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Senior co-captain who has re-written the Clemson and ACC
recordbooks...ranks first in ACC history and second in NCAA history
with 398 career hits...ranks first in ACC history and second in NCAA
history in doubles with 92...ranks second in ACC history and first in
Clemson history in RBIs with 271...ranks first in ACC history and
fourth in NCAA history with 1,053 at-bats...ranks first in Clemson
history in total bases (fourth in NCAA history), extra base hits,
hit-by-pitches; and is tied for fourth in homers with 51...ranks
second in Tiger history and fifth in ACC history with 262 runs
scored...has a career .378 batting average, seventh-best in Clemson
history...has a career on-base percentage of .468 and has had at
least a .400 on-base percentage in all four seasons...has never
missed a game as a Tiger, playing in all 268 games and has started
265 games in a row...has a career fielding percentage of .943, an
outstanding mark for a shortstop...has made countless "highlight
reel" plays in his two seasons at shortstop after playing his first
two years at third base...a complete player who brings consistency to
each and every game...quiet player who prefers not to be in the
spotlight...can bench press 315 pounds, best on the team...a career
.418 hitter with 10 doubles and four homers in 18 ACC Tournament
games...a career .396 hitter with 19 doubles and five homers in 27
career NCAA Tournament games...has 54 career steals.
2002: Senior shortstop who is having one of the best seasons by a Tiger in history...National Player-of-the-Year and First-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...First-Team All-American by Baseball Weekly...drafted by the Padres in the first round (13th overall pick) in the Major League Draft...hitting .480 with 26 homers, 30 doubles, and 86 RBIs in 67 games...has a staggering .557 on-base percentage and .888 slugging percentage...the .888 slugging mark is the best in Clemson history by a wide margin...has a tremendous .967 fielding percentage, currently the best ever mark for a Tiger shortstop, as he has committed just 11 errors...District IV Player-of-the-Year by NCBWA...First-Team All-ACC pick and ACC Player-of-the-Year...did not commit an error in ACC regular-season games, where he played 21 at shortstop...also had 50 hits and hit .510 in 24 ACC regular-season games; the ACC is regarded as the nation's top conference in 2002...finalist for the Golden Spikes Award...finalist for the Rotary Smith Award...semi-finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy...named a Strength and Conditioning All-American by the NSCA...named National Midseason Player-of-the-Year by Baseball America...holds the Tiger single-season marks for total bases, extra base, homers, and RBIs...his .480 batting average is the best ever in ACC history for a single-season, just ahead of Bill Merrifield of Wake Forest, who hit .476 in 1983...on a current 33-game hitting streak, third-longest in Tiger history...has 16 steals in 17 attempts...hitting .507 with runners in scoring position and .500 with runners on base...hit .485 and did not commit an error in 17 away games...has 41 multi-hit games and 20 games of at least three hits...has 25 multi-RBI games...has started 63 games at shortstop and four as the designated hitter...has hit safely in 62 of 67 games and has reached base via a hit or walk in all but one game...had a 14-game hitting streak early in the season, which included a 10-game multi-hit streak...the 10-game multi-hit streak tied a Clemson record, which was held solely by Shane Monahan...homered in five straight games as well, tying a Clemson record...went 8-for-17 (.471) with three doubles and a homer in five ACC Tournament games to earn All-Tournament honors...had two hits, two RBIs, and a homer at #4 South Carolina on Mar. 2...went 4-for-4 with a Clemson record-tying three doubles against #4 South Carolina on Mar. 3...went 3-for-4 with a double against Purdue on Mar. 10; he had three of the Tigers' six hits in the game...went 5-for-5 with a double, homer, and three RBIs against Georgia Southern on Mar. 12...had a single, double, homer, two steals, and five RBIs against Georgia Southern on Mar. 13...hit a homer and drove in four runs against South Alabama on Mar. 15...hit two solo home runs and a single against South Alabama on Mar. 16...had three hits, including a homer, and three RBIs against South Alabama on Mar. 17...named ACC Player-of-the-Week on Mar. 18 when he hit 16-for-22 (.727) with two doubles, six homers, and 17 RBIs in just five games...he was also named a Louisville Slugger National Player-of-the-Week by Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA for his efforts...had three hits and three runs scored against UNC Asheville on Mar. 19...broke the Clemson career record for RBIs with his 219th