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Okey Accepts USA Baseball Invitation

CLEMSON, S.C. - Catcher Chris Okey (Mount Dora, Fla.) has accepted an invitation from USA Baseball to play for the 2015 Collegiate National Team this summer.

In 2015, his sophomore season at Clemson, he was named First-Team All-ACC, becoming the first Tiger to earn first-team honors as a catcher since 1997 (Matthew LeCroy). Okey is hitting .320 with 16 doubles, 12 homers, 55 RBIs and a .391 on-base percentage in starting all 59 games at catcher.

Okey played for the USA Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2014, when he hit .286 with four doubles, one homer, six RBIs and a .