Khalil Greene Named National Player of the Week

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CLEMSON, SC - Khalil Greene has been named a Louisville Slugger

National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and the ACC Player

of the Week after batting 16-22 (.727) with six home runs and 17 RBIs

in Clemson's five games last week. The awards are the first for

Greene and he joins Jeff Baker and Michael Johnson as Tigers who have

been named ACC Player of the Week in 2002.

The senior shortstop has also been named an All-American Athlete for

2002 by the National Strength and Conditioning Association for his

athletic, academic and personal achievements as well as his

leadership and community involvement. Greene led all fielders in the

Omaha Challenge, Clemson's offseason strength and conditioning

competition.

Greene tied a school record on Sunday by homering in five straight

games and is currently on a 12-game hitting streak. He leads the team

in batting average (.565), hits (35), doubles (10), RBIs (28),

slugging percentage (1.113) and is tied with Michael Johnson for the

team lead in home runs (8).

Baseball Team Remains Second in the Polls

Clemson consensus number two team after going 4-1 last week

CLEMSON, SC - The Clemson baseball team remained second in the

Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America and Baseball Weekly/ESPN

Coaches polls after last week's action. The Tigers took a pair of

games from Georgia Southern and two out of three from South Alabama

to improve their record to 14-1.

Jack Leggett's squad will play four games this week. Clemson will

take on UNC-Asheville Tuesday night at 7:15 PM at Doug Kingsmore

Stadium before hosting Maine for a three-game set starting Thursday.

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