Forrest Koumas

2012-13 Gamecock Spotlight Video

2011-12 Gamecock Spotlight Video

Forrest Koumas Career Stats 2013 – Appeared in 10 games with four starts, finished with a 8.35 ERA in 18.1 innings with 16 strikeouts to 13 walks … Three innings in first start with two runs allowed on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts in 12-3 win over USC Upstate (3/12) … 0.2 scoreless innings in 2-0 win over Rider (3/8) … One scoreless inning of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 10-0 win over Ball State (3/5) … One of three Gamecocks to combine for first no-hitter in 38 years in a 14-1 win over Albany; pitched two scoreless innings with a strikeout (2/24). 2012 – Appeared in 18 games with four starts, finished with a 2-3 record and a 4.82 ERA in 28.0 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts to 17 walks … No-decision in start vs. LSU, a 5-4 win over the Tigers (5/18); allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits in 4.1 innings with two walks and four strikeouts … Season-high 5.1 innings in second start of the year in 10-7 win at Arkansas (5/6); did not allow a run and limited Razorbacks to five hits and two walks while striking out four batters … One hitless inning of relief with a strikeout to earn the win in 2-1 victory over Davidson (5/2) … 1.2 scoreless innings in 8-5 win at Furman (3/20) … 1.1 scoreless and hitless innings of relief with one strikeout and one walk in 4-3 loss at Kentucky (3/17) … 0.2 scoreless innings of relief in the 6-4 win over Appalachian State (3/14) … 2.1 perfect innings with season-high four strikeouts in 5-2 win over Charleston Southern (3/13) … Struck out lone batter he faced in 3-1 win vs. Princeton (3/11) … 1.1 scoreless innings with one strikeout to pick up third save of the year in 6-1 win over Princeton (3/10) … Worked 2.2 innings and did not allow an earned run to pick up his first win of the year in the 3-2 victory over Clemson (3/2) … Collected second save of the season recording final out of the 3-2 win over Elon with a strikeout (2/25) … Notched his first career save with 0.2 scoreless innings on Opening Day in 2-1 win over VMI (2/17). 2011 – SEC All-Freshman Team … Finished the year 6-1 with a 2.96 ERA in 19 games with 12 starts; 73 innings pitched and 63 strikeouts to just 29 walks, opponents hit just .230 against him … Quality start in College World Series vs. Florida in game one of the Championship Series; allowed just one run on three hits in 5.2 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in 2-1 win over Florida (6/27) … Allowed just one run on three hits in four innings before rain delay in 8-2 win over Stetson (6/5) … Improved to 6-0 with win in 6-3 victory at Alabama (5/20); allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks … Quality start despite no-decision in 6-5 win over Arkansas (5/14); allowed two runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings with six strikeouts and four walks … Improved to 5-0 with a win vs. Auburn in 7-3 victory (5/1); allowed two runs on four hits in five innings with three strikeouts … No-decision in 5-3 win vs. Vanderbilt; allowed three runs on five hits in 5.1 innings … Career-high 7.1 innings and career-high seven strikeouts to pick up win in 2-1 victory at Tennessee; allowed one run on three hits (4/9) … SEC Co-Freshman of the Week after hurling 6.1 scoreless innings and earning victory in 4-1 win over Kentucky; allowed just two hits and one walk, struck out three batters (4/3) … Made first career start and had no-decision in 2-1 loss at Florida (3/26); Worked six innings, allowed one run, unearned, on two hits with five strikeouts and two walks … 3.1 innings of relief and earned win as he struck out careeer-high six batters and allowed just one run on two hits in 8-3 victory over Georgia (3/20) … Worked 3.1 innings in 8-3 loss vs. CSU Bakersfield (3/13); allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits with three strikeouts and a walk … Earned first career win with 2.1 innings of work in 5-4 victory over Clemson (3/8); allowed three runs on three hits with three strikeouts and a walk … One perfect inning of relief with a strikeout in 14-1 win vs. Furman (3/1) … One scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout in 9-4 win over Southern Illinois (2/27) … Hurled two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts in 6-0 win over Santa Clara (2/20). HIGH SCHOOL – 2010 MLB Draft Selection (48th round/Texas Rangers) … 2010 HS Louisville Slugger All-American by Collegiate Baseball … South Carolina’s Gatorade Player of the Year by ESPN Rise magazine …2010 National High School Baseball Coaches Association All-District (District 3) …Rated No. 215 best high school prospect in nation by PG Crosschecker … Rated No. 3 best high school prospect in South Carolina by PG Crosschecker and Diamond Prospects … Helped lead Lugoff-Elgin HS to 2010 3A state championship in South Carolina … In Game 3 of The Finals, Koumas was the winning pitcher and hit a two-run homer in the 3-1 victory … 2010 South Carolina AAA Player of the Year … 2009 & 2010 South Carolina AAA All-State … 2010 3A Player of the Year in South Carolina by Diamond Prospects … Finished 2010 season with a 9-1 record, 1.66 ERA, 124 strikeouts in 76 innings pitched and allowed just 45 hits … 2010 SC/NC Select Team. PERSONAL – Born on July 21, 1992 … Parents are Mark and Jessica Koumas.