman records for hits, homers, RBIs, runs, total bases and slugging percentage … first-team all-state selection as a senior at Boyle County High School … No. 12 player and No. 3 catcher in Kentucky by Perfect Game … hit .462 with 10 homers, 13 doubles and 46 RBIs in 33 games as a senior … hit .430 with seven homers, 10 doubles and a school-record 49 RBIs in 36 games as a junior … valedictorian as a senior … lettered four times in baseball at Boyle County High School, where he was coached by Adam Blair.
Personal: His sister, Grace, played soccer at Morehead State … majoring in pre-business … born Robert Lukas Gaffney on Oct. 9, 2003 in Danville, Ky.
