Casey Stone Class: Junior Hometown: Abbeville, SC Height / Weight: 5-6 / 155 Position: Outfield Birthdate: 09/10/1978 Bats-Throws: L-R

Scrappy outfielder who was one of the most pleasant surprises in 2000...worked his way through various backup roles to become a constant in the Tiger outfield in 2000...Clemson's smallest player in terms of height (5-6), but has a giant-sized heart...goes all-out on every play, whether it be at the plate, on the basepaths, or in the outfield...is in the mold of Head Coach Jack Leggett in the type of player he is on the field...has tracked down many foul balls in Clemson's spacious foul territory and made many diving catches...has 10 career outfield assists...has 25 career sacrifice bunts, most in Tiger history...a career .314 hitter in 462 at bats...has outstanding speed; he is 34-41 in stolen bases in three seasons...is even faster from home to first and hits many infield singles...has struck out just once every 12.83 at bats in his career, eighth best in Tiger history...a very approachable and outgoing person off the field.

Leggett Comments: "One of the more exciting offensive players we have had here at Clemson in a long time. He can bunt and slap the ball around and run as well as anyone we've had. He is a kid that puts and extreme amount of pressure on the defense. It is tough to know where to play him because he uses all parts of the field and is very aggressive on the basees. In the outfield certainly one of the best left fielders you could find anywhere. He will track the ball down. With he and Boyd and whoever we put in right field, we look to have an outstanding outfield."

2001: Ranked fifth in the ACC in stolen bases (22-27) and third in hits (91)S leads the team the above categories plus batting average with runners in scoring position (.405), sacrifice flies (6) and multiple hit games (27)S second on the team in batting average (.376), runs scored (51), total bases (115) and RBIs (45)... currently has a strikeout per at bat ratio of 1/30.25, which is the second lowest in a season at Clemson and has improved his career strikeout per at bat ratio to 14.62, fifth best in school history... had a 14-game hit streak earlier this season, the second longest of any Tiger this year... has four hits in a game four times this season... his 73 singles this season ties him for the third best figure in school history... one of only two Tigers to start every game this season... has batted at both the leadoff and second spot in the order this year... opened the year by going 6-11 with two RBIs and four runs scored against Richmond...went 2-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a 10-6 win over UNLV...drove in four runs in a 13-2 win over Oregon StateS batted 6-12 with two RBIs and four runs scored against Furman and South Carolina...had a 4-5 performance with two RBIs in a 9-3 win over Georgia Southern...went 3-5 with an RBI in an 8-6 win over MarylandS moved back to the leadoff spot for the New York Tech series... scored three runs and went 4-6 in a 24-3 win over New York TechS hit his first home run of the year, a three-run shot, against Winthrop...went 3-5 with three runs scored in an 8-7 win over Coastal Carolina...scored two runs and batted 3-4 in a 10-2 win over Duke... hit his second home run of the year in a 10-1 win over the Blue Devils... went 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored in a 3-0 win over Georgia Tech... had a triple and a team-high two RBIs in a 7-6 victory over N.C. State... went 4-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a 9-6 win against Furman... batted 9-24 with two RBIs and five runs scored in last year's ACC Tournament.

2000: Perhaps the most improved player on the team...cemented his spot at the Tiger leadoff hitter the last 38 games; during that stretch, he hit .396 (67-for-169)...hit .357 overall with 11 doubles, three triples, and a homer along with 51 RBIs in starting all 69 games (272 at bats)...his 82 singles was the second most in a season in Tiger history...made 54 starts in left field and 15 in right field...struck out just 15 times, or once every 18.13 at bats...scored a team-high 65 runs...hit .342 against lefties...had 14 sacrifice bunts, most in a season in Clemson history...hit .376 away from home and a team-best .376 at night...had 28 multi-hit games and a team-best 14 three-hit games...had a team-best 25 steals in 30 attempts...hit safely in his last 10 and 16 of his last 17 games at home; he had at least two hits in eight of his last nine home games...had a team-best 79.2 percent success rate of driving home runners on third with less than two outs...had a team-best four outfield assists...hit a team-best .460 with 15 RBIs in 15 May games...named the MVP of the Clemson Regional and made the All-Regional team at Clemson, where he was 5-for-14 (.357) with six RBIs and two stolen bases...hit a single, double, and triple against UNLV on Mar. 3...had a two run single and sacrifice bunt against UNLV on Mar. 5; the sacrifice broke the Clemson career record with his 16th...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs against William & Mary on Mar. 8; he gave the Tigers a 7-5 lead in the eighth inning with a clutch two-out, two-run single...went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a stolen base against Ohio in the second game of a doubleheader on Mar. 10...went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases against The Citadel on Mar. 24...had two hits, including a two-run triple, at Georgia on Mar. 29...had three hits and scored two runs against N.C. State on Apr. 8...walked three times and scored three runs against Georgia on Apr. 11...went 3-for-6 with an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against #11 Wake Forest on Apr. 15...went 3-for-4 with four runs scored and two stolen bases against Elon on Apr. 18...went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a sacrifice bunt at Duke on Apr. 22...went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs, a triple, a stolen base, and a sacrifice bunt at Duke on Apr. 23; the sacrifice was his ninth of the season, tying the Clemson single-season record...went 3-for-5 with a double, stolen base, and four RBIs against Western Carolina in Asheville, NC on Apr. 26...went 4-for-6 with two runs scored, four RBIs, and his first career homer at #5 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against #2 Florida State on May 6; he also set a Clemson single-season record with his 10th sacrifice of the year...went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and the game-winning hit in the ninth inning against #2 Florida State on May 7...went 2-for-2 with three RBIs against #4 Florida State on May 8; he went 7-for-11 with five RBIs in the three-game series against the Seminoles...had three hits and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader at Virginia on May 13...went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs at Virginia on May 14...went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored against Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 17...went 3-for-4 against #3 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 19...had two hits, scored two runs, and had three RBIs against Middle Tennessee in the Clemson Regional on May 28...had two hits and drove in two runs along with a stolen base against #10 Mississippi State in the Clemson Super Regional on June 2...went 3-for-5 against #1 Stanford in the College World Series on June 11.

