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Will Tippett

  • B/T B/R
  • Hometown Stone Mountain, Ga.
  • High school St. Pius X
  • B/T B/R
  • Hometown Stone Mountain, Ga.
  • High school St. Pius X

Will Tippett Bio

AWARDS

  • SEC Community Service Team (2024)
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023)

SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Played in 48 games with 42 starts for the Garnet and Black in 2024
  • Had 29 runs scored, three doubles, seven home runs, 24 RBI and 26 walks
  • Was 13-for-14 on stolen bases, which was 14th in the SEC
  • Had a .361 slugging percentage
  • Had seven multi-RBI games
  • Walk-off sacrifice fly along with a home run in the NCAA Raleigh Regional win over James Madison (May 31)
  • Homered and drove in two runs against Georgia (May 10)
  • Hit a home run in the SEC Tournament win over Kentucky (May 24)
  • Two hits, including a home run, in the win at Florida (April 13)
  • Homered and scored two runs against Clemson (March 2)
  • Was 2-for-3 with a home run in the win at The Citadel (April 16)
  • Walked three times and stole three bases in the win at USC Upstate (March 19)

FRESHMAN (2023)

  • Played in 47 games with 34 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023
  • Had 16 runs scored, a double, a triple, three home runs and 15 RBI
  • Was 4-for-6 in stolen base attempts
  • Went 3-for-4 with a three-run triple in an SEC Tournament win over Georgia (May 23)
  • Belted a three-run home run to give Carolina the lead in a win over Auburn (April 30)
  • Homered in the win at Winthrop (May 3)
  • Had a solo home run at Arkansas (May 14)
  • Drove in two runs in the regional championship win over Campbell (June 4)
  • Scored a pair of runs at Georgia (March 18)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended St. Pius X High School in Atlanta, Ga., where he was a Georgia High School First Team All-Region 5-AAAA selection in both 2021 and 2022
  • Georgia Dugout Magazine First Team All-State (2022)
  • Pius X Male Athlete of the Year (2021, ‘22)
  • Georgia Dugout Senior All-Star (2022)
  • Hit .360 with a .580 on-base percentage as a senior and upped those marks to a .450 average with a .600 on-base percentage in region play
  • Perfect Game Preseason Southeast First Team All-American and All-Reigon (2022)
  • Geico City Series Chevy Player of the Game (2021)
  • Ranked as the No. 25 player in the state of Georgia in the class of 2022 by Perfect Game
  • Played summer ball for Team Elite 18U Black, hitting .360 with a 1.085 OPS in 2022

PERSONAL

  • Born on June 6, 2003
  • Son of Bob and Sandra Tippett
  • Brother, Bobby, played baseball at North Georgia
  • Sister, Maddie, played volleyball at Georgia Tech
  • Major is retailing