Sophomore lefthander who saw action on the mound as a starter, long reliever and closer in 2023 ... No. 53 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 60 college prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball ... No. 21 ACC prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1 Baseball and Perfect Game.
Career Stats
Sophomore lefthander who saw action on the mound as a starter, long reliever and closer in 2023 … No. 53 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 60 college prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 21 ACC prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1 Baseball and Perfect Game.
2023: Had an 0-1 record, four saves and a 4.55 ERA in 24 appearances (six starts) … in 31.2 innings pitched, he allowed 24 hits (.214 opponents’ batting average) and 25 walks with 43 strikeouts … did not allow a steal in three attempts … had a 2.00 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 18.0 innings pitched over his 18 relief appearances … in 18.2 innings pitched after the fourth inning, he allowed four runs (1.93 ERA) … held opponents to .091 with two outs … struck out the last two batters he faced to record the save against Binghamton on Feb. 18; was his first career appearance … pitched 4.2 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits and no runs with five strikeouts against No. 23 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 … pitched 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts at Florida State on April 7 … pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts at Georgia on April 11 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts against Notre Dame on April 16 … pitched 1.0 innings, allowing no runs and no walks with one strikeout to record the save at NC State on April 23 … pitched 2.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one hit with three strikeouts at No. 8 Coastal Carolina on May 10 … pitched 0.2 scoreless innings in relief to record the save at Virginia Tech on May 13 … struck out the only batter he faced to record the save at Virginia Tech on May 14 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with four strikeouts against North Carolina on May 19 … pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief against No. 9 Tennessee in the Clemson Regional on June 3 … No. 6 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 16 freshman in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 1 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 4 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 76 college prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 11 ACC prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 14 ACC prospect for the 2024 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … played for Bourne in the Cape Cod League in the summer, when he was 3-1 with a 3.29 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched over seven appearances (six starts); named to the Cape Cod League All-League team.
Before Clemson: No. 24 player and No. 6 lefthander in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 2 player and No. 1 lefthander in South Carolina by Perfect Game … member of the district championship team … lettered five times in baseball at Boiling Springs High School, where he was coached by Jeffrey Lipscomb.
Personal: Majoring in parks, recreation & tourism management … born James Tristan Smith on May 25, 2003 in Boiling Springs, S.C.
Major: Parks Recreation & Tourism Management
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