Cole Austin - Baseball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#16 Cole Austin

INF | R-Sr. | 6-2 | 195 | R/R | Kennesaw, Ga. | Harrison HS / West Virginia / Arizona State

As a Redshirt-Senior (2020)
Started 12 of 15 games played in 2020, with all but one coming at first base … Shuffled around the final three spots in the batting order, with six starts in the seven-hole … Recorded nine hits, including two doubles and a home run, with five RBIs, eight runs scored, four walks and a hit-by-pitch … Opened the year with three hits against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 14-16), including a two-hit showing in the first game of the year … Recorded a double in each of the first two games of the season, with the second driving in two runs against the Panthers on Feb. 15 … Had a hit in three of the four games against Gonzaga on Feb. 20-23 … Scored twice in the second game of the series on Feb. 21 … Posted a single and scored a run against Oklahoma on Feb. 28 at the Shriners College Classic in Houston, Texas … Began the South Alabama series with a two-hit, two-RBI, three-run game against the Jaguars on March 7 … Launched a two-run home run in the sixth inning of the contest, his first homer as a Hog … Drove in a run and scored one against Grand Canyon on March 10.

At Arizona State
Played in 10 games as a redshirt-junior in 2019, all coming during the month of May, starting six … Tallied five hits, including a double, with two runs and two RBI, as well as three walks … Redshirted 2018.

At West Virginia
Started in 58 games during his sophomore season in 2017, batting .302 on the season while racking up 13 doubles, two triples and seven home runs, all tied for third on the Mountaineers … Contributed three hits in four at-bats with a stolen base in an eventual Opening Night loss at Charlotte (3/17) … Scored a season-high four runs with three hits and two RBIs in an 18-5 route of Tulane (3/5) … Racked up four hits and an RBI at Baylor (3/18) … Played a key role in a 5-3 extra-inning win over conference foe Oklahoma State, hitting an RBI-single and a two-run home run to propel the Mountaineers to a victory (4/1) … Finished his freshman season with a .221 batting average, six doubles, a triple and four home runs in 41 games played (39 games started)

Harrison High School
Attended Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, a school that produced former major leaguers Corey and Eric Patterson as well as Adam Everett and Brian Rogers … A 2015 First Team All-Cobb County Selection after capping off a fantastic high school career with a dynamic senior season … Became one of three players in school history to earn Region 4-AAAAAA Player of the Year honors…also earned First Team All-Region 4-AAAAAA honors … Named a 2015 Atlanta Braves 400 Club All-Star and participated in the Georgia Dugout Club All-State Game … Helped lead the Hoyas to the Region 4 Championship and a run to the Round of 16 in the 2015 Georgia Boys Baseball Class AAAAAA State Championship Bracket … His 23 career doubles place him eighth in school history while occupying a spot in the Top-10 in school history with five career triples … The 12 doubles that he recorded in 2015 ties him for tenth in single-season school history … Made seven different All-Tournament teams while participating in the club baseball circuit … Perfect Game named him to their 2015 Preseason Southeast Region Honorable Mention team.