Jon McGibbon Class: Sophomore Hometown: Lindenhurst, NY High School: Lindenhurst Senior HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 210 Position: 1B/OF Experience: 1VL B-T: L-L

Power-hitting first-baseman and outfielder who made an impact as a freshman in 2011...was the team's best pinch-hitter...will compete for the starting spot at first base in 2012.

2011: Hit .339 with eight runs, four doubles, one homer, 14 RBIs, a .463 on-base percentage, and one steal in 43 games (11 starts, including four at first base, four as the DH, and three in right field)...Clemson was 10-1 in his 11 starts...in 19 ACC regular-season games (five starts), he was 10-for-29 (.345) with two doubles, one homer, five RBIs, and a .457 on-base percentage...was 14-for-27 (.519) with two doubles, 10 RBIs, and a .595 on-base percentage in 32 games off the bench...was 10-for-17 (.588) with a double, five RBIs, four walks, a hit-by-pitch, and .652 on-base percentage as a pinch-hitter...was 16-for-37 (.432) after the fifth inning...reached base in seven of his 11 plate appearances when leading off an inning...had a hit in each of his first three at-bats and reached base in each of his first six plate appearances...went 2-for-2 with a double and run in his first game as a Tiger against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 18...went 1-for-2 with a run-scoring single in his first career start against Wofford on Mar. 2...hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring double against #4 South Carolina on Mar. 6...hit his first career home run at N.C. State on Mar. 27...hit a pinch-hit, walkoff single with one out in the 10th inning against Coastal Carolina on Apr. 5...hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring single against Wake Forest on Apr. 23...hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring single against Wake Forest on Apr. 24...hit a key pinch-hit single in the ninth inning at Virginia Tech on May 15...went 2-for-2 with three RBIs off the bench against Davidson on May 17...walked three times at #4 Florida State on May 20...won the Omaha Challenge competition among fielders in the fall of 2010...played for North Shore in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he played only three games.

Before Clemson: Member of the Greater New York Sandlot team as a senior at Lindenhurst Senior High School...member of the state champions, Long Island champions, and Suffolk County champions as a senior...29th-round draft pick (#882 overall) by the Seattle Mariners...member of the Summer Rivalry Classic team as a junior...member of the Empire State team as a sophomore...MVP, all-county, All-Long Island, and all-state selection as a senior...MVP, two-time all-county, All-Long Island, and all-state selection in football...lettered four times in baseball and three times in football at Lindenhurst Senior High, where he was coached by Michael Cannobio.

Personal: Majoring in sociology...born Jonathan Gerard McGibbon on Oct. 5, 1992 in Syosset, NY.