First-year transfer who will compete for the starting shortstop job … No. 55 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 49 prospect for the 2027 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 9 ACC prospect for the 2027 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game.
Before Clemson: Played one season (2025) at App State, where he was coached by Kermit Smith … Sun Belt Conference Freshman-of-the-Year in 2025 … first-team all-conference in 2025 … hit .341 with 13 doubles, two triples, three homers, 37 RBIs, 40 runs, a .410 on-base percentage and seven steals in 53 games in 2025 … reached base in each of his first 34 games … had a team-high 24 multiple-hit games … had a 12-game hitting streak from March to April … hit .340 and had a 4-0 record and two saves as a senior at West Boca Raton Community High School … did not allow an earned run in 9.1 innings pitched … lettered in baseball at West Boca Raton Community High School, where he was coached by Jerry Albert.
Personal: Pronounced LITCH-tehn-burg-er … majoring in pre-business … born Tyler Jon Lichtenberger on Jan. 10, 2006 in Rochester, N.Y.