Clinton McKinney Class: Senior Hometown: Greenville, SC High School: UNC Greensboro Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: RHP Experience: 1VL Major: Management

Senior righthander who spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons at North Carolina-Greensboro...uses his sidearm delivery to be effective in retiring righthanded batters...has a 3-6 record, 4.60 ERA, and two saves in 103.2 innings pitched over 70 appearances (two starts) in three years at the collegiate level.

2008: Had an 0-0 record and 9.00 ERA in 15 relief appearances...in 13.0 innings pitched, he allowed 21 hits and seven walks with three strikeouts...allowed only one home run...had four pickoffs, most among Tiger pitchers...in 5.1 innings pitched in ACC regular-season games, he allowed just five hits (.227 opponents' batting average), one earned run (1.69 ERA), and no walks...had a 3.38 ERA in 2.2 innings pitched against top-25 ranked teams...held opponents 0-for-3 with the bases loaded...pitched a hitless and scoreless ninth inning in his first career appearance as a Tiger in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...pitched a perfect inning in relief against Boston College on Mar. 16...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, one earned run, and no walks with one strikeout at Duke on Apr. 19...pitched a scoreless inning in relief against Virginia Tech on Apr. 25.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered at North Carolina-Greensboro in 2006 and 2007, where he was coached by Mike Gaski...in 55 appearances with the Spartans, he had a 3-6 record with a 3.97 ERA and two saves in 90.2 innings pitched...had a 3-1 record and 3.37 ERA in 34.2 innings pitched with 35 strikeouts against seven walks as a sophomore at North Carolina-Greensboro...member of the Valley League champions in the summer of 2006...AAA Player-of-the-Year, an all-state selection, and region MVP as a senior at Greenville High School...named to the North-South All-Star game as a senior...member of the state championship team as a senior...lettered four times in baseball and two times in football at Greenville High, where he was coached by Dave Delgado.

PERSONAL: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2007-08...majoring in management...born Clinton Coleman McKinney on Nov. 17, 1986 in Greenville, SC.