Was primarily a matchup lefthander out of the bullpen in the 2023 season, then suffered an injury in the fall that forced him out of action in 2024 … returned in 2025 to be a long reliever and weekend starter … two-time All-ACC Academic selection … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … in 76.2 innings pitched over 38 appearances (six starts) and two active seasons, he had a 4-7 record and 5.17 ERA while allowing 83 hits (.278 opponents’ batting average) and 28 walks with 70 strikeouts.
2025: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 2-5 record and 5.46 ERA in 21 appearances (six starts) … in 61.0 innings pitched, he allowed 65 hits (.275 opponents’ batting average) and 22 walks with 50 strikeouts … tied for 10th in the ACC in pickoffs (2) … tied for the team lead in pickoffs … only allowed one steal in two attempts … had a 2-1 record, 3.82 ERA and 31 strikeouts against 13 walks in 33.0 innings pitched over 15 relief appearances … had a 2.08 ERA in 8.2 innings pitched after the sixth inning … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with two strikeouts against North Carolina A&T on Feb. 22 … pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with four strikeouts against Winthrop on Feb. 25 … pitched 4.2 innings in relief, allowing four hits, no runs and no walks with six strikeouts to earn the win against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 … pitched 4.0 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits and no earned runs with four strikeouts to earn the win against Liberty on March 11 … pitched 2.1 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts against Notre Dame on March 16 … pitched 1.2 hitless and scoreless innings in relief against No. 11 Wake Forest on March 22 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with three strikeouts against No. 11 Wake Forest on March 23 … pitched 6.2 innings in his first start as a Tiger, allowing four hits and one run with eight strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader at No. 19 Georgia Tech on March 29 … pitched 7.0 innings in relief, allowing six hits with four strikeouts against No. 17 Louisville on April 19 … pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits and no walks with four strikeouts at No. 25 NC State on April 26 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no earned runs against Kentucky in the Clemson Regional on June 1.
2024: Redshirted … suffered a leg injury and missed the season.
2023: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 2-2 record and 4.02 ERA in 17 relief appearances … in 15.2 innings pitched, he allowed 18 hits (.286 opponents’ batting average) and six walks with 20 strikeouts … pitched 0.2 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks with one strikeout to earn the win against Charlotte on Feb. 21; was his first career appearance … scored a run as a pinch-runner on Billy Amick’s walkoff grand slam against Georgia State on March 10 … pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts against No. 2 Wake Forest on March 30 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with one strikeout at Georgia on April 11 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks to earn the win against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24.
Before Clemson: Played two seasons at Spartanburg Methodist College, where he was 5-3 with one save, a 3.43 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 76.0 innings pitched over 23 appearances (11 starts) in 2021 and 2022 under Head Coach Tim Wallace … all-region as a sophomore and junior at Woodruff High School … member of the district champions as a sophomore … lettered three times in baseball and two times in football at Woodruff High School, where he was coached by Grant Ramsey.
Personal: His grandfather, Charlie Phillips, played baseball at Carson-Newman … graduated May 9, 2024 with a degree in communication … born Stephen Brian Bailey Jr. on Aug. 11, 2001 in Spartanburg, S.C.