Jason Berken Class: RS Junior Hometown: DePere, WI High School: West De Pere High School Weight: 200 Position: RHP

Aggressive and competitive righthander who was a starter and reliever in 2003 and was the #1 starter in 2004 before he suffered an elbow injury; missed the entire 2005 season due to the injury, but returns at full strength in 2006...slated to be in the mix for a weekend spot in the rotation...team co-captain in 2006...has a 9-3 career record and 2.90 ERA in 105.2 innings pitched...has allowed just 88 hits (.229 opponents' batting average) in his career...has a 2.27 ERA in 11 career appearances (seven starts) in ACC regular-season games...termed as a "battler" by Head Coach Jack Leggett...rated as the ninth-best prospect in the ACC for the 2006 draft by Baseball America.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Berken: " I am really glad that Jason is back with this baseball team, not just as a pitcher, but as a leader. He is one of our go-to guys in crucial situations. He has great control and a great competitive spirit. He has a tremendous fastball and a good slider, and he has a good feel for his changeup. He is one the best competitors on the team, and it is great to have him back this year."

2005: Co-captain...red-shirted, as he recovered from "Tommy John" surgery.

2004: Had a 5-1 record with a team-best 2.53 ERA in 10 starts...held opponents to a .181 batting average in his 46.1 innings pitched...had a streak of not allowing an earned run for 30 innings, one of the longest streaks in school history...only allowed an earned run in three of his 10 starts...in four ACC starts, he did not allow an earned run and allowed just eight hits in 20.0 innings pitched...did not allow an earned run and allowed just 12 hits in 27.0 innings pitched (six starts) in night games...was 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA in five starts at home...Clemson was 9-1 when he started on the mound...held opponents to a team-best .151 batting average with runners on base and team-best .156 batting average with runners in scoring position...did not allow an earned run and just eight hits in a total of 18.0 innings pitched in second and third innings combined...pitched 6.0 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and no walks while striking out seven to earn the win against Georgia Southern at Greenville, NC on Feb. 28...struck out eight in his first 4.0 innings pitched and earned the win against #7 Auburn on Mar. 12...pitched 6.0 innings of four-hit ball to earn the win at Texas Tech on Mar. 19; he allowed just one unearned run and one walk while striking out five...pitched 7.0 innings, allowing just three hits and no earned runs to pick up the win against Wake Forest on Mar. 26...pitched 6.0 shutout innings of three-hit ball to earn the win against Maryland on Apr. 2; he allowed just one walk while striking out seven...pitched a perfect first inning in a starting role in a scheduled short appearance against Western Carolina on Apr. 21; he had missed two starts due to pain in his elbow...traveled to Birmingham, AL to visit the world-renowned Dr. James Andrews in early May to examine his injured elbow...pitched 4.0 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits, no walks, and one unearned run at Duke on May 20...had surgery on his arm on Jun. 14 in Birmingham, AL...was a volunteer (pitching) coach for De Pere's American Legion team in the summer that won the AAA state title and advanced to the national tournament.

2003: Had a 4-2 record and 3.19 ERA in eight starts and 11 relief appearances...allowed just one home run and a .266 opponents' batting average...held ACC regular-season opponents to just three extra-base hits and a .250 batting average...held righthanded batters to a .215 batting average...held batters to a .194 batting average with two outs, a .189 batting average with runners on base and two outs, and a team-best .185 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs...held batters to 0-for-8 with the bases loaded...had a 1.96 ERA in 11 relief outings...had a team-best 2.86 ERA in games away from home...pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief in his first career appearance at #16 Auburn on Feb. 23...in his first career start, he allowed just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out six in 5.1 innings pitched against Old Dominion on Mar. 8...earned the win by pitching 5.0 scoreless innings and allowing just two hits against Georgia Southern at Charleston, SC on Mar. 17...struck out seven in 5.0 innings pitched to earn the win against Wofford on Mar. 24...earned the win against South Carolina on Apr. 9; he allowed two runs, seven hits, and one walk while striking out seven in 6.2 innings pitched...pitched 3.2 innings at Georgia on Apr. 22, allowing no earned runs and four hits...retired the last two batters to close out the win against #4 Georgia Tech on Apr. 26...against the ACC's top hitting team (North Carolina), he pitched 6.1 innings, allowing only three runs and three hits on May 11...played for Keene in the NECBL in the summer.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Gatorade State Player-of-the-Year as a senior...Wisconsin state All-Star (legion) game MVP at Miller Park in 2002...threw one no-hitter and three one-hitters in legion play...named the best pitcher in his legion league in 2001 and 2002...a career .328 hitter with 68 stolen bases in three seasons...in 192.0 career innings pitched, he allowed 111 hits, 83 walks, and 31 earned runs while striking out 304...had a 23-3 career record and 1.45 ERA to go along with six saves...as a senior, he had 147 strikeouts and a 1.16 ERA in 78.2 innings pitched...as a junior, he had 102 strikeouts and a 0.77 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched...threw back-to-back no-hitters in his first two starts of his junior season...named all-area and all-conference in baseball, basketball, and football as a junior at West De Pere High...all-area, all-conference, and all-state as a senior in all three sports...first-team all-state quarterback by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a senior...in his career, he passed for 3,839 yards and 37 touchdowns, rushed for 1,863 yards, and had 5,702 yards of total offense...passed for 2,339 yards as a senior, which included a 405-yard game (350 in the second half)...returned a punt a school-record 86 yards for a touchdown in a game at Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium...team scoring champion in basketball as a junior and senior...once scored 46 points in a game, making eight three-pointers...lettered four times in baseball, three times in basketball, and three times in football...coached by Sean Gibbons.

PERSONAL: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2003-04...majoring in marketing...born Jason Thomas Berken on Nov. 27, 1983 in Green Bay, WI.