The Southern Miss baseball program added two additional players for the 2011 class.
Boomer Scarborough, from Pass Christian, Mississippi, is a two-time class 4A all-state selection out of St. Stanislaus High School as a right-handed pitcher and first-baseman. As a junior last season, he hit .451 with nine home runs and 29 RBI and was 8-2 with a 0.92 ERA and 100 strikeouts on the mound. In his sophomore campaign he was 6-2 on the bump with a 1.24 ERA and 69 strikeouts. On the mound the six-foot-two, 235 pound Scarborough can touch the low 90's with a hard curveball. He is also a middle linebacker for the St. Stanislaus football team which will play in the third round of the state playoff this week.
Michael Sterling, from Meridian, Mississippi, is a 5A all-division player for Meridian High School who hit .360 last season as a junior. The five-foot-eleven, 165 pound infielder plays second base, shortstop and third base in high school but projects to play shortstop at Southern Miss.
The signing of Scarborough and Sterling now gives Southern Miss six signees in the early signing period. The other four are junior college players Ashley Graeter (INF/RHP - Pearl River Community College) and Matt Shaw (RHP -Northwest Mississippi Community College) along with prep athletes Joe Martin (OF - Zachary High School, Zachary, Louisiana) and a Josh Rogers (LHP- Hillcrest Christian, Jackson, Mississippi).