Grant Redding Hometown: Homewood, Alabama Height / Weight: 5-10 / 175 Position: Outfield Birthdate: 01/29/1980 Bats-Throws: R-R

Hard-working second-year player who will provide depth in the outfield.

1999: Red-shirted.

BEFORE CLEMSON: A First-Team 6A All-State selection as a senior, where he was the team MVP on the 22-12 team...was 53-for-102 (.520 batting average) with 46 runs, 11 doubles, five triples, seven home runs, 42 RBIs, only nine strikeouts, and nine stolen bases in 10 attempts as a senior...played in the East-West All-Star game...All-Metro Birmingham team selection...a USA Today and High School Baseball USA Magazine Honorable Mention All-American...holds the school career record for batting average, hits, runs, RBIs, hitting streak, and triples; and is second in doubles and sixth in home runs...attended the Team One Showcase in Clemson in June of 1997...a member of the 1995 Alabama Legion State Championship team...selected as the Birmingham area Player-of-the-Week on Apr. 10, 1998 when he was .700 at the plate with five homers...also played basketball at Homewood High School where he was named the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player as a sophomore...lettered three times in baseball and three times in basketball...also a tremendous student in the classroom...a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, and Spanish National Honor Society at Homewood High School...had a 3.88 GPA and was academic All-State...ranked 10th in his class academically and made a 1,200 on his SAT...coached by Bobby Statum at Homewood High School...Statum on Redding:

Coach Leggett on Grant Redding: "Grant has great quickness through the zone with the bat, an above average arm, and was a team leader. He is a dedicated student-athlete who is committed to excellence."

PERSONAL: Nicknamed "Buddy"...majoring in General Engineering...born Grant Edmond Redding on Jan. 29, 1980 in Chapel Hill, NC.

Coach Leggett on Grant Redding:
"Grant is a hard-working outfielder. He understands the game, and is extremely aggressive on the basepaths and defensively. He has a chance to help this program."