First-year freshman.
2022: Redshirted … No. 142 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 29 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game.
Before Clemson: Garden State Games participant … second-team all-state selection … first-team all-county selection … lettered four times in baseball at Teaneck High School, where he was coached by Ed Klimek.
Personal: His mother, Joanna, played tennis at St. John’s … pronounced SAM-ihk … majoring in pre-business … born Aries Samek on Nov. 13, 2002 in Teaneck, N.J.
