Jacob McGovern

Lefthander who came on late in the 2024 season to become a valuable pitcher out of the bullpen. 2024: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 3-0 record and 1.96 ERA in 11 relief appearances … in 18.1 innings pitched, he allowed 13 hits (.194 opponents’ batting average) and eight walks with 20 strikeouts … allowed only three extra-base hits … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with one strikeout to earn his first career win in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 7 Florida State on March 23 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with two strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on April 20 … pitched 1.0 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks to earn the win at Charlotte on May 7 … pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts against Boston College on May 16 … pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no earned runs and one walk with two strikeouts against Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 24 … struck out the only batter he faced in the eighth inning to earn the win against Coastal Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 1 … pitched 4.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits and one run with four strikeouts against No. 13 Florida in the Clemson Super Regional on June 8. Before Clemson: No. 224 lefthander in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 41 player and No. 9 lefthander in South Carolina by Perfect Game … North-South Select Team All-Star … all-state selection as a junior and senior … region MVP as a junior and senior … AAA state pitcher-of-the-year as a senior … AAA state player-of-the-year as a junior … Palmetto Games participant in 2021 and 2022 … lettered five times in baseball at Seneca High School, where he was coached by Adam Hosler. Personal: Majoring in pre-business … born Jacob Lewis McGovern on Sept. 8, 2004 in Anderson, S.C.

*Courtesy Clemson Media Guide