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At Stanford: Is in line to compete for the starting catching job in 2009 after serving as a backup to 10th overall pick Jason Castro in 2008...excellent defensive backstop, who has developed a great rapport with the club's pitching staff...receives the ball well, and has great arm strength with a quick release...can hit the ball to all fields, and has some pop...ready to play everyday after a good summer and great fall in which he matured as both a hitter and catcher. As a Freshman in 2008: Played in 28 games, including three starts behind the plate, during his rookie campaign...batted an even .300 (15-for-50), while showing his power potential with four doubles and three home runs in just 50 at-bats (good for a .560 slugging percentage)...caught in 17 games overall, handling all 16 chances without an error...blistered non-conference pitching to the tune of a .400 average (10-for-25)...singled at St. Mary's on March 5 for his first collegiate hit...set his career high for hits March 7 at Texas, going 3-for-4 with a double...his first collegiate home run was the second of back-to-back homers in the ninth inning at Oregon State on April 13 (following Sean Ratliff)...went 1-for-3 with a homer and a career-high 3 RBI in Stanford's 11-10 victory over San Francisco on April 16...had only one postseason at-bat, but it was a memorable one...connected for a two-out, three-run homer in the ninth inning against Georgia that brought the Cardinal within 10-8 in its final College World Series game. High School: Graduated in 2007 from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla....four-year letterwinner in baseball...was named a 2006 all-state honorable mention catcher and 2006 first-team All-First Coast Region Catcher...was a state nominee for the 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman Award...led his club to three district championships (2004, '05, '07)...helped his squad to the Florida Final Four in 2007 and the regional finals in 2005...batted .380 with three home runs as a sophomore and .463 with five homers and 32 RBI during his junior campaign...earned numerous national honors, including being named a National Merit Finalist, induction into the National Honor and Spanish National Honor Societies, AP Scholar with Distinction and the United States Army Reserve's National Scholar-Athlete Award...won his school's 2007 Calculus Award and was named the First Coast Region 2007 High School Scholar-Athlete...coached by Mike Boswell. Other Amateur Baseball: Had an excellent 2008 summer campaign with the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, batting .313 (26-for-83) with 14 runs, four doubles, four home runs and 19 RBI in 23 games (22 starts)...helped his club to the NYCBL playoffs, where he went 5-for-15 (.333) with four runs, one double and a solo home run in four contests...spent the summer of 2007 playing for the Diamond Baseball team...played for the Jacksonville Warriors during the summer of 2006. Personal Information: Son of David and Michelle Clowe...has one brother, Michael, and a sister, Audrey...enjoys playing ping-pong in his spare time...chose Stanford because, in his words, "it provides the best combination of academics and athletics of any university in the country"...undeclared major. Clowe's Career Stats YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2008 .300 28-3 50 9 15 4 0 3 9 28 .560 8 0 11 3 .397 0 0 0-0 16 1 0 1.000 TOTALS .300 28-3 50 9 15 4 0 3 9 28 .560 8 0 11 3 .397 0 0 0-0 16 1 0 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
