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Has good power despite his 5'8" frame...showed his power potential in 2008 after showing flashes of power in 2007...has the versatility to play any outfield position, as he filled in for an injured Addison Johnson in centerfield during the entire 2008 season...a career .293 hitter in 121 games (104 starts)...has 19 doubles, four triples, 13 homers, and 74 RBIs in his career.
2008: Hit .300 with 42 runs, 12 doubles, one triple, 11 homers, 44 RBIs, and six stolen bases in 59 starts, including 52 in centerfield and seven in left field...hit five homers in the first five games, no homers in the next 37 games, and six homers in the last 17 games...Clemson had a 9-1 record in games that he hit a home run...one of only two Tigers (joining Doug Hogan) to start every game...started at least one time at every spot in the batting order except the leadoff and #9 spots...tied for the team lead in hits (70) and sacrifice bunts (6)...hit .333 with two outs...had a team-high 20 two-out RBIs...had 19 multi-hit games and a team-best 13 multi-RBI games...hit a team-best .471 in five neutral-site games...reached base via a hit or walk in 24 straight games, which included the last five games of 2007 and first 19 games of 2008...had a 14-game hitting streak from February to March...had a 10-game hitting streak from April to May...received the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson's MVP of the four-game series against South Carolina; he was 6-for-16 (.375) with a double and stolen base in four starts; it was the second year in a row he won the award...went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...hit a solo homer and three-run homer in the third inning against Mercer on Feb. 24; he became the fourth Tiger in history to hit two homers in an inning; he hit three homers with six RBIs in the series...went 2-for-4 with a homer, three runs, and three RBIs against High Point on Feb. 27...hit a two-run homer at College of Charleston on Feb. 29...went 3-for-4 against #3 South Carolina on Mar. 2...went 2-for-5 with the go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning against Wofford on Mar. 5...went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs at Wake Forest on Mar. 8...went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two stolen bases against Boston College on Mar. 14...went 2-for-5 with a triple, three RBIs, and a stolen base against Boston College on Mar. 15...went 5-for-6 with two doubles, two RBIs, and a steal against Boston College on Mar. 16; he was 10-for-16 (.625) with six RBIs and four stolen base in the series...went 3-for-4 at #2 Miami (FL) on Apr. 5; he was 5-for-10 with three walks in the series...hit two doubles and had one RBI at Western Carolina on Apr. 22...went 2-for-4 with a double, homer, two runs, four RBIs, and a walk against Virginia Tech on Apr. 25...went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 27; he went 5-for-11 (.455) with five runs, a double, two homers, seven RBIs, and three walks in the series...went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and walk against #3 Florida State on May 3...hit a three-run homer and had four RBIs at #25 Georgia Tech on May 11...went 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs against #24 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24; he went 5-for-11 (.455) with a double and homer in three ACC Tournament games.
2007: Hit .285 with 39 runs, seven doubles, three triples, two homers, and 30 RBIs in 62 games (45 starts, including 39 in right field, four in left field, and two as the DH)...started 23 of the last 25 games after starting 22 of the first 39 games...his averaged dipped to .196 after the team's first 22 games, but he hit .317 in his last 41 games...#2 batter in the lineup during the second half of the season; he started there a team-high 29 times...had two outfield assists...hit .339 with a .438 on-base percentage in non-ACC regular-season games...reached 41.2 percent of the time as the leadoff batter of an inning...hit .316 with two outs...hit .343 with runners on base and two outs...hit .318 in 17 games off the bench...hit .321 on opponents' home fields...hit .338 in night games...hit a combined .353 in spots #5 through #9 in the batting order...was 3-for-8 (.375) with a triple and nine RBIs with the bases loaded...had 13 multi-hit games...had a 10-game hitting streak in April...hit a team-best .403 in April...received the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson's MVP of the four-game series against South Carolina; he was 5-for-14 (.357) with four RBIs in four starts...scored a run in each of the five NCAA Tournament games...went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in his first career game against George Mason on Feb. 16...went 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI against High Point on Feb. 21...had a key two-run single against Duke on Mar. 18...came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with an RBI against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27...came off the bench and went 2-for-3 with two runs, a team-season-high two triples, and three RBIs against Georgia on Apr. 4; the second triple came in the ninth inning with the Tigers down a run, as he later scored the tying run in Clemson's win...came off the bench and hit a two-run single at Virginia Tech on Apr. 7...went 3-for-4 at Wake Forest on Apr. 13; he was 5-for-9 in the series...went 3-for-5 against Elon on Apr. 24...went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs, and four RBIs against #5 South Carolina on Apr. 25...hit a two-out, run-scoring single in the 10th inning to keep the Tigers alive, as Clemson went on to win 3-2 in 11 innings against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 27...hit two doubles with two RBIs against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 28...hit his first career home run at #2 Florida State on May 12...scored three runs and stole a base against College of Charleston on May 15...went 2-for-5 with a homer at N.C. State on May 19...went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs at #10 Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Regional on Jun. 3; he was 4-for-10 (.400) with two doubles and five runs in the regional.
2006: Red-shirted...played for Thomasville in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit a team-best .324 with four homers, 31 RBIs, 37 runs, 24 walks, and seven stolen bases against only 17 strikeouts in 48 games (46 starts); he helped lead the team to the league title by going 8-for-21 (.381) in the Petitt Cup Tournament.
BEFORE CLEMSON: Louisville Slugger All-American as a senior at Hickory High School...all-state selection as a junior and senior...all-region pick as a sophomore, junior, and senior...earned all-conference honors as a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior...played in the North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-Star game...MVP of the Senior Games as a senior...conference player-of-the-year as a senior...had a career batting average of .438...lettered four times in baseball and once in football at Hickory High, where he was coached by David Craft.
PERSONAL: Majoring in management...born Wilson Andrew Boyd on Oct. 28, 1986 in Charlotte, NC.
| Boyd's Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .285 | 62-45 | 193 | 39 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .344 | 1-6 |
| 2008 | .300 | 59-59 | 233 | 42 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 117 | 29 | 0 | 1 | .376 | 6-9 |
| Total | .293 | 121-104 | 426 | 81 | 125 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 74 | 191 | 46 | 1 | 2 | .362 | 7-15 |
| Boyd's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .280 | 29-22 | 100 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .321 | 0-1 |
| 2008 | .299 | 30-30 | 127 | 19 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .360 | 4-6 |
| Total | .291 | 59-52 | 227 | 36 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .343 | 4-7 |
