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Herman Demmink Class: Senior Hometown: Midlothian, VA High School: Clover Hill High School Height / Weight: 5-10 / 185 Position: 3B

Hard-working infielder who has a .318 career batting average, 30 doubles, eight homers, 84 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases in 163 games (138 starts) over three seasons...moved from second base, where he played during his first two years, to third base in 2005, and is slated to be the everyday starter there in 2006...became the everyday leadoff batter in 2005, but still has shown flashes of power...four-time (2002-05) winner of the Omaha Challenge, the team's offseason endurance and conditioning competition...four-time Dedication Award winner, which goes to the team's top strength performer as voted by teammates...team co-captain in 2006.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Demmink: "Herman is an extremely hard worker and has been voted the most dedicated player four years in a row by his teammates by how hard he works in the weight room. He's a great athlete and has a lot of versatility in the infield. He started at third base last year, and we look for him to do that again this year. He bats in the leadoff spot, and knows that role very well. He is a great leader, and we look for him to have a great year for us."

2005: Hit .345 with 56 runs scored, 17 doubles, four homers, 41 RBIs, a .408 on-base percentage, eight sacrifice bunts, and nine stolen bases in 65 games (63 starts, all at third base)...the eight sacrifice bunts tied for seventh-most in a season in school history...received the team's Dedication Award...had a 13-game hitting streak that ended in June, and hit safely in 30 of the last 33 games and 40 of the last 46 games (which included 23 multi-hit games)...hit .363 against lefthanders and .412 with runners in scoring position...hit a team-best .374 with a .463 on-base percentage in night games...hit a team-best .405 against top-25 ranked teams...hit a team-best .398 in April...had 27 multi-hit games...was 5-for-7 with 11 RBIs with the bases loaded...went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, a walk, and two stolen bases against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 27...hit two doubles and a two-run homer at Auburn on Mar. 4...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs, and a stolen base against #9 North Carolina on Mar. 19...went 4-for-6 with two runs scored, a double, a homer, and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader at Maryland on Mar. 26; his two-run double in the 13th inning was the game-winner...had two doubles in two at-bats and scored two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Maryland on Mar. 26; it capped off a day in which he went 6-for-8 with four runs scored, three doubles, a homer, and three RBIs...had three hits, including a leadoff home run, two runs scored, and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3...went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs against Virginia on Apr. 15...went 3-for-5 at N.C. State on Apr. 22...went 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored at N.C. State on Apr. 23...went 2-for-5 with a stolen base at N.C. State on Apr. 24, meaning he went 8-for-16 in the three-game series at N.C. State...hit the go-ahead, two-run homer against Elon on Apr. 26...went 3-for-5 with a key ninth-inning, two-out, RBI single and later scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30...went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch against #6 Georgia Tech on May 1; he went 7-for-13 (.538) in the series...had an 11-game hitting streak from late April to early May...went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored, and a walk against #20 College of Charleston on May 17...went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs against #8 Miami (FL) in the ACC Tournament on May 26...went 2-for-3 with a three-run triple against North Carolina A&T in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 3-for-10 with five RBIs, three walks, two sacrifice bunts, and two steals in three games.

2004: Hit .270 with four homers, nine doubles, 29 RBIs, and six stolen bases in 50 games and 45 starts, including a team-high 40 starts at second base...was 3-for-3 as a pinch-hitter...Clemson was 17-5 in his 22 games that he has started and batted leadoff...started 40 games at second base, two at third base, and three as the DH...was 4-for-6 with a grand slam and nine RBIs with the bases loaded...had four sacrifce bunts...batted a team-high .571 (4-for-7) off the bench...hit .311 against lefthanders...hit a team-best .315 as the leadoff batter in the lineup...was 11-for-22 (.500) in the first inning...had a team-tying-high 80-percent success rate driving home a runner on third base with less than two outs...batted .390 in 11 games against SEC teams...named an NSCA Strength & Conditioning All-American...hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 3...had two hits, including an opposite-field homer, against #5 South Carolina on Mar. 7...went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored, and three RBIs against Georgia on Mar. 31...had two hits, including a home run to lead off the game, against #6 South Carolina on Apr. 7...went 3-for-6 with a triple and two runs scored at #6 South Carolina on Apr. 14...received the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson's MVP in the four-game series against South Carolina; he was 7-for-15 with two homers and four RBIs in three games against the Gamecocks...started at third base for an injured Brad McCann at #15 Georgia Tech on May 15 after missing nine games due to a back injury...hit an RBI single and grand slam to drive in five runs at Duke on May 20...played for Chatham in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .143 in 12 games.

2003: Hit .330 with a .427 on-base percentage...started 30 games (16 as the DH, 13 at second base, and one at shortstop) and appeared in 18 others...had at least three hits in five different games...hit a team-best .457 with a .537 on-base percentage against ACC regular-season competition...hit .378 on opponents' home fields...hit .411 in day games...as the DH, he batted .404 with a .509 on-base percentage...hit a team-best .348 with a .442 on-base percentage when in the starting lineup...hit .357 against lefties...had a .455 on-base percentage with the bases empty...was a team-best 8-for-11 (.727) with a .786 on-base percentage in the fifth inning...Clemson was 11-2 when he started at second base...slapped his first career hit to drive in a run in the second game of a doubleheader at #16 Auburn on Feb. 22...went 3-for-3 with two runs scored against Old Dominion on Mar. 8...hit the go-ahead single that scored two runs against Maine on Mar. 21...went 3-for-6 with four RBIs and two runs scored against Wofford on Mar. 24...went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two doubles along with hitting a crucial double in Clemson's seven-run ninth inning in game two of a doubleheader at #16 N.C. State on Mar. 29...had a pinch-hit single at #2 Florida State on Apr. 12...had four hits and scored four runs at Maryland on Apr. 20...had a two-run single off the bench against Duke on May 6...went 4-for-4 with a run scored at Wake Forest on May 15...played for Keene in the NECBL in the summer.

BEFORE CLEMSON: First-team all-state as a senior at Clover Hill High...district and region player-of-the-year as a senior...runnerup as the state's player-of-the-year as both a junior and senior...selected as district player-of-the-year, first-team all-region, First-Team Metro Richmond, first-team all-state, and USA Today Honorable Mention Virginia Player-of-the-Year as a sophomore and junior...hit .481 with 13 doubles and 20 steals as a junior, hit .500 with five homers, 12 doubles, and 16 stolen bases as a sophomore, and hit .319 with 11 stolen bases as a freshman...a second-team all-district pick as a freshman...lettered four times in baseball, twice in basketball, and twice in track...coached by Tim Lowery at Clover Hill High.

PERSONAL: Pronounced DEHM-ihnk...majoring in economics...two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...born Herman Demmink III on Sept. 21, 1983 in Hickory, NC.