Primary starter at first base in 2025 and 2026 ... had a resurgence at the plate in 2026 ... two-time All-ACC Academic selection ... a career .318 hitter with a .520 slugging percentage and .416 on-base percentage in 162 games (159 starts) over three active seasons, including one at Purdue and two at Clemson ... has 34 doubles, three triples, 27 homers, 146 RBIs, 124 runs, 85 walks, 24 hit-by-pitches and four steals.
2026: Academic All-District by CSC ... All-ACC Academic selection ... Clemson’s top male ACC Scholar-Athlete (for all sports) ... hit .318 with 36 runs, 12 doubles, nine homers, 43 RBIs, a .512 slugging percentage, .437 on-base percentage, 33 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches in 55 games (55 starts, including 51 at first base, three as the DH and one in left field) ... led the team in hit-by-pitches ... had 14 multiple-hit games and 13 multiple-RBI games ... hit .366 with runners on base ... was 4-for-8 with nine RBIs with the bases loaded ... hit a team-high .385 with five homers, 21 RBIs, a .628 slugging percentage and .510 on-base percentage in 21 games away from home ... had an 11-game hitting streak in April ... went 3-for-3 with a walk in the first game of a doubleheader against Army West Point on Feb. 14 ... went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against Army West Point on Feb. 14; was 6-for-11 (.545) with two RBIs and two walks in the series ... went 3-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs and two walks against Bryant on Feb. 20; was 5-for-9 with a homer, double, four RBIs, three runs, four walks and a .692 on-base percentage in the series ... went 1-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs against Michigan State at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 ... went 1-for-2 with a double, two RBIs, two runs and a hit-by-pitch against La Salle on March 6 ... went 1-for-2 with three RBIs and two walks at Notre Dame on March 21 ... went 1-for-2 with two RBIs, two runs, a walk and two hit-by-pitches at Stanford on April 3 ... went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, double and run at Stanford on April 4 ... went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer at No. 9 Virginia on April 16 ... went 3-for-5 at No. 9 Virginia on April 17 ... hit a homer at No. 9 Virginia on April 18 ... went 2-for-4 with a homer, five RBIs and a walk against USC Upstate on April 21 ... went 3-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs, three runs and two walks at Louisville on April 24 ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI, run and walk at Louisville on April 25 ... went 2-for-3 with two runs and three walks at Louisville on April 26; was 7-for-10 with a homer, three RBIs, a 1.000 slugging percentage, six walks and an .813 on-base percentage in the series ... went 1-for-3 with a homer, two runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch against No. 13 Boston College on May 2 ... went 1-for-1 with two walks and a key sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning against No. 13 Boston College on May 3 ... went 1-for-3 with an RBI, run, walk and hit-by-pitch at No. 7 Coastal Carolina on May 5 ... went 2-for-4 with two runs, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, against No. 12 Florida State on May 9 ... went 2-for-3 with a double, walk and hit-by-pitch at USC Upstate on May 12 ... went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, two runs and a hit-by-pitch at Virginia Tech on May 16 ... No. 31 first baseman in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2025: All-ACC Academic selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... hit .271 with 26 runs, seven doubles, five homers, 39 RBIs, a .388 slugging percentage, .357 on-base percentage, 23 walks, seven hit-by-pitches and two steals in 54 games (51 starts, including 45 at first base and six at catcher) ... tied for second in Tiger history in sacrifice flies (9) ... tied for fourth in the nation in sacrifice flies ... first in the ACC in sacrifice flies ... led the team in sacrifice flies ... had 12 multiple-hit games ... hit .347 with four homers, six doubles and 26 RBIs in 31 games at home ... went 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs against North Carolina A&T on Feb. 22 ... went 1-for-3 with three runs and a walk against Davidson on March 8 ... went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and walk against Liberty on March 11 ... went 1-for-3 with a homer and walk against Liberty on March 12 ... went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs against The Citadel on March 19 ... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run against No. 11 Wake Forest on March 21 ... went 1-for-2 with a game-tying, run-scoring single with two outs in the eighth inning, a run, two walks and a hit-by-pitch against No. 11 Wake Forest on March 23 ... went 1-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs against Presbyterian on March 26 ... went 3-for-4 with an RBI, run and walk in the second game of a doubleheader at No. 19 Georgia Tech on March 29 ... went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI against Stanford on April 12 ... went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs at No. 5 Florida State on May 4 ... went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs against Duke on May 10 ... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs against Duke on May 11 ... preseason second-team All-American by NCBWA ... No. 30 transfer in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America ... No. 9 first baseman in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball ... No. 66 junior in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 99 college prospect for the 2025 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball ... No. 21 ACC prospect for the 2025 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
Before Clemson: Member of the Purdue program for two seasons, as he played in 2024 as a redshirt freshman under Head Coach Greg Goff ... second-team Freshman All-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and NCBWA ... Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Year ... Second-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection ... All-Big Ten Conference Freshman selection ... five-time Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Week ... hit .359 with 13 homers, three triples, 15 doubles, 64 RBIs, 62 runs, a .646 slugging percentage, .449 on-base percentage and two steals in 53 games in 2024 ... tied the school record for runs ... set school freshman records for hits, homers, RBIs, runs, total bases and slugging percentage ... first-team all-state selection as a senior at Boyle County High School ... No. 12 player and No. 3 catcher in Kentucky by Perfect Game ... hit .462 with 10 homers, 13 doubles and 46 RBIs in 33 games as a senior ... hit .430 with seven homers, 10 doubles and a school-record 49 RBIs in 36 games as a junior ... valedictorian as a senior ... lettered four times in baseball at Boyle County High School, where he was coached by Adam Blair.
Personal: His sister, Grace, played soccer at Morehead State ... graduated May 7, 2026 with a degree in economics ... received Clemson University’s Robert D. Tollison Award, given to an outstanding senior in economics ... born Robert Lukas Gaffney on Oct. 9, 2003 in Danville, Ky.