Addison Johnson Class: RS Junior Hometown: Pfafftown, NC High School: North Forsyth Senior HS Height / Weight: 5-7 / 170 Position: OF Experience: 2VL Major: Management

Scrappy outfielder who has good speed and has made several diving catches in the outfield...slated to be Clemson's starting centerfielder, leadoff batter, and "sparkplug" in 2008, but he suffered two injuries that forced him to sit out the entire season...should return at full strength as a red-shirt sophomore in 2009.

2008: Red-shirted...missed the entire season due to two different injuries; he suffered a hamstring injury just prior to the start of the season, then he suffered a hand injury in late February...#3 ACC prospect for the 2009 draft and #25 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.

2007: Hit .286 with 35 runs, eight doubles, five triples, a homer, 23 RBIs, and eight steals in 61 games (58 starts, including 52 in left field and six in centerfield)...started the first 31 games and the last 22 games of the season...led the team in triples...fifth in the ACC in triples per game...had six sacrifice bunts and a team-tying-high five bunt singles...had 25 walks against 32 strikeouts...hit .309 in ACC regular-season games...hit .348 at the #7, #8, and #9 spots in the lineup...hit .333 in night games...had 19 multi-hit games...hit .308 with runners on base and .306 with runners in scoring position...reached base 45.9 percent of the time and had a .340 batting average as a leadoff batter in an inning...had 12 two-out RBIs amongst his 23 total RBIs...hit .350 in April, .305 in May, and .471 in June...hit .368 in neutral-site games...had a team-high five outfield assists...was 8-for-17 (.471) with a double, triple, three RBIs, and a .571 on-base percentage in five NCAA Tournament games...hit .393 with a .500 on-base percentage in the postseason...hit a single in his first career plate appearance and scored two runs against George Mason on Feb. 16...singled in the 11th inning and came around to score the winning run in the first game of a doubleheader against Pacific on Feb. 24...went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Memphis on Mar. 11...went 2-for-3 with his first career homer against Duke on Mar. 17...had two hits and an RBI against Duke on Mar. 18; he was 6-for-11 (.545) in the series...went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs against Miami (FL) on Apr. 1...went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, including a walkoff double in the ninth inning against Georgia on Apr. 4...went 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs at Wake Forest on Apr. 13; he was playing just miles from his hometown of Pfafftown, NC...after not starting the previous five games due to a finger injury, he went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and walk in a start against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 28...went 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs against Boston College on May 5...went 3-for-5 at #2 Florida State on May 11...went 2-for-3 with an RBI against #3 Florida State in the ACC Tournament on May 26...went 3-for-4 against Saint John's in the Myrtle Beach Regional on Jun. 1...went 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs at #17 Mississippi State in the Starkville Super Regional on Jun. 9; he was 3-for-5 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch in the super regional...played for Chatham in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .276 with a .321 on-base percentage and eight steals in 40 games.

BEFORE CLEMSON: First-team all-state as a senior at North Forsyth Senior High School...#60 prospect in the nation by Baseball America and #167 prospect by Perfect Game...#7 prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game...North Carolina's MVP of the North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-Star game...member of the East Coast Professional Showcase...all-state and all-conference selection as a junior...hit .388 with seven doubles, three triples, and five homers along with a 3-0 record and 47 strikeouts in 23.0 innings pitched as a junior...high school teammate of former Tiger D.J. Mitchell (2006-08)...lettered four times in baseball at North Forsyth Senior High, where he was coached by Jamie Lowe.

PERSONAL: Majoring in management...born Addison Lee Johnson on Dec. 26, 1987 in Winston-Salem, NC.