2024 USC Baseball Roster
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Clift, Connor
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Jersey Number 5
Connor Clift
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Anaheim, Calif.
- High School:
- Canyon HS/CBU
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Bio
2024/GRAD STUDENT:
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST/2019-2022:
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL BALL
PERSONAL
- 11 game appearances with 6 startsÂ
- Had .100 fielding percentage with 54 putouts
- .423 on-base percentage (Slashed .167/.423/.333)
- 5 runs on 3 hitsÂ
- Recorded 5 RBIs and 1 home run
- Season-high 3 RBIs at Cal Poly Pomona
- Appeared in 27 games starting 22 in his first year with the Trojans
- Slashed .280/.382/.453
- Had 6 multi-hit games including a 3-hit game against Tulane
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST/2019-2022:
- Spent three seasons at CBU before transferring to USC
- 2021 WAC Regular Season Champion, Second Team All-Conference in 2021, Four RBI game at CSUF, Two time WAC All-Academic Team, Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Slugged .430 and hit 6 HRÂ
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL BALL
- Played four varsity seasons at Canyon HS in Anaheim under coaches Mike Najera and Jason Corpci
- Was on the team that won the league championship in 2018
- Was the 12th-ranked center fielder in the state of California
- Rookie of the year in 2016, All-League senior year and was a four-year Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll recipient
- Preseason All-American in the 2019 PG Preseason Awards, Preseason Underclass All-American in 2018 and 2017Â
- Ranked in the Perfect Game Top 500 coming out of HS, and was Top 10 in catcher velo and poptime at the 2016 Sunshine West ShowcaseÂ
- Played travel ball for Team USC NTDP in 2014Â
PERSONAL
- Born on Aug. 25, 2000
- Parents are Kevin and Rebecca Clift. Older brother is Spencer CliftÂ
- Getting a Master of Studies in Business Law and Financial ComplianceÂ
- Favorites: Playing Golf with friends and family (Hobby), Surfing (Hobby), Italian or Latin cuisine (food), Animal House (movie), CaddyShack (movie) Yellowstone and Breaking Bad (TV shows), Kanye West (musician), Kid Cudi (musician), Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willing & Leif Babin (book)Â
- Chose USC because, “the resources for student-athletes are second to none… the dedication to the overall student-athlete, not just athlete, is incredible.”
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