Head Coach Jack Leggett on Lee: "Alex played a lot for us last year as a freshman. He continues to get better and better every time he goes out onto the field. He is intelligent, works extremely hard, and picks things up quickly. He played a lot in the outfield and did some good things for us. I see his role expanding this year, as he will have a lot more knowledge and confidence." Sophomore outfielder who has good speed and sprays the ball to all fields. 2007: All-ACC Academic team member...hit .288 with 12 runs scored, two doubles, six RBIs, and a .413 on-base percentage in 37 games (nine starts, including six in left field, one in right field, and two as the DH)...had 17 putouts without an error...had three sacrifice bunts and two bunt singles...reached 58.8 percent of the time as the leadoff batter of an inning...appeared in a team-high 28 games off the bench...had a .423 on-base percentage in ACC regular-season games...hit .353 with a .476 on-base percentage in non-ACC regular-season games...hit .318 in 28 games off the bench...was 4-for-8 (.500) with a .667 on-base percentage in neutral-site games...hit .350 in night games...hit .378 in Clemson wins and only .067 in Clemson losses...hit .343 with a .465 on-base percentage when playing in the outfield...was 3-for-9 (.333) against lefthanders...batted .333 with the bases empty...picked up his first career hit off the bench against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27...came off the bench and hit a single with a run scored against Western Carolina on Mar. 28...hit a pinch-hit single and scored the tying run in the seventh inning at Virginia Tech on Apr. 8...came off the bench and went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI, and walk against #5 South Carolina on Apr. 25...with Clemson down to its last out, no one on base, and trailing 2-0 in the 10th inning, he hit a two-strike single and later scored to start Clemson's rally, as the Tigers went on to win 3-2 in 11 innings against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 27...went 1-for-3 with a walk in his first career start in the second game of a doubleheader against Boston College on May 6...went 2-for-3 with a walk and hit-by-pitch against Wofford at Greenville, SC on May 8...came off the bench and laid down a walkoff, suicide squeeze bunt for a single in the 13th inning against #25 Miami (FL) in the ACC Tournament on May 23...played for Columbia in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit .304 with a .387 on-base percentage and 10 steals in 45 games (40 starts); he earned Coastal Plain League Co-Hitter-of-the-Week honors on Jun. 25, as he totaled nine hits, four RBIs, and three stolen bases in six games. BEFORE CLEMSON: All-state selection as a senior at Blythewood High School...South Carolina's MVP of the North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-Star game...#5 prospect in South Carolina by Baseball America...named Most Valuable Hitter at the CABA World Series in 2005...all-region selection three times...hit .488 with four homers, 33 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases as a junior at Ridge View High School...coached by Barry Mizzell. PERSONAL: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2006-07...both his father Paul and mother Jan graduated from Clemson...majoring in mathematical sciences...born Alex Wimberk Lee on Oct. 2, 1987 in Greer, SC.
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