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#24  Mac Starbuck

Position:
INF
Height:
5-9
Weight:
165
Class:
**Fr.
Hometown:
Easley, S.C.
High School:
Easley HS
B/T:
R-R

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Junior infielder who was a four-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … versatile player who saw action off the bench during his career … a career .196 hitter with a .294 slugging percentage and .359 on-base percentage in 39 games (12 starts) over four active seasons … had three doubles, a triple, three RBIs, 11 runs, five walks, eight hit-by-pitches and two steals … did not commit an error in 53 chances in his career.

2023: Academic Honor Roll member … hit .125 with two runs, a double, RBI, a .364 on-base percentage, two walks and four hit-by-pitches in 14 games (three starts at third base) … went 1-for-2 with an RBI, a run and two hit-by-pitches in the first game of a doubleheader against Georgia State on March 11 … hit a pinch-hit double at Georgia Tech on March 25

2022: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .500 with four runs, a triple, two RBIs, a .750 slugging percentage, .600 on-base percentage, a walk and hit-by-pitch in 11 games (one start at second base) … went 1-for-1 with two runs off the bench against Indiana on Feb. 19 … went 1-for-2 with a triple, RBI and two runs off the bench in the second game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Feb. 26 … suffered a foot injury in early April.

2021: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … was 0-for-1 in three games off the bench … played for Strasburg in the Valley League in the summer, when he totaled two RBIs, two runs and two steals in eight games.

2020: Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .154 with five runs, two doubles, a .231 slugging percentage, .290 on-base percentage, two walks, three hit-by-pitches and two steals in 11 games (eight starts, including seven at second base and one at third base) … tied for the team lead in sacrifice bunts (1) … did not commit an error in 26 chances … Clemson had an 8-0 record in his eight starts … was 4-for-12 with a .500 on-base percentage with the bases empty … was 4-for-12 after the fifth inning … had a team-season-high two hit-by-pitches and scored the game’s only run against Liberty on Feb. 15 … hit a single in the 10th inning and scored the walkoff run against Stony Brook on Feb. 22 … played for High Point-Thomasville in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he hit .171 with three doubles, six RBIs, 10 runs and four steals in 17 games.

2019: Redshirted as a member of the developmental squad … No. 130 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Gastonia in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he hit .262 with four doubles, 15 RBIs, 23 runs, a .466 on-base percentage and 14 steals in 42 games.

Before Clemson: North-South All-Star Game selection … all-state and all-region … team MVP as a senior … member of four conference championship teams … lettered five times in baseball, including at Easley High School, where he was coached by Josh Warner.

Personal: His father, Greg, an assistant coach at UNC Greensboro, was the volunteer assistant coach at Clemson (2016-19) and played two years at UNC Asheville in 1985,86 … graduated May 12, 2022 with a degree in sports communication … born McGwire Matthew Starbuck on Dec. 13, 1998 in Kernersville, N.C.

Favorite hobbies – Playing video games and watching sports on television
Favorite food or candy – Lobster mac and cheese
Ideal vacation spot – Kavala, Greece
Childhood hero – His father
One person, living or dead, to eat dinner with – Alex Bregman