First-year transfer and senior catcher and infielder who will compete for the starting spot behind the plate.
Before Clemson: Member of the Michigan team from 2020-23 … hit .266 with 84 runs, 22 doubles, 29 homers, 97 RBIs, a .493 slugging percentage, .370 on-base percentage and two steals in 134 games (130 starts) in his career at Michigan, where he was coached by Erik Bakich and Tracy Smith … hit .278 with 15 homers and 54 RBIs in 62 games in 2022 … hit .275 with a team-high 11 homers and 34 RBIs in 42 games (41 starts) in 2021, when he was a Third-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection … totaled four homers and nine RBIs in six NCAA Tournament games … All-Big Ten Conference Academic selection and a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar in 2023 … lettered in baseball at Westminster Christian Academy, where he was coached by Dan Petke.
Personal: Majoring in athletic leadership in education … born James Michael Obertop on June 12, 2000 in St. Louis, Mo.

*Courtesy Clemson Media Guide