McWhorter’s passion for Clemson leads to major gift for softball

When he played the role of the Tiger from 1988-’90, Stuart McWhorter learned being Clemson’s loveable mascot is not what everyone thinks it is.

When people think of the Tiger, they think about him gallivanting around Memorial Stadium aggravating the opposing mascot, taking pictures, hugging and high-fiving fans and of course doing pushups after every Clemson touchdown. And though he loved doing all of those things, McWhorter’s favorite part about being the Tiger had nothing to do with fall afternoons at Death Valley.

“I did not really understand it when I was first getting into the Tiger. I just thought it was about doing games and running around doing pushups,” he said. “I learned that the…