#12 Alex Hemenway

Position:

Guard

Height:

6'3"

Weight:

180

Class:

Freshman

Hometown:

Newburgh, Ind.

High School:

Castle HS

Honors and Awards

2022-23

Announced his return for his fifth season on April 7, 2023.
Battled plantar fascia in his foot most of the year, but appeared in 20 games and made 12 starts, averaging 24.0 minutes per contest.
Averaged 6.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists, while shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 47.1 percent from three.
Produced five double-digit scoring games and six in which he made at least three 3-pointers.
Scored a season-high 18 points against USC Upstate (Nov. 15).
- Finished 7-for-9 from the floor and 4-for-6 from three.
Totaled three-straight games in double-figures from Nov. 29 to Dec. 7.
- Scored 15 points in an overtime win over Penn State (Nov. 29), hitting five field goals, including four threes.
- Netted 12 points in a comeback win over Wake Forest (Dec. 2) in the ACC opener and finished 4-for-6 from 3-point range.
- Scored 15 points in a victory over Towson (Dec. 7), finishing 4-for-6 from the field and 3-for-4 from three.
- He finished the stretch of games 11-for-16 from 3-point range to propel the Tigers to a 3-0 record in those contests.
Hurt his foot in a win over Richmond (Dec. 17) and returned for the first time on Jan. 31, playing limited minutes in eight games the rest of the season.

2021-22

Appeared in 31 games and made two starts.
Averaged 5.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 14.6 minutes per contest.
Finished the season shooting 40.6 percent from three.
Posted double-figures four times last season, including a career-high-tying 17 points in a win over Miami (Oh.) (Dec. 14).
- Finished 5-for-6 from the floor, including 3-for-3 from three and 4-for-4 at the foul line.
- Scored 12 points against Drake (Dec. 11) and at Florida State (Feb. 15) and 11 points vs. Virginia Tech (March 5).
Made at least two threes in a game on 11 different occasions.
- Had a run of games from Dec. 11 through Dec. 18 in three contests where he shot 12-for-15 from three. Clemson went 4-1 during that stretch.

2020-21

Appeared in 24 games and made a career-high 11 starts.
Averaged 4.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per contest.
Posted double-figure points twice last season.
- Totaled at least eight points in a game on five occasions.
- Had six games of at least two made threes.
Scored eight points in nearly nine minutes of action in a win over Maryland (Dec. 9).
Tallied a career-best 17 points in a road win at Wake Forest (Feb. 24).
- Finished 6-of-7 from the field (career-high in field goals made).
- Finished 5-for-6 from three (career-high in threes made).
Scored 11 points at Syracuse (March 3).
- Finished 3-for-6 from three against the Orange.

2019-20

Appeared in 15 games, all off the bench for the Tigers.
Suffered a severe high ankle sprain in the second game of the season, causing him to miss 16 contests.
Returned to play 13 games and finished the season averaging 4.8 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.
Shot 50.0 percent from the floor (25-for-50), including an impressive 47.6 percent from 3-point range (20-for-42).
Turned in seven games in which he netted multiple 3-pointers.

Best Games, 2019-20

First career appearance came in the season opener against Virginia Tech (Nov. 5), scoring three points and finishing 1-for-2 from distance.
Scored a then-season-high six points against Presbyterian (Nov. 7) before suffering an injury that caused him to miss 16 games.
Made his return and scored eight points at Louisville (Jan. 25), finishing 3-for-4 from the floor and 2-for-3 from 3-point range.
Grabbed a season-high three rebounds at Wake Forest (Feb. 1).
Netted a season-high 16 points in a home loss to Notre Dame (Feb. 9). Finished 5-for-8 from the floor and 4-for-7 from three. The four made 3-pointers were a season-high.
Posted back-to-back games of eight points in wins at Pittsburgh (Feb. 12) and at home against No. 5 Louisville (Feb. 15).
Scored nine points at Virginia Tech (March 4), finishing 3-for-6 from distance.

Before Clemson

Comes to Clemson as a three-star prospect.
Ranked No. 10 in the state of Indiana
Averaged 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a junior last season at Castle High School
Chose Clemson over Nebraska, Creighton, DePaul and Belmont

Personal