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#15 Weston Jackson Season 2016-17

PositionOF
Weight185 lbs
Height5-9
YearRedshirt Graduate
HometownGreer, S.C.

Career Stats

Graduate transfer from Presbyterian College who saw action as both an outfield starter and pinch-hitter in 2017 … a career .305 hitter with a .505 slugging percentage and .383 on-base percentage in 176 games (143 starts) over five seasons, including four at Presbyterian College and one at Clemson … had 44 doubles, three triples, 20 homers, 106 RBIs, 113 runs, 62 walks, 13 hit-by-pitches and 19 steals.

2017: All-ACC Academic selection … hit .248 with 26 runs, four doubles, two triples, eight homers, 31 RBIs, a .346 on-base percentage, 17 walks, four hit-by-pitches and two steals in 50 games (32 starts, including 20 in right field, eight in left field, three in center field and one as the DH) … led the team in triples and games off the bench (18) … Clemson had a 23-8 record in his 31 outfield starts … hit .308 with runners in scoring position and .348 with two outs … was 3-for-6 with five RBIs with the bases loaded … had 19 two-out RBIs among his 31 total RBIs … went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in the seventh inning that gave Clemson the lead for good, two runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch against Western Carolina on Feb. 22 … hit a pinch-hit two-run homer to give Clemson the lead in the sixth inning and later walked and scored another run against Yale on March 15 … went 3-for-4 with two homers, a double and five RBIs against Furman on March 28 … went 2-for-3 with a team-season-high two triples, two RBIs, two runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch at Furman on May 9 … went 3-for-5 with a homer, double and three RBIs against No. 24 Coastal Carolina on May 16 … went 2-for-3 with a homer and walk at NC State on May 18 … went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, three runs and a walk at NC State on May 20; was 5-for-9 with a double, homer, four RBIs, five runs and two walks in the series … hit a homer against No. 10 Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 26 … hit a two-out, two-run single in the fifth inning to give Clemson the lead for good against UNC Greensboro in the Clemson Regional on June 2 … went 3-for-5 with a homer, double, three RBIs and two runs against Vanderbilt in the Clemson Regional on June 4 … No. 57 outfielder in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.

Before Clemson: Played four seasons (2013-16) at Presbyterian College, where he was coached by Elton Pollock and hit .324 with 40 doubles, one triple, 12 homers, 75 RBIs, 87 runs and 17 steals in 126 games … third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball in 2016, when he hit .341 with 27 doubles, one triple, 10 homers, 55 RBIs, 47 runs and nine steals in 57 games … second-team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA and Second-Team All-Big South in 2016 … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2016 … set a school record for doubles and tied the record for runs in 2016 … hit .395 with two homers, seven doubles and 11 RBIs in 11 games in 2015 before suffering an injury; received a medical redshirt … hit .300 with five doubles and 28 runs in 39 games … first-team all-region as a freshman, sophomore and junior at Eastside High School … hit .551 with five homers as a junior, when he was first-team all-state … lettered multiple times in baseball at Eastside High School, where he was coached by Scott Erwin.

Personal: Majoring in business administration … born Weston Thomas Jackson on July 24, 1993 in Greer, S.C.