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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-11-027882
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110504
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110506

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Benbenek R Scott
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001403406

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26926
		FILM NUMBER:		11820538

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 LOGUE COURT
		CITY:			GREENVILLE
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29615

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCANSOURCE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000918965
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-COMPUTER & PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE [5045]
		IRS NUMBER:				570965380
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			SC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 LOGUE COURT STE G
		CITY:			GREENVILLE
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29615
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8032882432

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 LOGUE COURT STE G
		CITY:			GREENVILLE
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29615
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        <issuerTradingSymbol>SCSC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President Worldwide Operations</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>36.17</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-05-04</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-05-04</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">This stock option award would have ocurred in connection with the Company's December 2010 annual equity grant but was delayed due to the reporting person's knowledge of a material, non-public transaction pending at that time and the trading restrictions accompanying such knowledge.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The stock option award vests and becomes exercisable as follows: 33% will vest on December 2, 2011, 47% will vest on December 2, 2012, and the remaining 20% will vest on May 4, 2014.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ John J. Ellsworth, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-05-06</signatureDate>
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

	Re:	ScanSource, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

	Pursuant to General Instruction 7 to Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) and Form 5
(Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the undersigned officer of ScanSource, Inc. (the "Company") hereby authorizes and
designates John J. Ellsworth, J. Creighton Lynes, Justin M. Grow, and Robert B. Murphy,
and each of them, to execute and file with the Commission on the undersigned's behalf
any and all statements on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 relating to the undersigned's
beneficial ownership of securities of the Company as required by Section 16 (a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
This authorization and designation shall be effective for so long as the undersigned
remains subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	Effective as of the 3rd day of May, 2011.



						/s/ R. Scott Benbenek
						---------------------------
						    R. Scott Benbenek

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