CLEMSON – During the frantic moments following Clemson’s Atlantic Coast Conference Championship clinching win over Florida St. last Sunday, head coach Monte Lee studied the final box score of the game in preparation for doing a live television interview. With Lee’s concentration elsewhere, two members of his baseball team took the opportunity to creep up behind Lee with a Gatorade bucket full of water.
They took him by surprise, but as the water poured off of Lee’s ACC Champions hat and uniform the usually stoic Lee raised both fists in the air and let loose a scream of absolute joy, setting off a wave of emotion from his players.