Lefthander who was a reliever in his first season at Clemson in 2024 and was a starter during the first half of 2025 ... was one of the team’s top long relievers in his best season in 2026 ... in 71.2 innings pitched over 40 appearances (seven starts) and three seasons, he has a 4-6 record, three saves and a 6.40 ERA while allowing 74 hits (.265 opponents’ batting average) and 46 walks with 93 strikeouts.
2026: National Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch List member ... had a 4-2 record, three saves and a 4.69 ERA in 19 relief appearances ... in 40.1 innings pitched, he allowed 38 hits (.248 opponents’ batting average) and 21 walks with 50 strikeouts ... held lefthanded batters to .154 ... pitched 5.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no runs and no walks with six strikeouts to earn his first career win in the second game of a doubleheader against Army West Point on Feb. 14 ... pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no earned runs with two strikeouts against Bryant on Feb. 20 ... pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts to record his first career save against La Salle on March 6 ... pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts against No. 15 Coastal Carolina on March 24 ... pitched a perfect ninth inning with one strikeout to record the save against Miami (Fla.) on March 27 ... pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no walks with two strikeouts to record the save at Santa Clara on April 6 ... pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing two hits and no runs with five strikeouts to earn the win at Charlotte on April 14 ... pitched 3.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts to earn the win against USC Upstate on April 21 ... pitched 2.0 innings in relief with one strikeout to earn the win at Virginia Tech on May 16 ... No. 59 ACC prospect for the 2026 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2025: Had an 0-3 record and a 9.12 ERA in 12 appearances (six starts) ... in 24.2 innings pitched, he allowed 30 hits (.300 opponents’ batting average) and 14 walks with 33 strikeouts ... pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one hit and no runs with six strikeouts against North Carolina A&T on Feb. 23 ... pitched 4.0 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits, no runs and one walk with six strikeouts at South Carolina on March 2 ... pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks with four strikeouts against Presbyterian on March 26 ... pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with six strikeouts against No. 2 North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 25 ... No. 68 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 40 ACC prospect for the 2026 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2024: Had an 0-1 record and a 6.75 ERA in nine appearances (one start) ... in 6.2 innings pitched, he allowed six hits (.231 opponents’ batting average), no homers and 11 walks with 10 strikeouts ... held lefthanded batters to 0-for-7 ... pitched 2.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one hit and no runs with five strikeouts against Presbyterian at Greenville, S.C. on March 20 ... No. 36 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 25 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by D1Baseball ... No. 7 ACC prospect for the 2026 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game ... played for Bourne in the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer, when he had five strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched over five relief appearances.
Before Clemson: No. 107 player and No. 16 lefthander in the nation by Perfect Game ... No. 3 player and No. 1 lefthander in New York by Perfect Game ... No. 224 prospect for the 2023 draft by Perfect Game ... lettered four times in baseball and one time in basketball at Half Hollow Hills High School West, where he was coached by Thomas Migliozzi.
Personal: Pronounced leh-GUHR-nick ... majoring in management ... born Justin Joseph LeGuernic on Oct. 8, 2005 in Dix Hills, N.Y.