May 24

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Events

  • 1850: Patrick Hues Mell is born in Penfield, Georgia, the son of Patrick Hues and Lurene Howard (Cooper) Mell.
  • 2006 - Clemson beats Wake Forest 13-1 in the first round of the ACC Tournament at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
  • 2006 - Former Clemson baseball coach Lt. Col. Claude Randolph Hinson passes away in Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. He coached for four seasons, 1939-1940 and 1946-1947, and his record of 56-19-2 and .720 winning percentage is still Clemson's best.
  • 2008: The Clemson baseball team faces Georgia Tech in Jacksonville in the first round of the ACC Tournament. In the top of the seventh, Clemson's Ben Paulsen hits a Grand Slam to take the lead, 7-3. Tech loads bases in the bottom of the seventh, but only gets one run. In the top of the ninth, it is 9-4, Tigers! Uhh - make that 10-4, top 'o the 9th and final score! This is the Tigers' 31st win of the season.


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