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Stepped in to be the everyday starter at shortstop in both of his first two seasons at Clemson, but he suffered a serious season-ending neck injury after playing in the first six games of 2007; he returned at full strength in 2008 despite some nagging injuries that forced him to miss seven starts in 2008...has a strong arm...works extremely hard on the field and in the weightroom...a career .284 hitter in 193 games (191 starts)...has 199 hits, 30 doubles, five triples, eight homers, 90 RBIs, 12 sacrifice flies, and 11 sacrifice bunts along with 39 stolen bases in 42 attempts, as he is one of the best basestealers in school history...has 292 putouts and 552 assists in his career...is a perfect 17-17 on stolen bases in ACC regular-season games in his career...has earned four letters in his career and can become the first Tiger baseball player in history to earn five letters...joins Adam Ward as the only graduate students on the team.
2008: Team co-captain...hit .238 with 30 runs, 10 doubles, one triple, two homers, 29 RBIs, and 14 stolen bases in 16 attempts in 54 games (52 starts, all at shortstop)...led the team in steals and sacrifice flies (6)...was caught stealing in his first two stolen-base attempts, but stole 14 bases in his last 14 attempts...was a perfect 4-for-4 on bunts and led the team in bunt singles...started at the leadoff spot 23 times...hit .301 in non-ACC regular-season games...hit .321 in the first two innings...had 11 RBIs in the last eight games...in the last 15 games, he committed only one error (.987 fielding percentage)...made his inspirational return a successful one in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23; he singled and doubled in his first two plate appearances and scored a run after both hits...saw his streak of 25 stolen bases in a row end when he was caught stealing in the second game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs against High Point on Feb. 27...went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and a stolen base against Wofford on Mar. 5...went 2-for-5 with the game-winning, run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth inning in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9...hit a two-out, two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the score against North Carolina-Greensboro on Mar. 12; Alex Lee scored the winning run on an error on the play to give Clemson a 6-5 win...went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two stolen bases against #21 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 18...went 3-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases against N.C. State on Mar. 22...hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning at Maryland on Mar. 30; it was his first career appearance off the bench...went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs, an RBI, and walk at #25 Georgia Tech on May 11...hit two homers with five RBIs against College of Charleston on May 13...went 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs, three RBIs, and a stolen base at Central Florida on May 15...preseason second-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com.
2007: Drafted in the 39th round (#1187 overall pick) by the Oakland Athletics...hit .409 with five runs, a double, triple, homer, six RBIs, a .458 on-base percentage, and three steals in six games (all starts at shortstop); Clemson was 5-1 in those six starts...walked twice and struck out just once...suffered a season-ending neck injury in late February and had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota on March 27...totaled at least two hits in four of the six games...was 3-for-6 (.500) with runners in scoring postion...did not commit an error in 25 chances in the field, including six putouts and 19 assists...went 2-for-4 with a solo homer against Pacific on Feb. 23...went 2-for-4 with three RBIs batting at the leadoff spot in the first game of a doubleheader against Pacific on Feb. 24.
2006: Hit .307 with a .373 on-base percentage in 67 games (all starts at shortstop)...had 12 doubles, two triples, a homer, and was 15-15 on stolen bases...the 15 steals without being thrown out was the second-highest figure in school history...hit .310 in 28 ACC regular-season starts...hit .333 against top-25 ranked teams...had 19 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games...had four bunt singles...was 15-for-36 (.417) in the last nine games...hit .349 against lefthanders...hit .343 at home...had 16 two-out RBIs...was 5-for-12 (.417) with 12 RBIs with the bases loaded...hit a team-best .387 in eight NCAA Tournament starts...named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles, a homer, and four RBIs in three games...went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases against #25 Kansas on Mar. 10...went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs against #12 N.C. State on Mar. 24...went 2-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases against #12 N.C. State on Mar. 26...went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Maryland on Apr. 9...went 2-for-3 with a double and a stolen base at Western Carolina on Apr. 11...went 2-for-4 with an RBI against #7 South Carolina on Apr. 12...hit a two-run single at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 15...went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs against #22 Wake Forest on May 18...went 2-for-4 with an RBI and stolen base against #22 Wake Forest on May 19...hit a two-run double against #22 Wake Forest on May 20...hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning in the first game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs against #25 N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 28...went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and double against North Carolina-Asheville in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 2...went 3-for-5 with two RBIs against Elon in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 10...went 2-for-3 against #5 North Carolina in the College World Series on Jun. 18; he had two of the team's three hits in the game...went 2-for-5 with a double and a stolen base against #2 Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series on Jun. 20...played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .286 with five doubles, eight RBIs, and seven stolen bases in 32 games...#32 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.
2005: Hit .289 with seven doubles, four homers, and 25 RBIs in 66 starts (all at shortstop)...had a team-high five sacrifice flies, seven sacrifice bunts, and six bunt singles...had seven stolen bases in eight attempts...committed just four errors and had a .973 fielding percentage in 30 ACC regular-season games...hit .324 in 32 home games...hit .330 against top-25 ranked teams...went 3-for-4 against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 26...went 3-for-4 with an RBI at Auburn on Mar. 5...went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Furman on Mar. 16...went 3-for-5 with two bunt singles and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3...went 2-for-4 with two runs and his first career home run against Duke on Apr. 10...went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, including the game-tying, RBI single in the sixth inning, against Virginia on Apr. 15...went 2-for-3 with a triple at #8 South Carolina on Apr. 20...scored three runs and stole home against Elon on Apr. 26...went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs, and three runs against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 29...went 2-for-3 with two runs against #4 Miami (FL) on May 19...hit a two-run homer against #8 Miami (FL) in the ACC Tournament on May 26...had three RBIs against North Carolina A&T in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...went 2-for-4 with the go-ahead two-run single with the bases loaded in the seventh inning at #6 Baylor in the Waco Super Regional on Jun. 11...went 2-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch at #6 Baylor in the Waco Super Regional on Jun. 13; he was 4-for-9 (.444) with a .583 on-base percentage in three games against the team from his nearby hometown...played for Euless in the Texas Collegiate League in the summer, where he hit .239 in 109 at-bats (32 games)...#5 newcomer in the ACC and #14 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.
BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered four times in baseball at L.D. Bell High School, where he was coached by Paul Gibson...played in an All-America game in Albuquerque, NM after his senior season...all-state selection as a senior...chosen to play in the inaugural AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic in Fort Myers, FL prior to his senior season.
PERSONAL: Graduated in December, 2008 with a degree in sport management...first Tiger from the state of Texas since 1993...pronounced WIHD-mihn...born Stanley Ray Widmann on Aug. 25, 1985 in Fort Worth, TX.
Widmann's Overall Stats |
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| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .289 | 66-66 | 232 | 36 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .333 | 7-8 |
| 2006 | .307 | 67-67 | 241 | 39 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 93 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .373 | 15-15 |
| 2007 | .409 | 6-6 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .458 | 3-3 |
| 2008 | .238 | 54-52 | 206 | 30 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 6 | .297 | 14-16 |
| Total | .284 | 193-191 | 701 | 110 | 199 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 90 | 263 | 59 | 7 | 12 | .340 | 39-42 |
| Widmann's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .257 | 30-30 | 109 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .294 | 2-2 |
| 2006 | .310 | 28-28 | 100 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .378 | 8-8 |
| 2008 | .200 | 27-26 | 105 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .289 | 7-7 |
| Total | .255 | 85-84 | 314 | 49 | 80 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 106 | 27 | 5 | 5 | .319 | 17-17 |
