Michael Johnson Class: Senior Hometown: Georgetown, SC Height / Weight: 6-2 / 215 Position: 1B Birthdate: 06/25/1980 Bats-Throws: L-R

Rated as the #2 senior prospect in the nation according to Baseball America...Preseason Second-Team All-America according to both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball...Preseason First-Team All-ACC pick, #5 ACC prospect for the 2003 draft, and top defensive first-baseman in the ACC by Baseball America...power-hitting first-baseman who has 46 career homers in three seasons; he needs 14 to break the Clemson career record and 24 to break the ACC record...has a career .656 slugging percentage and has showed power to all fields...a career .346 hitter in 177 games...has a career .453 on-base percentage and 24 steals...his stock rose in terms of draft status thanks to his raw power and high batting average...has seven career multi-homer games...has a career .500 batting average (14-for-28) with three homers, 10 RBIs, a 1.000 slugging percentage, and .559 on-base percentage in eight ACC Tournament games...has a career .397 batting average in NCAA Tournament play; also has hit nine homers, six doubles, and 24 RBIs along with a .921 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage in 20 NCAA Tourney games; the nine homers is a Clemson record for most homers in NCAA Tournament play in a career...very quiet and down home off the field...a 2003 team captain.

LEGGETT COMMENTS "Michael is one of the top power hitters in the country returning to college. We are very excited about his return after being drafted last year. We think it is going to be a great year for Michael Johnson, one of our outstanding leaders and captains. He has excellent power and will hit in the middle of the lineup. He is also an excellent first baseman defensively. He is one of our most competitive and toughest athletes that we have on our baseball team."

CLEMSON HIGHLIGHTS 2002: Second-Team All-American by ABCA...Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...drafted by the Padres in the second round (54th overall pick) in the Major League Draft...co-captain...hit .384 with 25 homers and 81 RBIs in starting all 71 games at first base...the .384 batting average was sixth-best in the ACC...his 101 hits was fifth-best in the ACC...his 25 homers ranked tied for second in the ACC, tied for the fourth-best mark in ACC history, and tied for the second-best mark in Tiger history...ranked fifth in the ACC in RBIs with 81...ranked second in the ACC in total bases with 197...ranked tied for second in the ACC in walks with 50...ranked fifth in the ACC with a .492 on-base percentage...ranked fourth in the ACC with a .749 slugging percentage...First-Team All-ACC pick...had a .749 slugging percentage and .492 on-base percentage thanks to 50 walks and eight hit-by-pitches...had 11 steals in 14 attempts...named the midseason's top junior first baseman by Baseball America...received the Tiger Baseball Leadership Award...hit .400 against lefties...hit .430 with the bases empty and reached base 51.7 percent of the time he led off an inning...hit a team-best .500 (17-for-34) with six doubles, a triple, four homers, and 14 RBIs in nine neutral-site games...hit .411 in 33 night games...hit .405 with 13 homers and 35 RBIs in 32 games against top-25 teams...hit .425 with 11 homers, 34 RBIs, and a .943 slugging percentage in 21 March games...hit .429 in May...hit .520 in third innings and .500 in fifth innings...had 29 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI games...had a 20-game hitting streak from Mar. 1-30, tying him for the 11th longest in Tiger history...received the Bob Bradley Award for the Most Outstanding Tiger player in the South Carolina series; he hit four homers and drove in seven runs in four games against the Gamecocks...was 12-for-20 (.600) with three doubles, a triple, two homers, and nine RBIs in five ACC Tournament games to earn All-Tournament honors; he also had at least two hits in all five games...his .600 batting average in the ACC Tourney set a Clemson record...earned College World Series All-Tournament honors by hitting two homers and three doubles with five RBIs in four games...hit .448 with a team-high seven homers and 21 RBIs in 15 postseason games...went 3-for-4 with a home run in the season opener against #25 Auburn on Feb. 22...hit a key home run at #4 South Carolina on Mar. 2...went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs, including one to give the Tigers the lead late in the game, against #4 South Carolina on Mar. 3...named ACC Player-of-the-Week on Mar. 4 when he hit 6-for-12 with seven RBIs and three homers in the previous week...went 3-for-5 with five RBIs and two home runs against College of Charleston on Mar. 6...hit a grand slam against Purdue on Mar. 9...went 4-for-5 with a homer, double, three runs scored, and three RBIs against UNC Asheville on Mar. 19...hit a home run and drove in four runs against Maine on Mar. 22...extended his hitting streak to 20 games and went 3-for-5 with a homer against Maryland on Mar. 30...went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base at #13 North Carolina on Apr. 12...hit two, two-run homers against Western Carolina on Apr. 16...went 3-for-6 with a homer and three RBIs at #9 Georgia Tech on May 4...had three hits in four at-bats at #9 Georgia Tech on May 6...had two hits and three RBIs against Elon on May 9...went 3-for-6 with an RBI at Virginia on May 12...First-Team Preseason All-American according to the NCBWA...Third-Team Preseason All-American according to Collegiate Baseball...went 3-for-5 with a triple, double, and three RBIs against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 22...went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs against #2 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 25...went 3-for-4 with a long home run against #1 Florida State in the ACC Tournament on May 25...went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer, three runs scored, two walks, and five RBIs against #22 East Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 2...hit the go-ahead home run, a solo blast, against #18 Arkansas in the Clemson Super Regional on June 9...went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two doubles, a homer, and two RBIs against #6 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on June 16...hit a two-run homer against #3 South Carolina in the College World Series on June 19.

