Cornell University Athletics

• Second-Team All-CSFL (2008, 2009)

At Cornell
Senior (2010)
Hemminger will serve as a tri-captain for the upcoming 2010 season.

Junior (2009)
Hemminger earned a second-team All-CSFL selection after a junior season in which he ranked second on the team with 36 tackles, including six tackles for a loss of 37 yards. He was also the team leader with 2.5 sacks for a loss of 27 yards. Hemminger also broke up one pass, forced one fumble and blocked one kick on the year.

Sophomore (2008)
As a sophomore, Hemminger emerged as one of the most dominating linebackers in the CSFL, earning second-team All-CSFL honors following the season. He ranked fifth in the in the CSFL with 51 tackles and led the Big Red with six sacks, including a four-sack performance against Mansfield. He also racked up 12 tackles for a loss of 80 yards while breaking up four passes, registering one interception, recovering one fumble and blocking one kick. Hemminger won CSFL Defensive Player of the Week honors for his September 9 performance against Penn, where he led the Big Red with nine tackles and an interception.

Freshman (2007)
Hemminger had an incredibly impressive rookie campaign, seeing action in all six games and ranking third on the team with 27 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss of 36 yards. He finished the year with four sacks, one interception and one recovered fumble.

At Midlakes
A three-sport athlete at Midlakes HS, Hemminger won three varsity letters in lacrosse and two each in both football and basketball.  In his senior season he served as captain for all three of his teams.  In football, Hemminger was named both a first-team all-league linebacker and second-team all-league running back in 2007,

Personal
Clayton D. Hemminger is the son of Dale and Rene Hemminger, and he has one older sister.