Scott Firth Class: Junior Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL High School: Adlai E. Stevenson School Height / Weight: 6-0 / 165 Position: RHP Experience: 2VL B-T: R-R

Has one of the team's best arms...has been used in long relief and has made spot starts...will compete for a starting spot in the weekend rotation in 2012...in 82.2 innings pitched over 32 appearances (11 starts) and two seasons, he has a 7-2 record and 3.27 ERA while allowing 85 hits (.262 opponents' batting average) and 39 walks with 63 strikeouts...in 33.1 innings pitched over nine appearances (six starts) in ACC regular-season games, he has a 3-1 record, 2.97 ERA, and .210 opponents' batting average...#72 player in the nation in the preseason by College Baseball Daily...#73 prospect in the nation for the 2012 draft in the preseason by Baseball America.

2011: All-ACC Academic team member...had a 5-1 record and 3.06 ERA in 16 appearances (seven starts)...in 50.0 innings pitched, he allowed 42 hits (.225 opponents' batting average) and 27 walks with 38 strikeouts...had two pickoffs...in 32.1 innings pitched over eight appearances (six starts) in ACC regular-season games, he was 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA (eighth-best in the ACC) and .202 opponents' batting average (fifth-best in the ACC)...in 33.0 innings pitched over his seven starts, he had a 4-1 record, 3.00 ERA, and .205 opponents' batting average...held opponents to a .143 batting average with two outs...held opponents to 1-for-27 (.037) with two outs and runners on base, 0-for-17 with runners in scoring position and two outs, and 1-for-10 with no walks with the bases loaded...in his last 14.1 innings pitched over six appearances (one start), he allowed 14 hits, two runs, and two walks with 13 strikeouts...pitched 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief against Cincinnati on Feb. 25...pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no earned runs, and no walks with one strikeout against #6 Virginia on Mar. 12...pitched 6.2 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits, no earned runs, and one walk with five strikeouts to earn the win against Duke on Mar. 20; after giving up a double in the first inning, he retired 18 of the next 19 batters, as the only batter to reach did so on an error...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits and two runs with five strikeouts to earn the win at N.C. State on Mar. 27...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits and no runs with five strikeouts to earn the win against Maryland on Apr. 9...pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits, no runs, and no walks with four strikeouts to earn the win against Furman at Greenville, SC (Fluor Field) on May 10...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walk with one strikeout in the first game of a doubleheader at Virginia Tech on May 14...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, one run, and one walk with five strikeouts to earn the win against Sacred Heart in the Clemson Regional on June 3...played for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he was 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA and .218 opponents' batting average in 43.1 innings pitched over nine starts; he allowed just 32 hits with 33 strikeouts; pitched in the Cape Cod League All-Star game; named to the Cape Cod League All-Star team...#90 prospect in the Cape Cod League by Perfect Game.

2010: Had a 2-1 record and a 3.58 ERA in 16 appearances (four starts)...in 32.2 innings pitched, he allowed 43 hits and 12 walks with 25 strikeouts...led the team in ERA (minimum 15.0 innings pitched)...had 44 groundball outs compared to just 23 flyball outs...Clemson was 4-0 in his four starts...held leadoff batters of an inning to 5-for-33 (.152) with only one walk against nine strikeouts...in 9.1 innings pitched after the sixth inning, he allowed just one earned run (0.96 ERA)...pitched a scoreless inning in relief with two strikeouts in his first career outing against Michigan State at Greenville, SC on Feb. 20...pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief against Western Carolina on Apr. 14...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and one walk with one strikeout against Florida Gulf Coast on May 4...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, one run, and one walk with four strikeouts to earn his first career win against Furman at Greenville, SC (Fluor Field) on May 11; he allowed two runners to advance past first base in the first inning, but did not allow a runner past first base in his last 5.0 innings pitched...pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role, allowing seven hits, two runs, and no walks with six strikeouts to earn the win against Presbyterian College on May 18...pitched a scoreless eighth inning against Southern Mississippi in the Auburn Regional on June 4...played for Keene in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he had a 1-1 record and a 1.99 ERA in 22.2 innings pitched over seven appearances (three starts); named NECBL Pitcher-of-the-Week on Aug. 1.

Before Clemson: Drafted in the 36th round (#1076 overall pick) by the Baltimore Orioles in 2009...#1 high school righthander prospect in Illinois and #3 overall high school prospect in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report...#11 high school prospect in Illinois and #391 high school prospect in the nation by Perfect Game...member of Team Illinois...first-team all-state pick as a senior at Adlai E. Stevenson School...set the school record for career strikeouts...all-conference selection as a sophomore, junior, and senior...played in the 2008 Midwest Pro Scout Classic and 2008 Pitch & Hit Club Pro Scout Showcase...lettered three times in baseball at Adlai E. Stevenson School, where he was coached by Paul Mazzuca.

Personal: First Tiger from Illinois since 1991 (Tad Smith)...member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2010-11...majoring in sociology...born Scott William Firth on Jan. 2, 1991 in Park Ridge, IL.