Career Stats

2007: Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team after leading all league freshmen with a .308 batting average … was one of two league players to earn Freshman All-Ping! honors by pingbaseball.com, which recognized the nation’s top freshman players ... ranked fifth in the league in doubles with 20, which is the fourth-most in YSU history and most ever by a freshman … his 0.38 doubles per game ranked as the 53rd-best in the country ... also blasted four home runs, scored 31 runs and drove in 35 runners … his four home runs tied for the most by a freshman in the league … had a 10-game hitting streak from March 24 to April 8 and hit safely in 13 of the final 15 games … had 15 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … batted .336 against right-handers ... hit his first career grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs against Butler in the Horizon League Tournament (5/24) … posted two or more hits in three tournament games, including his third three-hit game of the season against Milwaukee (5/23) … overall, he hit .350 with seven RBIs and seven runs scored in the tournament ... had six doubles over a six-game span from May 18 to May 24 … scored more than once eight times, including a career-high three runs at Morehead State (3/17) … recovered from a 2-for-16 slide to start the season to bat .324 in his final 47 games ... homered against Morehead State (3/17), Notre Dame College (5/2), Cleveland State (5/19) and Milwaukee (5/25) ... had doubles in 18 different games, and ripped two doubles against Milwaukee twice (5/11, 5/23).

2006: Redshirted.

High School: Was a two-time letterwinner and team captain once ... hit a team-high .516 with 34 RBIs, 12 doubles and two home runs as a senior ... named First-Team All-Metro Athletic Conference as a senior ... helped lead the Bulldogs to a district championship and a runner-up finish at regionals ... was also a two-year letterwinner and one-time captain in football.

Personal: Awarded the Judith Ann Ritz Memorial Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year ... son of Tim and Viive Clayton ... has two brothers (Sean and Tim)...major is civil engineering ... born Jan. 15, 1987.