University of California Athletics

Career (California, 2025 - Present)
21 G/3 GS, .167, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 6 SB
Career Highs: AB - 3, twice, last vs NC State (4/5/25); R - 1, nine times, last vs. Boston College (5/17/25); RBI - 1, vs. Clemson (4/5/25); SB - 1, six times, last at Pacific (5/25/25)

At Cal
2025 (Fr.)
21 G/3 GS, .167, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 6 SB
- Played in 21 games including three starts in center field in each game of an April 17-19 series against NC State
- Third on the team with six stolen bases without being caught, while scoring nine runs
- Hit .167 (2-12, RBI, BB, SF)
- Played in each of the final two games of the regular season against Boston College May 16 and 17 as a pinch runner and came around to score in both contests including the game-winning run on a wild pitch in bottom of the 10th inning of the rubber match
- Picked up his first collegiate hit April 21 with a bunt single against Saint Mary’s
- Played the final three innings at shortstop May 6 at Pacific and also walked, stole second base and scored in his lone plate appearance in the top of the seventh of a seven-inning, run-rule shortened 13-3 win
- Played the final two innings at shortstop and picked up his second career hit with a single in the top of the ninth April 30 at San Jose State
- Played in all three games of the Clemson series April 4-6, registering his first plate appearance April 5 and driving in a run with a sacrifice fly as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning then seeing his first defensive action by playing the sixth and seventh innings at shortstop, while he was a pinch runner in the bottom of the ninth both April 4 and 6
- Pinch ran and scored the tying run in the ninth inning in the March 28 series-opener against Louisville

High School
Class Of 2024 (Oaks Christian HS)
- Named the Southern Section Division 3 Player of the Year as a 2022 sophomore after he hit .363 with 19 runs scored and 15 RBI.

Personal
- Son of longtime Major League Baseball shortstop Royce Clayton, who played for 11 different teams in 17 seasons

Last Updated
May 24, 2025