against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 26...went 3-for-5 with a home run against Maryland on Mar. 30...went 3-for-5 with two RBIs against N.C. State on Apr. 7...went 3-for-5 with three runs scored at #13 North Carolina on Apr. 12...had two hits, including a three-run homer, against Western Carolina on Apr. 16...broke the Clemson career total bases record at Duke on Apr. 20 with a 2-for-5 performance...broke the all-time Clemson hits record, previously held by Shane Monahan, with a 3-for-4 performance at Duke on Apr. 21...went 2-for-5 with five RBIs and a three-run homer against Furman on Apr. 23...went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two steals against #3 Wake Forest on Apr. 26...went 3-for-4 with two steals against #3 Wake Forest on Apr. 28; he went 7-for-10 with four stolen bases in the three-game series against the Demon Deacons...named ACC Co-Player-of-the-Week Apr. 29 for five games in which he hit .625 with a homer and six RBIs; it was his second time being honored by the conference...went 4-for-5 with a homer, double, and five RBIs at #9 Georgia Tech on May 4...went 3-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs at #9 Georgia Tech on May 5; he earned ACC Co-Player-of-the-Week honors and Collegiate Baseball National Player-of-the-Week honors (one of three players cited) as he hit 7-for-8 with two homers and seven RBIs in the two games during the week (both at #9 Georgia Tech)...tied the ACC career record for doubles with his 82nd against Elon on May 9...went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a homer at Virginia on May 11...went 3-for-3 with four runs scored, two walks, and a homer at Virginia on May 12; he also set the ACC record for career hits with his 367th on his third hit of the game...had two hits, including a double, setting the ACC record for career doubles with his 83rd; he also had streaks over three games of eight straight hits (tied for second best in Tiger history) and 13 straight plate appearances reaching base before they were both snapped in the game...hit two, two-run homers at Western Carolina on May 15...had a single, double, and two-run homer against #2 Florida State on May 17...hit a first-inning homer against #2 Florida State on May 19 to move him into second place in ACC history in RBIs with 258...had two hits, including a two-run homer, and scored three runs in three at-bats against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 22...went 5-for-5 with two homers, two doubles, three runs scored, and three RBIs against Georgia Southern in the Clemson Regional on May 31; he also tied the Clemson single-season homer mark at 24 and had 13 total bases in the game...had a streak of eight straight at-bats with a hit snapped against #22 East Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 1; it was the second time he had eight straight hits during the season and fifth time by a Tiger in history...named the Clemson Regional Tournament MVP; he was 8-for-13 (.615) with six runs scored, four doubles, two homers, and four RBIs in the three games...went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer (his 25th of the year) against #18 Arkansas in the Clemson Super Regional on June 8...had a double and homer along with three RBIs against #18 Arkansas in the Clemson Super Regional on June 9; the double moved him into second place in NCAA history with 92 and the homer came in his last ever at-bat at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
2001: First-team All-ACC selection and was the only Tiger to start every game... set a school record for fielding by a shortstop with a .965 fielding percentage, ahead of the .950 mark by Bill Spiers in 1987... set school records for being hit by a pitch in an inning (2), game (3), season (21) and career (47) in 2001... finished the year ranked near the top of many career categories at Clemson including tied for fourth in doubles (62), eighth in RBIs (185), ninth in hits (269), at-bats (784) and total bases (418) and 18th in batting average (.343)... led the team with 18 doubles... third on the team with 52 RBIs... after a slow start, raised his average with a 10-game hitting streak in the middle of the season... began the season 5-12 with four runs scored against Richmond... went 2-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a 17-4 win over Ohio University... went 2-4 with an RBI against Georgia Southern on March 13... batted 3-4 with an RBI in an 11-1 win against Old Dominion... blasted his third home run of the year against Georgia... hit his fourth home run of the year in a 10-5 loss against Coastal Carolina... drove in the game-winning run in the 11th inning a day later in an 8-7 come-from-behind win over Coastal Carolina... went 7-11 with three RBIs in three games against Duke, including a 3-3 performance with three runs scored in a 