30 Buck Farmer Class: Junior Hometown: Conyers, Ga. High School: Rockdale Height / Weight: 6-3½ / 228 Position: RHP Birthdate: 02/20/1991 B-T: L-R

Awards & Honors
*2012 Preseason All-America
*2011 All-ACC Second Team
*2010 Coastal Plain Summer League No. 2 Pro Prospect (Baseball America)

MLB Draft History
*Drafted by Atlanta in the 45th round of the 2009 MLB Draft Pick but elected to enroll at Georgia Tech

Scouting Report
A highly-touted pitcher coming off an All-ACC performance in 2011... Has great size, good upside and is a tough competitor ... Possesses a good fastball and slider with an excellent changeup... Expected to hold down the Jackets' Friday spot after starting on Sundays in 2011... Had a terrific freshman year in 2010, mostly serving in a setup role out of the bullpen... Named a Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America in 2012.

Rated the No. 2 prospect in the 2010 Coastal Plain Summer League by Baseball America ... Selected in the 45th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves, but elected to enroll at Georgia Tech instead.

2011
Second team All-ACC... Finished his dominating sophomore season at 11-3 in 16 starts as Tech's Sunday starter... Third in the rotation behind a pair of 2011 MLB draft picks - first-rounder Jed Bradley and fifth-rounder Mark Pope... Posted a 2.82 ERA, recorded a pair of complete games... Went 8-1 in conference play in 2011 with a 3.03 ERA and upped his ACC record to 11-1 in his career... The eight conference wins were the most by any pitcher in the league in 2011, while his 99.1 innings were the fourth-most in the league... Only 34 of his 47 runs allowed were earned... Ran a seven-game win streak from March 6-May 1... Made quality starts in nine of his 16 appearances... Opened the season by allowing no runs through 5.0 innings against Kent State but received little run support in the no decision (Feb. 20)... Picked up his first win of the year against Rutgers by fanning eight in six innings while giving up just a run on March 6... Fired 8.0 innings of shutout ball in the 6-2 win over Maryland on March 13... Mowed down the Hurricanes with a season-high nine strikeouts in 8.0 innings while improving to 4-1 as the Yellow Jackets completed the sweep of Miami with a 3-1 win... Registered his fifth-straight win, allowing two earned runs over five innings at Duke on April 3... Earned sixth win of the season after seven strong innings with eight strikeouts and four earned runs in the 10-8 victory at No. 1 Virginia on April 10... Tossed his first career complete game (8.0 innings), scattering three runs on four hits in a loss to No. 18 Clemson on May 1... The setback ended a seven-game win streak for Farmer, and was his first career loss in conference play... Enjoyed his best career start to date, holding No. 9 North Carolina to just four hits in eight shutout innings on May 15... He combined with Luke Bard to hold UNC scoreless for the first time last season ... Scattered three runs over seven innings against Virginia Tech for his 10th win of the season... Fell for just the third time after allowing three earned runs over six innings against No. 7 Florida State, fanning eight batters in the 4-2 loss in the ACC Tournament... His second career complete game was brilliant, keeping Georgia Tech alive in the NCAA Regional with a nine-inning, nine-strikeout effort to rout Austin Peay, 12-2... He scattered just five hits, allowed two runs (one earned) and gave up just one extra base hit in his first career NCAA postseason decision.

2010
Posted a 5-1 record and a 3.63 ERA in 19 appearances (three starts) ... Had 49 strikeouts in 52.0 innings, and held opponents to just a .209 batting average ... Went 3-0 against conference foes with relief wins over Wake Forest, No. 4 Virginia and Boston College ... Georgia Tech was 2-0 in his three starts ... Made two relief appearances of 6.0 or more innings ... Allowed just two earned runs (1.69 ERA) in his final three appearances (10.2 innings) of the season ... Did not record a decision in first career start on Feb. 23, striking out four in 5.0 innings against Georgia Southern ... Recorded his first career win in 4.0 innings of relief against Wake Forest (3/14), holding the Deacons to no runs on just two hits ... Improved to 2-0 in a midweek start (5.0 IP) against Mercer (3/24) ... Struck out a career-high six batters in 6.0 innings of emergency relief against No. 4 Virginia (4/10), holding the Cavaliers to just one run on four hits ... Pitched a scoreless eighth inning of relief in a setup appearance against No. 16 Clemson (4/17) ... Improved to 4-1 after holding Georgia Southern to just two runs (3.0 IP) in his third start of the season (4/21) ... Picked up the win after allowing just one hit in 2.2 innings of relief against Boston College (5/21) ... Pitched a shutout inning at the 2010 ACC Tournament against NC State (5/28) ... Tossed a career-high 7.0 innings of relief, striking out seven and allowing just two earned runs in the NCAA Regional final against Alabama (6/6) ... Did not issue any walks to the Crimson Tide.

High School
Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain under head coach Casey Martin at Rockdale County High School ... Tabbed All-State, All-District and All-Area all four years of high school (2006-2009) ... Posted a 2.02 ERA as a senior and 1.50 ERA as a junior ... Batted .468 at the plate in 2009 and .443 in 2008 ... Holds the Rockdale single-game strikeout record with 22 against Dacula High School in 2008 ... Named MVP of the 2008 Connie Mack World Series ... Led his East Cobb Yankees team to the title ... 2008 MVP of the World Wood Bat Championships ... Participated in the Georgia North-South All-Star game.

Personal
Full name is George Runie Farmer ... Nicknamed "Buck" ... Born Feb. 2, 1991 ... Son of Warren and Rose Farmer ... Has two siblings ... Brother Mitchell played on the Georgia Southern baseball team as a freshman ... Majoring in Management.

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