Scott Ruskin (baseball)


Scott Drew Ruskin is a former American college and professional baseball player who was a pitcher for four Major League Baseball seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in, Montreal Expos from 1990 to, and Cincinnati Reds from to.

Career

Ruskin was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville, and played high school baseball for the Sandalwood Saints.
Ruskin received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team from 1982 to 1985. In 1983, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He received All-Southeastern conference honors in 1984 and 1985 and was a second-team All-American in 1984. Ruskin returned to the university after his professional baseball career was over, and completed his bachelor's degree in computer and information science in 2003.