2001: Established himself as the starter at first base...second on the team and third in the ACC in home runs (18)...his 18 home runs is the seventh most in a season at Clemson...homered in five consecutive games at the end of the season, the longest streak by a Tiger since Matthew LeCroy homered in five straight in 1996; it also tied the Clemson record for consecutive games with a home run...led the team with 43 walks, which was good enough for fifth in the ACC...second on the team in slugging percentage (.629) and on-base percentage (.442)...batted 3-for-4 with three RBIs in a 7-3 win over Richmond...homered in three straight games against Furman and in the home-and-home games with South Carolina...went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in a 9-6 win over Maryland...went 2-for-4 with a home run in a 7-0 victory over Maryland...went 3-for-3 with three runs scored in a 9-1 win over Wake Forest...drove in five runs and homered twice in a 24-3 win against New York Tech...went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 14-0 win over New York Tech...blasted two home runs in a 10-2 victory over Duke...broke out of a 6-for-54 slump by getting six hits in the Virginia series...went 5-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in a 17-1 win over Virginia on May 12...hit his 14th home run of the year against Florida State in the ACC Tournament, despite having stomach problems the day of the game...continued his hot streak in the Clemson Regional, where he was named tourney MVP...opened the scoring for Clemson with a home run in all three games of the Clemson Regional, including a solo shot against William & Mary, a three-run home run against Seton Hall on Saturday and a two-run homer against the Pirates on Sunday...went 3-for-5 with six RBIs in the 24-4 win over Seton Hall; the six RBIs tied a Clemson NCAA Tournament record, as he became just the third Tiger to tally six RBIs in an NCAA Tourney game...finished as the regional leader in batting average (.636), runs scored (7), RBIs (9), and homers (3)...his three home runs in a regional tied a school record and he is the first Tiger ever to homer in three straight NCAA Tournament games...homered and went 2-for-4 with three runs scored in game one of the Super Regional at Miami (FL); that gave him four home runs in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, a record for one tournament by a Clemson player; the homer travelled over the centerfield batters' eye and was the only home run ball to do so all year at Mark Light Stadium. 2000: Missed 15 games up until the Clemson Regional with a broken hand, but returned to come off the bench in all three regional games and one Super Regional game...hit .306 with three homers and 27 RBIs in 121 at bats...made 32 starts (30 at first base and two as the DH) and subbed in 12 other games...had three multi-RBI games, two of which were five-RBI games...hit a double in his first official career at bat against #23 Central Florida on Jan. 30 in the ACC Disney Blast at Lake Buena Vista, FL...hit two homers (first two of his career and first two by Clemson in 2000) against Old Dominion on Feb. 20; one of the homers was a grand slam and he went 3-for-4 with five RBIs...scored two runs and had an RBI along with a double and triple against #17 East Carolina on Mar. 14...had five RBIs, including a triple and home run, against Maryland on Mar. 17...went 2-for-3 with a two-run double, which turned out to be the decisive runs in Clemson's 3-2 win, against Furman on Apr. 5.

1999: Red-shirted.

BEFORE CLEMSON All-Region VII AAA selection as a junior...also a member of the Sun News "Toast of the Coast" and the Post & Courier All-Lowcountry Team...a 1997 South Carolina High School Sports Report Select mini-camp invitee...played for the Region VII AAA champions with a record of 18-9, including a 10-0 record in region play, as a junior...hit .422 with 14 doubles in only 90 at bats as a junior...broke the Georgetown High School single-season record for runs scored with 40 and doubles with 14 in his junior season; also tied the school record with 38 hits that same season...lettered four times in baseball...earned three academic letters for being on the honor roll from 1995-97...inducted into the National Honor Society...attended the Clemson Baseball Camp for six years from 1992-97, and won the hitting award in 1993 and 1997...coached by his father, Mike Johnson Sr., at Georgetown High.

PERSONAL His father, Mike Sr., played baseball at Erskine from 1966-69...his grandfather, Farrel Owens, played football and baseball at Clemson in the early 1950s...nicknamed "M.J."...majoring in THRD...named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2000-01...named to the ACC Academic honor roll for the 2001-02 season as well, where he had a 3.13 GPA...born William Michael Johnson, Jr. on June 25, 1980 in Georgetown, SC.

Johnson Career Stats
Year	AVG	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR 	RBI	TB	BB	HBP	SF	OB%	SB
2000	.306	44-32	121	27	37	9	2	3 	27	59	13	2	2	.377	2-4
2001	.321	62-58	218	58	70	13	1	18	54	139	43	6	1	.444	11-11
2002	.384	71-71	263	62	101	19	1	25	81	197	50	8	2	.492	11-14
Total	.346	177-161	602	147	208	41	4	46	162	395	106	16	5	.453	24-29