David Kopp Class: Junior Hometown: Margate, FL High School: Coral Springs HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 205 Position: RHP Experience: 2VL Major: Sport Management

Junior righthander who was used as both a long reliever and spot starter each of his first two seasons...will compete for a spot in the weekend rotation in 2007...changes speeds well thanks to a good changeup and likes to work fast on the mound...has a 10-5 record and 4.48 ERA in 42 career appearances (14 starts)...in 128.2 innings pitched, he has allowed 125 hits and 47 walks with 92 strikeouts.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Kopp: "David is right on the edge of becoming one of the real go-to pitchers on our staff. He has matured and gotten stronger. His work ethic has really improved to the point where I think he could be one of the better pitchers around if he puts everything together. I've got a lot of confidence in him. He's a leader on our team with a great personality. He's one of those players that will take us to another level if he steps his game up like I think he can."

2006: All-ACC Academic team member...had a 6-2 record and 4.32 ERA in 20 appearances (seven starts)...in 58.1 innings pitched, he allowed 59 hits and 21 walks with 46 strikeouts...earned the victory in relief in both the Clemson Regional and Clemson Super Regional championship-clinching wins...had a team-best 1.23 ERA and .222 opponents' batting average in seven ACC regular-season appearances (22.0 innings pitched)...held opponents to a .221 batting average with two outs...threw 84 groundball outs compared to 34 flyball outs...only allowed three of his 17 inherited baserunners to score...had a 2.63 ERA in 27.1 innings pitched in April...had a 3-1 record and 3.51 ERA in 13 relief appearances...had a 3-1 record and 2.37 ERA in 11 appearances in day games...pitched 3.0 innings in a starting role to earn the win against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 15; he allowed just one hit with four strikeouts...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 1; he made the appearance at the field that was less than an hour's drive from his hometown...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits and one run to earn the win against #7 South Carolina on Apr. 12...pitched 6.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and two walks with eight strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston College on Apr. 22...in his first career ACC regular-season start, he pitched 6.0 innings, allowing seven hits, two runs, and four walks with six strikeouts to earn the win against Virginia Tech on Apr. 30...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and no walks with two strikeouts at Duke on May 9...pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits and no runs against #13 Florida State on May 13...earned the win in relief in the second game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...pitched 1.1 innings in relief to earn the win against Mississippi State in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 4...faced only one batter, but got that batter to ground into a double play against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 9...pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing one hit, no runs, and no walks to earn the win against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 10...played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he was 2-3 with a 2.31 ERA in 35.0 innings pitched over nine appearances (six starts); he also allowed 34 hits and nine walks with 22 strikeouts...#16 sophomore in the nation in the preseason and #4 prospect in the ACC for the 2007 draft by Baseball America.

2005: Had a 4-3 record and 4.61 ERA along with a save in 22 appearances (seven starts)...allowed 66 hits and 26 walks with 46 strikeouts in 70.1 innings pitched; the 70.1 innings pitched were the most by a Tiger freshman since Jarrod Schmidt pitched 92.1 innings in 2000...allowed only four home runs and three stolen bases in eight attempts...had a 3.86 ERA and did not allow a homer in 16.1 innings pitched during ACC regular-season games...held opponents to a .192 batting average with two outs...Clemson was 6-1 in his seven starts...in 2.1 innings pitched in relief, he allowed one hit and one run while striking out four against Coastal Carolina at Myrtle Beach, SC on Feb. 19...in his first career start on the road, he earned the win at Old Dominion on Mar. 22 by pitching 7.0 innings, allowing just two hits, no runs, and one walk while striking out two...earned the win in a starting role against #25 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 29; he allowed six hits, two runs, and one walk with five strikeouts against #25 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 29...suffered a tough loss in the first game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3 despite allowing just two runs, five hits, and one walk while striking out four in 6.0 innings pitched in relief...allowed three runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched in a starting role at #8 South Carolina on Apr. 20...allowed four hits with seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched in a starting role to earn the win against Elon on Apr. 26...pitched 3.0 scoreless innings in relief with four strikeouts against no walks against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30...earned the win in 6.0 innings of work in a starting role against #20 College of Charleston on May 17...earned his first career save by pitching 2.0 perfect innings against #4 Miami (FL) on May 21...pitched 5.2 innings in relief against Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 28; he allowed two hits and no earned runs...#9 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered four times in baseball at Coral Springs High School, where he was coached by Frank Bumbales...First-Team Sun-Sentinel and Miami Herald All-County team selection.

PERSONAL: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in sport management...born David Justin Kopp on Oct. 22, 1985 in Coral Springs, FL.