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185 lbs.
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Meridian,
Idaho
Last School
Rocky Mountain High School
Roster Years
2016 | 2019
Personal
- Parents are Paul and Ann
- Born in Littleton, Colorado
- Father was two-time All-American in baseball for BYU (1988-89) and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft
- Sister, Sydney, played softball at UVU
- Pre-business major
Before BYU
- Prepped at Rocky Mountain High School where he was coached by Jake Taylor
- Was on the 2014 Kansas City Royals Area Code Team
- All-state in 2015
- No. 1 Perfect Game in Idaho
- First team 5A SIC in 2014 and 2015
- Lettered three times in baseball
- Received Presidential Academic Award
- Recruited by Utah, Hawai`i, Iowa, Oregon State, Oregon, Washington State and Salt Lake CC
Mission
- Atlanta , Georgia
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2016
- WCC Commissioner's Gold Honor Roll
- Started several games at third base
- Had two game-winning RBI, including a 1-run single vs. St. Louis and a sac fly vs. Niagara
Sophmore Year
2019
- All-WCC First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- WCC All-Academic Team
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
- Reached safely in the first 32 games of the season
- Started in all 53 games, batting .327 with a .518 slugging percentage and .458 on-base percentage. Led the team with 57 runs, 20 doubles, three triples, 56 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. Added 65 hits, four home runs, 37 walks and 13 HBP
- Led the conference in runs per game and RBIs per game
- Ranked 28th in doubles per game and 52nd in RBIs per game nationally
- Played at second and third base before settling in at shortstop for the remainder of the year
- First player in program history to earn national player of the week twice in the same season and first non-pitcher to earn two in a career
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and WCC Player of the Week for his performances against SDSU and San Francisco, going 9-for-16 with six extra base hits over four games, collecting five doubles, a homer and nine RBIs. He also scored seven runs, walked four times and had two stolen bases
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and WCC Player of the Week for his performances against Utah and San Diego, going 7-for-13 with seven runs, 10 RBIs, two doubles, a grand slam, seven walks, and a sac fly
- Big week was highlighted by Saturday game at San Diego where he went 4-for-4 with nine RBIs (tied for the second-most RBIs in BYU history and by any NCAA Division I player this season), hitting a grand slam, a double and two singles to go with three runs and two walks
- WCC Player of the Week after batting .600 with nine hits, four extra-base hits, seven RBIs, six runs, two walks and two stolen bases in four total games vs. UVU and Milwaukee
- Hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th in an opening day win against Northwestern
- Following the season was drafted in the sixth round with the 183rd pick by the Washington Nationals and signed a pro contract
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Baseball | Jun, 14
Cluff and Hale Take All-Region Honors
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 05
Cougars' Cluff and Three Signees Taken in MLB Draft
- ImageBaseball | May, 22
WCC Honors All-Academic Awardees
- ImageBaseball | May, 21
Multiple WCC Awards Go to Cougars
- ImageBaseball | May, 13
Cluff Earns Weekly Honors
- ImageBaseball | May, 11
Seniors spark BYU win over San Francisco
- ImageBaseball | May, 09
Cluff Voted Academic All-District
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 26
All-Around Effort Leads to Win Over Tigers
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 08
Cluff Wins Two Player of the Week Awards
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 06
Cluff's Huge Day Helps Crush Toreros
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 21
Cougars Jump Out Early, Beat Pilots
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 14
Cougars drop game one against Gonzaga
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 13
BYU Begins WCC Competition with Zags
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 11
Cluff's Big Week Earns WCC Award
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 08
BYU beats Milwaukee 14-6 in five innings
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 05
Cluff's Triple Leads to Victory Over UVU
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 23
BYU Closes Out Week with 8-3 Win Over Oral Roberts
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 22
BYU Tops Ohio State, 5-1
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 14
BYU Wins with Opening Day Walk-off
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 29
Bulldogs take game two 9-5
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 22
Rucker leads No. 20 BYU in 13-4 win over No. 25 Creighton
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 22
Rucker leads No. 20 BYU in 13-4 win over No. 25 Creighton
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 25
Outlook for 2016 season