10-1 victory... went 2-4 with a home run in a 10-4 win over Georgia... went 2-4 with a run scored in a 3-0 win over Georgia Tech... sparked Clemson's come-from-behind 6-3 victory against North Carolina with a two-out, three-run home run in the sixth inning... one day later, he went 3-5 with two RBIs and a home run and scored the winning run in a 10-9 victory over the Tar Heels in 10 innings... hit his eighth home run of the year in a 7-6 victory over N.C. State... went 4-5 with a home run and four RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Virginia and finished his day with his 10th home run of the season and five RBIs in the second game... went 7-17 with two home runs and 10 RBIs over the final week of the regular season and earned ACC Player of the Week honors... hit his 11th home run of the year, a three-run shot, in a 7-6 win over North Carolina in the ACC Tournament... hit .286 with five runs scored in the Clemson Regional, including his 12th home run of the year, while providing outstanding defensive play at shortstop... went 3-5 with two RBIs in an 8-2 win over Seton Hall... scored three times and drove in a run in two games against Miami in the Super Regional... made the academic honor roll for the spring semester... cited by Peter Gammons on ESPN.com before the 2001 MLB draft as a player to watch:'"You won't find Clemson shortstop/third baseman Khalil Greene or Wake Forest center fielder Cory Sullivan on any top-100 list, but check back in five years from now and see if they aren't remarkably like Jeff Cirillo and Steve Finley. Greene and Sullivan are players."... drafted in the 14th round by the Chicago Cubs.
2000: Second-Team All-ACC third baseman; would probably be a first-team selection in most conferences if it were not for Georgia Tech All-American Mark Teixeira... hit .364 in starting all 69 games at third base... had 24 doubles, three triples, five homers, and 64 RBIs along with a .470 on-base percentage... was very good defensively, committing just 14 errors for a .937 fielding percentage... was hit by a pitch 15 times, third most in a season in Tiger history... hit a team-best .421 with a .530 on-base percentage and .621 slugging percentage against regular-season ACC competition... hit a team-best .417 with runners on base and .444 with runners in scoring position... 35 of his 64 RBIs (55 percent) came with two outs... hit a team-best .436 away from home... had 28 multi-hit games... hit a team-best .359 against top-25 ranked teams... hit .406 with 19 RBIs in 15 May games... had an outstanding performance in the ACC Disney Blast at Lake Buena Vista, FL from Jan. 28-30; he hit a team-best .455 (5-for-11) with three RBIs... had a 20-game hitting streak (tied for 10th longest in Clemson history) from Apr. 21 to May 26; he was 38-for-83 (.458) with 25 RBIs during the streak; the hitting streak was the longest by a Tiger since Matthew LeCroy had a 22-game hitting streak that started in 1996 and ended in 1997... named to the All-ACC Tournament team by hitting .500 (11-for-22) with seven runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a homer, and six RBIs... had four doubles in three College World Series games... went 3-for-5 with three RBIs against Ohio in the first game of a doubleheader on Mar. 10... went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Ohio on Mar. 11... went 3-for-4 with a double and homer at Georgia on Mar. 29... went 4-for-5 with three doubles, two runs scored, a stolen base, and six RBIs at #8 North Carolina on Apr. 1... went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Furman on Apr. 5... was 2-for-4 with four RBIs, a double, and home run against Elon on Apr. 18... went 5-for-6 with two RBIs and a double at Duke on Apr. 23... went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBIs, and a homer at #5 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30... went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs against #2 Florida State on May 6... went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a stolen base against #2 Florida State on May 7... earned ACC Player-of-the-Week honors for going 6-for-8 with five RBIs in two games against #2 Florida State from May 6-7... hit two doubles and drove in three runs at Virginia on May 14... had two hits and three RBIs along with a triple against Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 17... went 5-for-5 with a double, three runs scored, and an RBI against Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 20... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two doubles against #10 Mississippi State in the Clemson Super Regional on June 2... hit two doubles against #7 San Jose State in the College World Series on June 9... had two doubles, two RBIs, and two walks in three at bats against #8 Louisiana-Lafayette in the College World Series on June 14.
