#5  Andrew Ciufo

Career Stats

Transfer who was the starting shortstop during the first half of the 2024 season before suffering a season-ending injury at midseason … was the starting shortstop all season in 2025 … a career .269 hitter with a .411 slugging percentage and .361 on-base percentage in 165 games (163 starts) over four active seasons, including two at Georgetown and two at Clemson … had 18 doubles, four triples, 18 homers, 99 RBIs, 107 runs, 68 walks, 20 hit-by-pitches and 29 steals … had a .960 career fielding percentage.

2025: Team co-captain … hit .263 with 38 runs, 10 doubles, a triple, six homers, 33 RBIs, a .418 slugging percentage, .378 on-base percentage, 24 walks, 13 hit-by-pitches and seven steals in 60 games (59 starts at shortstop) … tied for sixth in Tiger history in sacrifice bunts (11) … tied for 23rd in the nation in sacrifice bunts … third in the ACC in sacrifice bunts … led the team in sacrifice bunts and bunt singles (5) … had a .951 fielding percentage … had 11 multiple-hit games … had a 28-game errorless streak from February 2024 to February 2025, which included his last 21 games of 2024 and his first seven games of 2025 … hit a two-run homer against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a walk against Davidson on March 7 … went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run against Davidson on March 8; was 5-for-8 (.625) with two doubles, five RBIs, two runs, two walks, two hit-by-pitches and a .750 on-base percentage in the series … went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, walk and steal against Liberty on March 11 … went 1-for-3 with a homer and hit-by-pitch against No. 21 Coastal Carolina on March 25 … went 1-for-3 with the go-ahead, run-scoring single in the ninth inning and two walks in the second game of a doubleheader at No. 19 Georgia Tech on March 29 … went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer at California on April 5 … went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs against Stanford on April 12 … went 2-for-4 with a homer at No. 25 NC State on April 24 … went 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs, two runs and a walk against Duke on May 9 … went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, run, hit-by-pitch and steal at Pittsburgh on May 15 … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a run and steal against No. 20 NC State in the ACC Tournament on May 22 … went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs and a walk against No. 16 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24 … went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs against No. 23 West Virginia in the Clemson Regional on May 31.

2024: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .280 with 19 runs, two doubles, a triple, two homers, 16 RBIs, a .378 on-base percentage, 15 walks, a hit-by-pitch and five steals in 27 games (27 starts at shortstop) … had five sacrifice bunts … Clemson had a 24-3 record in his 27 starts … had a .955 fielding percentage, committing only five errors in 110 chances … did not commit an error in 47 chances in 11 ACC regular-season games … did not commit an error in his last 21 games of the season … was 4-for-6 with nine RBIs with the bases loaded … went 2-for-3 with his first homer as a Tiger and a walk against Xavier on Feb. 17 … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a walk and steal against Kennesaw State on Feb. 25 … went 3-for-6 with a walkoff homer in the 12th inning and two runs against No. 12 South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Segra Park) on March 2; was the first walkoff homer by a Tiger against South Carolina; received the Bob Bradley Award, as he was 4-for-10 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs in the two-game series … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs, a walk and steal against UNC Greensboro on March 8 … went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and a walk against No. 7 Florida State on March 24 … suffered a torn ACL at Notre Dame on April 6 and missed the rest of the season.

Before Clemson: Member of the Georgetown team for four seasons (2020-23), as he only saw action in 2021 and 2022 … hit .270 with 50 runs, six doubles, two triples, 10 homers, 50 RBIs, a .414 slugging percentage, .344 on-base percentage and 17 steals in 78 games (77 starts) in his career at Georgetown, where he was coached by Edwin Thompson … did not play in 2023 … hit .297 with nine homers, 37 RBIs and 11 steals in 51 games in 2022 … All-Big East Tournament selection in 2022 … Coastal Plain League All-Star in 2022 … hit .447 with a .531 on-base percentage and a junior … first-team All-Central New England Prep selection … National Honor Society member … lettered four times in baseball at Patchogue-Medford High School and Phillips (Mass.) Academy, where he was coached by Kevin Graber.

Personal: His brother, Richard, played baseball at Brown … pronounced CHEW-fo … earned a certificate on May 9, 2024 in athletic leadership in education … graduated May 9, 2025 with a master’s degree in athletic leadership … born Andrew John Ciufo on Sept. 7, 2000 in Medford, N.Y.