Blake Austin

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Douglasville, Ga.
	High School: Landmark Christian

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 216
	Position: C
	Experience: 1L
	B-T: R-R

05/11/2012

Tigers Fall At No. 13 Arkansas, 5-4, On Walk-Off Single

Series tied at 1-1

05/06/2012

Auburn Can't Avoid Sweep, Falls 9-3 To Georgia

25-22, 10-14 SEC with two weeks left in regular season

05/05/2012

Auburn Falls 6-5 In 11 Innings At Georgia

Try to salvage the series at 1pm on Sunday

05/03/2012

Baseball Goes To Georgia For Key Series

Friday (SportSouth) and Saturday (CSS) are televised

04/30/2012

Blake Austin Named SEC Player of the Week

Hit .643 (9-for-14) with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored and a team-high 10 RBI

04/28/2012

4-28-12 Tennessee vs Auburn Baseball

4-28-12 Tennessee vs Auburn Baseball Anthony Hall

04/21/2012

4-21-12 South Carolina vs Auburn

South Carolina vs Auburn baseball on Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Auburn, Ala. Missy Hazeldine

04/01/2012

4-01-2012 Miss St vs Auburn baseball

Miss St vs Auburn baseball on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Auburn, Ala. Missy Hazeldine

03/31/2012

3-31-12 Miss State vs Auburn

03/04/2012

3-04-12 Southern Miss vs Auburn Baseball

Southern Miss vs Auburn Baseball on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Auburn, AL. Missy Hazeldine

2011 - FRESHMAN YEAR
Played in 11 games with five starts ... Hit .300 (6-for-20) ... In five starts, hit .357 (5-for-14) with a double, RBI and four runs scored while owning a perfect fielding percentage behind the plate ... Had a career-best four hits in his start against Texas Southern (4/27) with a double and two runs scored ... Was 1-for-1 with a run scored at #20 Troy (4/5) ... Started the 6-1 win over #21 Troy, collecting his first hit and his first RBI with a seventh-inning, two-out RBI single that helped ignite a four-run inning ... Started the Capital City Classic (3/15), going 0-for-2 with a walk ... Threw out Taylor Dugas in the bottom of the fifth, the first person to attempt a steal on him ... Made his first career start on March 13 vs. Arizona State and went 0-for-1 with a run scored ... Played in two games of the series with Arizona State, also entering as a defensive substitution in the eighth on Saturday ... Made his season debut in the sixth inning of the 9-2 win over Bethune-Cookman (3/1), entering as a defensive replacement.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Phil Williams at Landmark Christian ...Hit .512 with 16 home runs and 55 RBI as a senior ... 2010 Preseason Under Armour All-American ... 2010 Region 5A Player of the Year ... 2010 all-state selection ... Career .402 hitter with 35 home runs and 182 RBI ... Four-time 5A All-Region selection ... 2008 and 2009 Tri-City All-State Team ... 2008 Dugout All-State and three-time Georgia Top 100 ... Holds the Perfect Game National Record for underlassmen at Catcher Pop-time with 1.78 seconds and Velocity at 83 MPH ... Also played football where he was an all-region selection.

PERSONAL
Blake Anthony Austin ... Born on July 1, 1992 ... Son of Teresa and Michael Mckeney and Lyle and Beverly Austin ... Has two siblings, Brooks (17) and Bailey (10) Austin ... Major is undecided.