Matt Vaughn Class: Senior Hometown: Summerville, SC High School: Summerville HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 215 Position: RHP Experience: 3VL Major: Management

Has seen an increased role during his career as a long reliever and spot starter, and he became one of the top closers in the ACC in 2008...has the makeup and competitiveness of a proto-typical closer...has excellent leadership skills...has a 5-3 record, 3.98 ERA, and 12 saves in 59 appearances (three starts) in his career...in 92.2 innings pitched, he has allowed 103 hits (.277 opponents' batting average) and 33 walks with 95 strikeouts...his 12 career saves are tied for 10th-most in school history...team captain in 2009.

2008: Team co-captain...won the Tiger Baseball Award, given to the team's best leader...had a 1-2 record, a team-best 3.15 ERA, and 11 saves in 30 appearances (one start)...in 40.0 innings pitched, he allowed 40 hits (team-best .256 opponents' batting average) and 12 walks with 43 strikeouts...tied for 18th in the nation in saves...third in the ACC in saves and eighth in appearances...made 30 appearances and 29 relief appearances, both team-highs...his 30 appearances tied for sixth-most in school history and his 29 relief appearances were sixth-most in school history...his 11 saves were third-most in school history...finished 25 games on the mound; no other Tiger finished more than six games on the mound...did not allow more than two earned runs or two walks in any of his 30 appearances...had a 2.55 ERA and four saves in 13 relief appearances in ACC regular-season games...in 15.0 innings pitched over 12 relief appearances on opponents' home fields, he had a 1.80 ERA, six saves, and a .224 opponents' batting average along with 20 strikeouts against only two walks...had a team-best .214 opponents' batting average with two outs...held righthanded batters to a team-best .210 batting average...pitched 10.2 scoreless innings in the eighth inning...in his last 10 appearances, he held righthanded batters to 3-for-33 (.091)...earned the save in the second game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks with three strikeouts to earn the save at College of Charleston on Feb. 29...pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout to earn the save against Wofford on Mar. 5...pitched a hitless and scoreless inning with two strikeouts to earn the save in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9...pitched 0.2 scoreless innings in relief with a strikeout to earn the save against North Carolina-Greensboro on Mar. 11...pitched 2.0 inning in relief, allowing no hits, no runs, and one walk with two strikeouts to earn the save against N.C. State on Mar. 22...pitched a hitless and scoreless inning to earn the save against Elon on Mar. 25...retired the only batter he faced with the tying run on third base and winning run on second base to earn the save at Maryland on Mar. 28...pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief against Georgia on Apr. 2...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings with no walks and two strikeouts to record the save at Duke on Apr. 18...pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks with five strikeouts at Duke on Apr. 20...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing no earned runs with two strikeouts to earn the win against Virginia Tech on Apr. 26...pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and no walks with two strikeouts to earn the save at Central Florida on May 16...pitched a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts to earn the save at Central Florida on May 17.

2007: All-ACC Academic team member...had a 4-0 record, 2.75 ERA, and one save in 16 appearances (one start)...in 39.1 innings pitched, he allowed 41 hits (.268 opponents' batting average) and 14 walks with 37 strikeouts...allowed just one home run and threw one wild pitch; the one homer he allowed was to South Carolina's Justin Smoak, one of his best friends who lived in the same neighborhood as Vaughn as a youth...had a 3-0 record and 3.00 ERA in 18.0 innings pitched in ACC regular-season games...held righthanded batters to a .215 batting average...only allowed 22.9 percent of leadoff batters to reach base...threw 52 groundball outs compared to just 23 flyball outs...had a 3-0 record, 1.80 ERA, and .228 opponents' batting average in 25.0 innings pitched at home...had a 2-0 record, 1.50 ERA, and .164 opponents' batting average in day games...had an 0.68 ERA in 13.1 innings pitched in March...held opponents to a .200 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs...held opponents to 0-for-7 with the bases loaded...allowed just one earned run in 11.0 innings pitched (0.82 ERA) after the seventh inning...pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with three strikeouts to record his first career save in the second game of a doubleheader against Pacific on Feb. 24...pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs, and no walks with six strikeouts against Memphis on Mar. 9...pitched 4.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks with three strikeouts to earn his first career win against Duke on Mar. 18...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, one earned run, and one walk with five strikeouts to earn the win against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27...pitched 5.0 innings in relief, allowing seven hits and two runs to earn the win at Virginia Tech on Apr. 6...pitched 4.2 innings in relief, allowing three hits, one run, and one walk with three strikeouts at #4 South Carolina on Apr. 18...pitched 4.2 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs, and two walks with four strikeouts to earn the win in the second game of a doubleheader against Boston College on May 6...pitched a perfect inning in relief with a strikeout at #17 Mississippi State in the Starkville Super Regional on Jun. 8...played for Keene in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he had a 2-4 record and 4.02 ERA in seven appearances (six starts); in 40.1 innings pitched, he allowed 39 hits and six walks with 32 strikeouts.

2006: Had an 0-1 record and 10.12 ERA in 13 appearances (one start)...in 13.1 innings pitched, he allowed 22 hits and seven walks with 15 strikeouts...did not allow a stolen base...held opponents to a .250 batting average with two outs...held opponents to 2-for-11 (.182) with runners on base and two outs...was on the 25-man ACC Tournament roster, but he did not travel to Omaha with the team...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief at College of Charleston on Mar. 3; he allowed no hits and no walks with three strikeouts while pitching near his hometown...pitched 2.0 perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts against Elon on Mar. 22...pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout against Maryland on Apr. 9...pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8.

BEFORE CLEMSON: All-state selection and member of the state championship team as a sophomore at Summerville High School...lettered four times in baseball and four times in football at Summerville High, where he was coached by Burt Bazzle...standout quarterback at Summerville High School under legendary Head Coach John McKissick, the nation's winningest high school coach...one of the top-50 quarterbacks in the nation according to PrepStar...as a senior, he starred at quarterback alongside then-freshman A.J. Green, a current Georgia gridder who is one of the top wideouts in the country...attended the same high school as Steven Jackson (2001-04), another tall righthander from Summerville who played at Clemson and wore #22.

PERSONAL: Three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...his father Tim played football at South Carolina (1981)...majoring in management...born Matthew Harold Vaughn on Jun. 13, 1986 in Warner Robins, GA.