Talented defender who was the primary starter at third base in 2025 ... a career .268 hitter with a .467 slugging percentage and .362 on-base percentage in 229 games (204 starts) over four seasons, including three at California Baptist and one at Clemson ... had 42 doubles, five triples, 31 homers, 136 RBIs, 146 runs, 87 walks, 24 hit-by-pitches and 33 steals.
Career Stats
Talented defender who was the primary starter at third base in 2025 … a career .268 hitter with a .467 slugging percentage and .362 on-base percentage in 229 games (204 starts) over four seasons, including three at California Baptist and one at Clemson … had 42 doubles, five triples, 31 homers, 136 RBIs, 146 runs, 87 walks, 24 hit-by-pitches and 33 steals.
2025: Hit .249 with 47 runs, 10 doubles, a triple, 10 homers, 47 RBIs, a .426 slugging percentage, .354 on-base percentage, 29 walks, 11 hit-by-pitches and 10 steals in 63 games (62 starts, including 58 at third base and four at shortstop) … led the team in at-bats (237) … hit .316 with runners in scoring position … had 15 multiple-hit games … had 11 multiple-RBI games … had four bunt singles … went 0-for-1 with an RBI, a run and three walks against No. 13 Oklahoma State at Arlington, Texas on Feb. 14; scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning; was his first game as a Tiger … went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs and a walk against No. 12 Arizona at Arlington, Texas on Feb. 15; was 4-for-9 (.444) with five RBIs, three runs, four walks and a .615 on-base percentage in three games in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown … went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and four RBIs against Winthrop on Feb. 25 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, double and two runs against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 … went 4-for-5 with a homer, double, four RBIs and three runs against Davidson on March 8 … went 3-for-5 with two runs and a steal against Davidson on March 9; was 7-for-14 with a homer, double, four RBIs, five runs and a steal in the series … went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and hit-by-pitch against Liberty on March 12 … went 1-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs against The Citadel on March 18 … went 2-for-4 with a three-run triple, run, walk and steal against Georgia Southern at North Augusta, S.C. on April 1 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs at California on April 5 … went 2-for-3 with a homer, double, two RBIs, two runs and two walks against Stanford on April 12; was 4-for-8 with a homer, double, three RBIs, three runs, a 1.000 slugging percentage and .692 on-base percentage in the series … hit a game-tying homer in the ninth inning against No. 17 Louisville on April 19 … went 2-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a hit-by-pitch at No. 5 Florida State on May 2 … went 1-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and a walk at No. 5 Florida State on May 4 … went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, walk and hit-by-pitch against Duke on May 10 … went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs, a walk and two steals at Pittsburgh on May 16 … No. 32 shortstop in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.
Before Clemson: Played three seasons (2022-24) at California Baptist, where he was coached by Gary Adcock … hit .278 with 21 homers, four triples, 32 doubles, 89 RBIs, 99 runs, a .367 on-base percentage and 23 steals in 166 games (142 starts) at California Baptist … hit .296 with 11 homers, two triples, 18 doubles, 38 RBIs, 49 runs, six steals and a .974 fielding percentage in 2024 … All-WAC Academic selection … spent two seasons (2020,21) at St. Mary’s, where he was coached by Charlie Migl, but was injured both seasons and did not appear in a game … No. 158 player and No. 31 shortstop in California by Perfect Game … lettered three times in baseball at Great Oak High School, where he was coached by Eric Morton.
Personal: His father, Jon, played college baseball … earned a certificate on May 8, 2025 in athletic leadership in education … born Joshua Matthew Paino on Jan. 8, 2001 in Murrieta, Calif.