1999: Burst onto the scene with a tremendous freshman season... was the most consistent hitter on the squad in the fall workouts before the '99 season according to Leggett, and showed why a few months later... was a Third-Team Freshman All-American according to Baseball America... one of three Tigers to play in all 69 games (Jason Harris and Henrķ Stanley were the others); the 69 games tied for the sixth most in a season by a Tiger... started 68 games, all at third base... broke Shane Monahan's freshman record for hits with 98... led the team with 31 multi-hit games... batted .358 overall with eight homers, 20 doubles, a triple, and 69 RBIs to go along with nine stolen bases and a .436 on-base percentage... led the team in at bats (274), hits, multi-hit games, and hit-by-pitches (11)... his 272 at bats was the 10th most in a season by a Tiger... his 98 hits tied for the ninth most, his 31 multi-hit games was sixth most, and his 69 singles tied for the seventh most in a season by a Tiger... finished fourth in the ACC in hits, and eighth in doubles and RBIs... batted .453 against lefthanders... hit .400 with four homers and 44 RBIs in 32 games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium... named to the All-ACC Tournament team by hitting .389 with four doubles, a home run, and four RBIs while not committing an error in 12 chances... named to the All-Regional Team in Fayetteville by hitting a tournament-best .611 (11-for-18) with five doubles, 10 RBIs, and no errors in five games; he was one of just two unanimous selections to the team... hit .519 (14-for-27) in the NCAA Tournament and .467 (21-for-45) in the post-season... one of the hottest Tigers in the last month of the season, as he was 33-for-69 (.478) in the last 19 games with two homers and 27 RBIs (also had 12 multi-hit games over that stretch); was down to as low as .304 but raised his average 54 points thanks to the late-season surge... had 10 doubles in his last 13 games after hitting just 10 doubles in his first 56 games... had an 11-game hitting streak from Mar. 6 (second game of a doubleheader) to Mar. 24... was 38-for-87 (.437) in his first 21 games, hitting safely in 19 of those contests... hit his first career home run, an inside-the-park homer, against Nevada in the UNLV/Coors Desert Classic on Feb. 27... had 11 hits in five games in the UNLV/Coors Desert Classic from Feb. 25-28... then had back-to-back three-hit games in the next two games against The Citadel (Apr. 3) and Liberty (Apr. 5); also drove in four runs against The Citadel... was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against George Mason on Mar. 13... had four hits and three RBIs against Georgia on Apr. 23... went 3-for-4 with three RBIs against Duke on Apr. 18... had three hits and two RBIs against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 24... had three hits, including a long home run, along with three runs scored and five RBIs against #10 North Carolina on May 9... the next night on May 10, he went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, and four RBIs versus #14 North Carolina... had two hits against the #14 Tar Heels on May 11, giving him eight hits in 12 at bats in the series against North Carolina... had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs at N.C. State on May 15... went 3-for-4 with two doubles against N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 19... had two hits, including a three-run homer well over the'"Blue Monster" and""Bull" in left field, against #15 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 22... was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a double in the Fayetteville Regional against Delaware on May 29... was 4-for-5 with three doubles (team-season high) and three RBIs in the Fayetteville Regional at #8 Arkansas on May 29; the three doubles tied an NCAA Tournament single-game record held by many; he also became just the eighth Tiger to hit three doubles in a game... went 1-for-1 with a double, three RBIs, a sacrifice fly, and two walks in the second of two games on May 30 in the Fayetteville Regional against Southwest Missouri State.
Before Clemson: The all-time hits and single-season runs scored leader in Key West High School history... a Dade County All-Star team selection in his senior season... played for the state champions at Key West High as a sophomore... lettered three times in baseball... coached by Brooks Carey at Key West High.
Personal: Pronounced kuh-LEEL... avid professional wresting fan; favorite wrestler is Ric Flair... nicknamed "K.G."... his family moved to Greer, SC during his sophomore season... majoring in Sociology... three-time ACC Academic honor roll selection in 1999-00-01... born Khalil T. Greene on Oct. 21, 1979 in Butler, PA.
Greene Career Stats Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB 1999 .358 69-68 274 58 98 20 1 8 69 144 31 11 5 .436 9-12 2000 .364 69-69 269 59 98 24 3 5 64 143 42 15 4 .470 12-16 2001 .303 63-63 241 55 73 18 2 12 52 131 24 21 7 .403 17-21 2002 .480 67-67 269 90 129 30 1 26 86 239 41 11 4 .557 16-17 Total .378 268-267 1053 262 398 92 7 51 271 657 138 58 20 .468 54-66
