Daniel Moskos Class: Junior Hometown: Alta Loma, CA High School: Damien HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: LHP Experience: 2VL Major: Health Science

Selected to the Clemens Award Watch List in the preseason...listed as a preseason second-team All-American by NCBWA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and Rivals.com...preseason first-team All-ACC selection by Baseball America, Rivals.com, and SEBaseball.com...#3 prospect in the ACC for the 2007 draft by Baseball America...hard-throwing lefthander who stepped up to become the team's closer in 2006...has a 7-7 record, 3.20 ERA, and 10 saves in 54 relief appearances (70.1 innings pitched); the 10 saves are 10th-most in Clemson history...has a .266 opponents' batting average and has allowed just two homers with 69 strikeouts...has international experience, as he played for Team USA in the summer of 2006.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Moskos: "We're going into a season for the first time in many years with a closer that we have a lot of confidence in. Daniel is coming off a great summer with Team USA and a great spring. He will enter the season as our closer and our go-to guy out of the bullpen. He has an outstanding arm, a good slider, and has a great changeup. He's a very competitive, hard-nosed player who you want on your side. We have a lot of confidence in him."

2006: Had a 5-5 record, 2.52 ERA, and 10 saves in a team-high 33 relief appearances (53.2 innings pitched); no other Tiger pitcher made more than 21 appearances...his 10 saves tied for third-most in a season in Clemson history...tied for fifth in the ACC in saves...his 33 appearances and 33 relief appearances both tied for most in a season in school history...had at least one strikeout in 29 of his 33 appearances...allowed just 44 hits, 21 walks, and one home run with 54 strikeouts...held lefthanded batters to a .187 batting average...had a 1.85 ERA and .192 opponents' batting average in 17 relief appearances (24.1 innings pitched) at home...had a 1.04 ERA and .171 opponents' batting average in 14 relief appearances (26.0 innings pitched) at night...allowed just nine of 32 inherited baserunners to score...finished the game in each of his last 25 appearances...named to the Roger Clemens Award Watch List...received the Bob Bradley Award for being the MVP of the four-game series against South Carolina; in two relief outings against the Gamecocks, he had a 1-0 record, as he allowed two hits and one run in 8.0 innings pitched; he became the first Tiger pitcher to earn the award in its sixth year of existence...pitched 2.0 scoreless and hitless innings in relief with three strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader against James Madison on Feb. 17...pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief, allowing one just one hit against Mercer on Feb. 24...pitched 4.2 effective innings in relief at #9 South Carolina on Mar. 4; he allowed one run on two hits...pitched a scoreless and hitless eighth inning with two strikeouts to earn the win against #25 Kansas on Mar. 12...earned his first career save by pitching a scoreless and hitless inning against Elon on March 22...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball to pick up the save against #12 N.C. State on Mar. 25...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings with no walks and three strikeouts to record the save at #11 Miami (FL) on Mar. 31...struck out the only batter he faced with the bases loaded and Clemson ahead 6-2 to pick up the save at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 1...earned the win in relief at #1 South Carolina on Apr. 5; he allowed no hits and no runs in the final 3.1 innings, and faced the minimum 10 batters...struck out the only batter he faced with the bases loaded and the score tied 2-2 in the 11th inning to earn the win against Maryland on Apr. 8...pitched 1.2 perfect innings with two strikeouts to record the save at Western Carolina on Apr. 11...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball with two strikeouts to pick up the save at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 14...pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing three hits and one run with four strikeouts against #23 Winthrop on Apr. 18...pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to pick up the save at Boston College on Apr. 21...struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning against Wofford on Apr. 26...pitched a scoreless inning to earn the save in the first game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...pitched a hitless and scoreless ninth inning with three strikeouts against #13 Florida State on May 14...struck out the only batter he faced to earn the save against #21 College of Charleston on May 16...pitched 2.2 innings, allowing no hits, no runs, and no walks with three strikeouts to pick up the save against Mississippi State in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 4...earned the win in 2.0 innings pitched in relief against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 9; he struck out three and did not walk a batter...pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout against #4 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on Jun. 16...pitched 1.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts against #2 Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series on Jun. 20...one of 22 players selected to play for the USA National Team in the summer; he was the team's closer and led Team USA to the gold medal at the World Championships in Cuba; he had an 0.86 ERA with six saves in 21.0 innings pitched over 18 relief appearances, and allowed just eight hits and four walks with 35 strikeouts; he also hit a single in his only at-bat and scored a run.

2005: Had a 2-2 record and 5.40 ERA in 21 relief appearances (16.2 innings pitched)...had 15 strikeouts...had eight strikeouts against only two walks in eight relief appearances in ACC regular-season games...picked up the win in relief by retiring the only batter he faced against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 25; he did so against a school that is only 50 miles from his hometown...pitched 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with four strikeouts against Duke on Apr. 8...pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing no runs, one hit, and no walks with three strikeouts against Wofford on Apr. 27...pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts against #6 Georgia Tech on May 1...retired the only batter he faced and earned the victory against North Carolina A&T in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...played for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he was 3-4 with a 3.82 ERA in 33.0 innings pitched (15 appearances).

BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered twice in baseball at Damien High School, where he was coached by Rob Verdi...had a 1.70 ERA, 95 strikeouts, and a .200 opponents' batting average in 65.0 innings pitched during his senior year...named a San Gabriel Valley and Inland Valley All-Star selection as a senior at Damien High School...member of the All-Southern California team during his senior season.

PERSONAL: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2005-06...his sister Erin is a standout soccer player who will be a freshman on the 2007 Clemson soccer squad after enrolling in January...pronounced MAH-skohs...majoring in health science...born Daniel Ross Moskos on Apr. 28, 1986 in Greenville, SC.