Scott Alexander Hairston (born May 25, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Hairston bats and throws right-handed.

Hairston attended Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley, AZ and was a letterman in baseball. While there he was a teammate of current All Star second baseman Ian Kinsler. Hairston graduated in 1999.

He played college baseball at Central Arizona College, alongside future major leaguers Kinsler and Kyle Sinick.