Roberto Valiente Class: Sophomore Hometown: Tampa, FL Height / Weight: 5-10 / 170 Position: OF

Talented outfielder who has shown flashes of power with his free-swinging style...has good speed as well.

LEGGETT COMMENTS "Roberto is an excellent athlete. He has great baserunning skills. He has a chance to be excellent in the outfield with just a little more work there. He was one of our hottest hitters in the fall and had an excellent spring for us last year as a freshman. He has a chance to be an excellent baseball player. He will see a lot of action out in left field for us this year. We need to have a great year out of Roberto Valiente if we expect to have a very successful season."

CLEMSON HIGHLIGHTS 2002: Hit .323 with a homer and 19 RBIs in 44 games (30 starts, 26 in left field and four in right field)...had seven doubles and two triples as well...the leadoff batter in the order 13 times...hit .347 against lefties and .429 with runners on base...had a .412 batting average with runners in scoring position and hit .463 with two outs...hit .536 with runners on base and two outs...hit .538 with runners in scoring position and two outs...was 8-for-13 (.615) in second innings and 8-for-17 (.471) in eighth innings...12 of his 19 RBIs came with two outs...hit .364 in 23 night games...hit a team-best .571 (8-for-14) in 14 games off the bench...hit .375 in nine starts against SEC teams...hit .368 in June...hit .400 in his nine games batting in the fifth spot in the lineup...hit .341 (14-for-41) in starting all 10 NCAA Tournament games...had a hit and RBI in his first career start against Purdue on Mar. 9...went 2-for-2 with two runs scored off the bench against UNC Asheville on Mar. 19...hit his first career homer against Maine on Mar. 22...had two hits, including a double, in a start against East Tennessee State on Apr. 2...had two hits, including a clutch two-out, two-run single at Georgia on Apr. 9...had a single and scored a run against #7 South Carolina on Apr. 17...hit a pinch-hit, RBI single at Duke on Apr. 19...went 2-for-4 with a double at Duke on Apr. 20...had two hits, two RBIs, and scored two runs off the bench against Furman on Apr. 23...had a run-scoring triple against #3 Wake Forest on Apr. 27...had a run-scoring single against #2 Florida State on May 19...had two hits and two RBIs against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 22, as he was playing in his hometown area...went 4-for-7 with three runs scored and two RBIs against #22 East Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 2...went 2-for-4 with a double against #18 Arkansas in the Clemson Super Regional on June 8...went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against #6 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on June 16...went 3-for-5 with an RBI against #3 South Carolina in the College World Series on June 19.

BEFORE CLEMSON Batted .319 with 23 hits and 16 RBIs his junior year at Tampa Catholic High School...a member of the Hillsborough County All-Star Team in 2000...named Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 2000...lettered in baseball three years...coached by Chuck Yingling.

PERSONAL Nicknamed "Tico" because his father's name was also Roberto, so they added "Tico" to the end of his name ("Robertico") when he was growing up, meaning "little Roberto"...his parents are native of Cuba...Valiente means "brave" in in spanish...majoring in PRTM...pronounced val-ee-EHN-tay...born Roberto Valiente on March 4, 1983.

Valiente Career Stats
Year	AVG	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR 	RBI	TB	BB	HBP	SF	OB%	SB
2002	.323	44-30	127	20	41	7	2	1 	19	55	10	0	0	.372	1-3