Clemson All-ACC offensive tackle Brandon Thomas has been named to the Preseason Watch List for the Lombardi Award, the award present each year to the best lineman in college football. Last week he was also named to the Watch List for the Outland Trophy.

Dabo Swinney’s All In Team Foundation is joining with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System to serve as host of the 2013 Dabo Swinney Ladies Clinic Saturday, July 20th on the Clemson University campus.

Police in Georgia say the wife of former major league pitcher and Clemson stand-out Kris Benson is in jail without bond after her husband accused her of threatening him with a gun.

Clemson graduate kicker Chandler Catanzaro has been named one of 30 kickers from around the nation to the Lou Groza Watch List for 2013. The Groza Award is named after Hall of Fame Kicker Lou Groza, who played 21 years in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns.

Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins were named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, while Vic Beasley was named to the Bednarik Award Watch List on Monday. The Maxwell Award is presented each year to the Most Outstanding Player in college football, while the Bednarik goes to the top defensive player.

The Clemson Athletic Ticket Office has announced the kickoff package, including Georgia and South Carolina State, is now sold out. A limited number of full season tickets, including all seven home games, are still available for $330 each to both IPTAY members and the general public. Season tickets may be purchased online at ClemsonTigers.com or by calling 1-800-CLEMSON. All single game tickets, excluding Georgia, will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, July 10 at 8:00am.

Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins has been named to the 2013 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, as announced by the Louisville Sports Commission on Friday. Watkins is one of 44 players named to the preseason list.

Head women’s basketball coach Audra Smith announced the addition of three players to her roster for the 2013-14 season. Abrea Harris, Sade Chatman and Paige Mosley are enrolled in the second summer session on campus and participating in preseason workouts.

Lefthander Matthew Crownover was named a second-team freshman All-American by Baseball America on Monday.

Former Clemson standout Ben Martin two-putted for par on the first playoff hole Monday to win the Web.com Tour's United Leasing Championship.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will formally welcome its three newest members - Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse - at an afternoon press conference in New York City on Monday. The new members will start competition in the 15-member ACC this fall.

Clemson junior K.J. McDaniels has earned an invitation to the Kevin Durant Skills Academy that will be held from Friday through Sunday, June 28-30 in Washington, D.C. The NBA superstar's camp features the top high school and college wing forwards from across the nation, and is administered by Nike Elite Youth Basketball.

Former Clemson Tiger Brad Miller will join the Seattle Mariners on Friday. The shortstop is expected to be in the starting line-up when Seattle opens a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs Friday night.

Former Clemson Tiger Brad Miller was one of 50 top MLB prospects selected Wednesday to play in the All-Star Futures Game.

Clemson and South Carolina are two of 10 schools ranked in the top 15 of 11 different major preseason college football publications.

Clemson rising junior Garrett Boulware (Anderson, SC) will participate in the 2013 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby. The fourth-annual event will feature college baseball’s top sluggers competing under the lights of TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha at 8:30 PM on July 3 and will air nationally on ESPN at 8:00 PM on July 4.

Clemson defensive tackle D.J. Reader was also a member of the Clemson baseball team in 2013. With Wednesday's announcement that the Clemson baseball team finished the season 25th in the final USA Today Coach's poll, Reader was a member of two top 25 teams during the academic year.

Both South Carolina and Clemson made the final USA TODAY end of the season Top 25 baseball coaches poll.

Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd and Chandler Catanzaro have all been named to preseason All-America teams released so far by various college football publications. Nationally recognized publications by Phil Steele, USA Today, Athlon, Lindy's and Sporting News have released their All-America and all-conference teams.

Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame has undergone additional surgery on his left leg that he believes will get him to the court quicker next fall.

Clemson placed five players on the 2013 All-ACC Academic baseball team, released on Monday. The five selections tied for second-most in the ACC behind Florida State, who had six selections. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA for the previous semester and maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA during his academic career.

Former Clemson standout George Kitchens continued the momentum he built from the 2012 season which saw him earn a spot in the London Olympics on Sunday by winning the USA Championship in the men’s long jump on Sunday in Des Moines, IA. His victory was the first USA Outdoor crown for a former Clemson men’s track & field athlete since Shawn Crawford captured the 200 dash at the 2009 meet.

Former Clemson standout Brianna Rollins, running in her first professional meet, ran to an American record in the 100 hurdles on Saturday at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, IA. She raced to a time of 12.26, breaking Gail Devers’ record of 12.33 that had stood since 2000. Rollins won the USA crown, only the second in history for a Tiger female in any event.

Clemson rising freshman Ashlan Ramsey won the WWGA National Amateur Championship on Saturday at Dayton Country Club in Dayton, OH. Ramsey won five rounds of match play throughout the week en route to Saturday’s championship match, in which she defeated Jenna Hauge, a rising junior at Ball State.