Career Stats
First-baseman and righthander who pitched sparingly out of the bullpen and saw most of his action at first base in 2016 … had good power … a career .154 hitter in 13 games (two starts) over two seasons of action in the field … had one double, two RBIs and one run … in 14.0 innings pitched over 12 relief appearances and three seasons, he had an 0-0 record and a 3.86 ERA while allowing 13 hits (.255 opponents’ batting average), no homers and 10 walks with 11 strikeouts.
2016: Hit .100 with one run and one RBI in nine games (two starts at first base) … had an 0-0 record and 9.00 ERA in one relief appearance … in 1.0 innings pitched, he allowed one hit (.250 opponents’ batting average), no homers and one walk with one strikeout … Clemson had a 2-0 record in his two starts … was 1-for-2 as a pinch-hitter … hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring single and scored a run against Maine on Feb. 21.
2015: Redshirted as a member of the developmental squad while recovering from injury.
2014: Had an 0-0 record and a 6.75 ERA in three relief appearances … in 2.2 innings pitched, he allowed one hit (.111 opponents’ batting average) and one walk with two strikeouts … pitched a hitless and scoreless eighth inning with a strikeout at Pittsburgh on April 20 … pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout against No. 11 Miami (Fla.) on April 27 … had “Tommy John” surgery on July 15 … played for Ballantyne in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he was 0-for-4 with one walk in three games.
2013: Had an 0-0 record and a 2.61 ERA in eight relief appearances … in 10.1 innings pitched, he allowed 11 hits (.289 opponents’ batting average) and eight walks with eight strikeouts … was 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI in four games off the bench … held opponents to a .174 batting average with runners on base and an .071 batting average with runners in scoring position … hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring double against William & Mary on Feb. 17; was his first career game … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State on Feb. 23; was his first career appearance … pitched a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout against Western Carolina on April 24 … pitched 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader at Furman on May 8 … pitched a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts against Georgia Southern on May 11 … pitched a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts against no walks against Liberty in the Columbia Regional on May 31 … played for Gastonia in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he pitched 4.1 innings over four relief appearances.
Before Clemson: Rated as the No. 460 player in the nation and No. 13 player in North Carolina by Perfect Game … East Coast Pro Showcase … three-time all-conference selection … member of the conference champions four times … lettered four times in baseball … coached by Danny Hignight at Providence Senior High School.
Personal: Pronounced cam-PAN-uh … his mother, Susan, played softball at Tufts … graduated May 7, 2016 with a degree in management … born Jackson Ross Campana on Aug. 29, 1993 in Winston-Salem, N.C.