Chad Coder Class: Senior Hometown: Redmond, WA Last College: Edmonds CC Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Position: OF Experience: 1VL Bats/Throws: R/R

Emerged as the starting centerfielder in 2001... one of the fastest Tigers on the team, he was second on the squad with 18 stolen bases... one of four Tigers to play in all but one game last season.

Leggett Comments: "Chad has a great deal of potential in the outfield for us. He is an excellent center fielder, he has outstanding speed and gets a great jump on the ball. He will run the ball down and his arm has improved a great deal. His fundamentals are good in the outfield. Offensively he can pull the trigger and has a very quick bat, and a strong bat. He just has to be more aggressive and more confident with the bat in his hands and if he does then he will find his way in the lineup."

2001: Appeared in all but one game in 2001 and was the primary starter in center field... very fast runner who was not caught in his first 15 stolen base attempts and was among the ACC leaders in that category for much of the season... had a hit in each of his first nine games in a Clemson uniform... hit 5-9 with three RBIs and four runs scored against Richmond... batted 10-22 and scored eight runs in the five-game trip to Las Vegas... ignited Clemson's 7-4 win at South Carolina with a three-run HR in the first inning... led off a 9-3 victory over Georgia Southern with a home run and finished the day 2-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs... batted 2-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs in an 8-6 win over Maryland... hit a two-run home run in a 7-0 win over Maryland... batted 2-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the win against Old Dominion... scored two runs and batted 3-4 from the plate in a 10-4 win over Georgia... stole two bases in a 3-0 win over Georgia Tech... was 2-3 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at N.C. State... went 2-4 with a run scored in a 7-6 win over North Carolina in the ACC Tournament... named to the All-Tournament team at the Clemson Regional after batting .417 with six RBIs... knocked in two important insurance runs during a 4-1 win against William & Mary in Clemson's first game of the regional... with the Tigers holding on to a 2-0 lead in the eighth inning, Coder hit a two-out single that plated Jarrod Schmidt and Michael Johnson... went 3-4 with four RBIs in Clemson win over Seton Hall... went 1-2 and scored a run in game two of the Super Regional against Miami... named to the Dean's List for the spring semester.

Before Clemson: Honorable Mention All-American according to USA Today... played one season at Edmonds CC in Washington... comes from the same junior college where former Tiger assistant Hank King was the head coach in 1999... lettered two times at Eastlake HS... earned King County Honorable Mention honors as a junior and senior... coached by Don Marbett at Edmonds CC and J.T. D'Amico at Eastlake HS... also lettered three times in football.

Personal: His mother, Karen, was a four-year letterman and All-American in lacrosse at Penn State... his father, Craig, lettered two times in football at Penn State... had three uncles who also played football at Penn State... his uncle, Ron, also played professional football for nine seasons... his grandfather, Ron, was the USA's goalkeeper on the 1956 Olympic team; he was also a standout in boxing, cross country, and track... majoring in Psychology... named to the ACC Academic honor roll for 200-001... born Chad Alan Coder on Sept. 26, 1980 in Bellevue, WA.