1999: Came alive in the College Station Super Regional at #2 Texas A&M; he batted .455 (5-for-11) with a double, five RBIs, and two stolen bases after entering the series with just a .215 batting average...hit .367 (11-for-30) with nine RBIs and three stolen bases in eight NCAA Tournament games; started seven of the eight tournament games...batted .240 overall in 104 at bats with 17 RBIs and seven stolen bases...also had four doubles and five sacrifice bunts...had 47 putouts, three outfield assists, and did not commit a single error in 49 games (24 starts, 21 in left field, two as the designated hitter, and one in centerfield; 16 of the starts came from May 7 to the end of the season)...hit .341 with the bases empty...had a .450 on-base percentage when leading off an inning and a .420 on-base percentage at Doug Kingsmore Stadium...only struck out nine times in 104 at bats...started in left field in four of the five games in the Regional at Fayetteville, AR, where he was 6-for-19 (.316) with a double and four RBIs...had two hits and a run scored in four at bats against Kansas State on Feb. 14...had two RBIs despite not having a hit against George Mason in the first game of a doubleheader on Mar. 13...had three hits, two of which were doubles, against Coastal Carolina on May 8...walked three times and scored three runs against #10 North Carolina on May 9...went 3-for-6 with a double, two runs scored, and two RBIs in the Fayetteville Regional against Delaware on May 29...had two hits, a run scored, and an RBI in the Fayetteville Regional at #8 Arkansas on May 29...made a great catch at full speed while running towards the side wall down the left-field line in the eighth inning in the second of two games in the Fayetteville Regional against Southwest Missouri State on May 30; Clemson held on to win 7-5 and advance to the Super Regional...had two hits, including a double, four RBIs, and two runs scored at #2 Texas A&M in the Super Regional on June 5...had three hits, including the key go-ahead run-scoring single in the seventh inning, at #2 Texas A&M in the Super Regional on June 6; he entered the contest just 1-for-15 (.067) against lefthanders, but all three hits came against lefthanded pitching...played for Winchester of the Valley League in Virginia in the summer...made the All-Star team...led Winchester with a .342 batting average (47 points higher than the next closest teammate) in 37 games...also tied Tiger teammate Bradley LeCroy for the team lead in stolen bases with 12.

1998: Started 11 of Clemson's last 12 games...had six sacrifice bunts in only 86 at bats...hit .275 against ACC regular-season competition; he started nine of the Tigers' 23 conference games...hit .483 with runners in scoring position...went 2-for-2 with a run scored against Florida Atlantic on Mar. 4; it came in his first career start...had three hits, two runs, and two RBIs against Furman on Apr. 7...had two hits, a run scored, and an RBI at Duke in the second game of a doubleheader on Apr. 11...tied a Clemson single-game record held by many with two sacrifice bunts at #24 North Carolina on May 9...had a triple and two RBIs against The Citadel in the NCAA East Regional on May 21; he helped the Tigers win their 2,000th game in school history with his efforts...a First-Team All-Star centerfielder of the Coastal Plain League in the summer of 1998 playing for Florence (SC), as he hit .307 in 40 games with 14 runs batted in and 12 stolen bases.

BEFORE CLEMSON: First-Team Coaches Association All-State as an infielder in his senior season at Abbeville High School...played in the High School Sports Report All-Star Game...led the state in runs scored (48), at bats (101), and hits (49) as a senior at Abbeville High...All-State selection as a junior...hit .420 as a junior and won the Abbeville High Hitting Award in both his sophomore and junior seasons...also Coaches Association All-Region 3-AA as a sophomore and as a junior...tabbed as the top sophomore in Region 3-AA by the High School Sports Report...won the Greenwood Legion batting title (.445) as a junior and was a perfect 28-28 on stolen bases...led American Legion Post 20 (Greenwood, SC) in hitting with a .433 clip to garner team MVP honors in the summer after his sophomore season...played on the Upper State champions as a freshman; that team had a final record of 24-6...lettered four times in baseball and three times in football...a member of the 1996 Football State Champions at Abbeville (15-0 record) as a senior...All-Lakelands selection according to the Index Journal as a senior...Abbeville High was the region champions in his freshman through junior seasons on the gridiron...coached by Mark Smith at Abbeville High.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Secondary Education...born Marion Casey Stone on September 10, 1978 in Abbeville, SC.