2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Will Tippett
- Position:
- INF
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Weight:
- 185
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Stone Mountain, Ga.
- Prev School:
- South Carolina
- High School:
- St. Pius X
GRADUATE (2026)
- Started in 50 games at SS
- Batted .255 with 41 hits, 12 doubles, 9 home runs and 30 RBI
- Leads the team in home runs
- Stole 8 bases in 10 attempts
- Made Charleston debut on Feb. 13 vs Rutgers
- Accounted for 3 home runs, 6 RBI and 7 runs scored at Elon May 8-10
- Went 14-for-22 at the plate over the seven-game span before the CAA tournament
- Spent three seasons at South Carolina (2023-25) where he appeared in 119 ballgames
- Played in 47 games with 34 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023
- Went 3-for-4 with a three-run triple in an SEC Tournament win over Georgia in 2023
- Drove in two runs in the 2023 regional championship win over Campbell
- Appeared in 48 games making 42 starts his sophomore season hitting 7 homers, 11 stolen bases and had a .696 OPS
- Had a walk-off sacrifice fly along with a home run in the 2024 NCAA Raleigh Regional win over James Madison
- Played in 24 games with seven starts for Carolina in 2025, walking 14 times and had a .391 on-base percentage
- 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
- 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
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