#27  Tristan Bissetta

Career Stats

Outfielder who has good power … one of the strongest players on the team … became the primary starter in left field during the second half of the 2024 season … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … a career .286 hitter with a .487 slugging percentage and .387 on-base percentage in 56 games (39 starts) over two active seasons … has eight doubles, a triple, seven homers, 35 RBIs, 29 runs, 23 walks, three hit-by-pitches and three steals.

2024: Won the team’s Most Improved Award … All-ACC Academic selection … hit .298 with 29 runs, seven doubles, a triple, seven homers, 34 RBIs, a .511 slugging percentage, .401 on-base percentage, 22 walks, three hit-by-pitches and three steals in 44 games (36 starts, including 22 in left field, eight as the DH and six in right field) … hit .375 with runners on base and .450 with runners in scoring position … hit .308 with four homers, three doubles, 20 RBIs and 17 runs in 24 ACC regular-season games (19 starts) … hit .333 with three homers, six doubles, 15 RBIs, 17 runs, a .451 on-base percentage and a steal in 25 home games (20 starts) … had 12 multiple-hit games … Clemson Regional All-Tournament selection by going 3-for-11 (.273) with two doubles, an RBI, two runs and three walks in three games … went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs against UNC Greensboro on March 9; was his first start of the season and his first career homers … went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a walk against Manhattan on March 12 … hit a grand slam at No. 3 Duke on March 16 … went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs and a walk at Louisville on April 26 … went 2-for-5 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs at Louisville on April 28 … went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, run and walk against Georgia Tech on May 5 … hit a two-run homer at No. 12 Wake Forest on May 11 … hit a three-run homer at No. 12 Wake Forest on May 12 … went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, a run and steal against Boston College on May 17 … went 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a run against Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 24 … went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, run and walk against High Point in the Clemson Regional on May 31; hit the walkoff single in the ninth inning … went 1-for-3 with a homer and walk against No. 13 Florida in the Clemson Super Regional on June 8.

2023: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .154 with a double, RBI, .231 slugging percentage, .214 on-base percentage and walk in 12 games (three starts, including two in right field and one as the DH) … hit a pinch-hit single at Georgia Tech on March 25; was his first career hit … played for Lexington County in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he hit .095 with a run.

2022: Redshirted … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … No. 109 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Charlottesville in the Valley League in the summer, when he hit .185 with a homer, two doubles, three RBIs, three runs and two steals in nine games, then played for Lexington County in the Coastal Plain League, where he hit .254 with a team-tying-high five homers, three doubles, 10 RBIs, 18 runs and three steals in 24 games.

Before Clemson: North-South All-Star Game selection … region player-of-the-year as a senior … Greenville News Male Athlete-of-the-Year as a senior … hit 10 home runs in 29 games as a senior … lettered six times in swimming and three times in baseball at J.L. Mann High School, where he was coached by Brian Simpson.

Personal: His father, Jack, played basketball at SUNY Potsdam … graduated May 9, 2024 with a degree in financial management in only three years … born Tristan Albert Bissetta on May 27, 2003 in Greenville, S.C.