On Clark: Strong offensive performer with a knack for getting on base ... Hits for a high average and works counts well ... Earned playing time as the season progressed last year and will have a chance to compete for a starting role this season ... Does a good job of handling pitchers during games and has an accurate throwing arm.
2012: Played in 37 games with 20 starts while hitting .306 (22-for-72) with a team-high .457 on-base percentage and a .347 slugging percentage ... In addition to his 22 hits also drew 16 walks and was hit by a pitch four times ... Hit one double and one triple ... Struck out 27 times ... Laid down seven sacrifice bunts ... Fielding stats included 158 putouts, 16 assists and two errors (.989 fielding percentage) ... Threw out five of 38 would-be base stealers ... Collected five multi-hit games and was one of four batters on the team to hit over .300 for the season ... Had at least one hit in 13 of his 20 starts and reached base at least once via a walk in three other games ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI against Xavier ... Had two hits, two runs scored, a triple and four RBI in a win over NYIT ... Drew seven walks in his first four games of the season ... Over his first five games went 4-for-10 at the plate with seven walks, one hit by pitch and a .667 on-base percentage ... Hit .387 overall against non-conference foes; BIG EAST: Played in 18 conference games and made 10 starts ... Batted .244 (10-for-41) with a .326 on-base percentage and a .268 slugging percentage ... Had five runs scored, five RBI, one double, five walks and 13 strikeouts ... Tallied five sacrifice bunts ... Committed just one error in 89 chances in the field and posted a .989 fielding percentage ... Had two hits and an RBI in an extra-innings win over Seton Hall ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Cincinnati ... Doubled and scored a run in the first game of a series at Rutgers.
Northeast Texas Community College: Started 31 games as both a catcher and a designated hitter during his sophomore year ... Batted .270 for the season and led the team in conference play with a .340 average and 10 runs batted in ... Team was ranked as high as eighth in the country during the season.
University of New Orleans: Played in five games as a freshman before transferring to junior college upon the school[apos]s reclassification to the Division III level.
Klein High School: Earned two varsity letters in baseball ... As a senior batted .300 with two home runs and 15 runs batted in ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society ... Graduated 44th out of 900 students in his class.
Personal: Born 11/30/90 in Spring, Texas ... Younger of two sons of Lindsay and Cindy Clark ... Has an older brother, Matthew (23) ... Majoring in Economics.
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