Steve Wilkerson Class: Sophomore Hometown: Roswell, GA High School: Pope HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 185 Position: 2B/SS Experience: 1VL B-T: S-R

Talented middle infielder...Clemson's first switch-hitter since Patrick Boyd (1998-01)...will compete for the starting spot at second base in 2012.

2011: Hit .173 with 13 runs, five RBIs, a .308 on-base percentage, and one steal in 42 games (12 starts at second base)...hit a sacrifice fly in his first career plate appearance against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 18...went 2-for-2 with a run off the bench against Charleston Southern on Feb. 26...totaled four walks and two runs against Duke on Mar. 19...hit a pinch-hit single against Wake Forest on Apr. 23...went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run in the second game of a doubleheader against Gardner-Webb on May 7...went 1-for-2 with two runs and a walk off the bench against Davidson on May 17...#8 newcomer in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America...played for La Crosse in the Northwoods League in the summer, where he hit .238 with 10 runs, five doubles, and seven RBIs in 31 games.

Before Clemson: All-county selection at Pope High School...15th-round draft pick (#473 overall) by the Boston Red Sox...member of the state champions...East Cobb Defensive Player-of-the-Year...lettered four times in football and three times in baseball at Pope High, where he was coached by Jeff Rowland.

Personal: His grandfather, Jim, played football at Southern California...his grandfather, Richard, played baseball in the Cardinals organization in the 1940s...majoring in communication studies...born Stephen Beaty Wilkerson on Jan. 11, 1992 in San Diego, CA.