11 Brett Austin

	Class: Freshman
	Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
	High School: Providence HS

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190
	Position: C
	B/T: B/R

05/17/2012

Long Ball Lifts Pack Over No. 1 Florida State

Ryan Mathews smashed two home runs to spark No. 13 NC State's road win over top-ranked Florida State Thursday in Tallahassee

05/15/2012

State Blanks Greensboro 7-0

No. 13 NC State shut out UNC Greensboro Tuesday night in the Wolfpack's regular season home finale behind Logan Jernigan's stellar pitching performance

05/13/2012

Pack Takes Series at Virginia Tech

No. 13 NC State fell 6-4 Sunday at Virginia Tech, putting an end to its 12-game winning streak

05/11/2012

State Wins 11th-Straight, Edging VT 4-2 in 11

Ryan Mathews crushed the first pitch he saw in Saturday's resumption of game one, extending his hitting streak with a game-winning two-run homer

05/08/2012

No. 13 NC State's Winning Streak Grows to 10

The Wolfpack dropped North Carolina A&T 5-1 Tuesday night at Doak Field at Dail Park to capture its 10th in a row

High school

• Named the preseason No. 4 freshman in the nation according to Baseball America.
• One of the top high school players in the country after a sensational career at Providence High School for head coach Danny Highnight
• Batted .537 with 47 runs scored, 10 doubles, 12 home runs, 38 RBIs and 14 steals as a senior in 2011
• Named high school All-America by Collegiate Baseball magazine
• Named second-team high school All-America by Baseball America
• A first-team all-state and first-team all-conference selection
• A four-time all-conference selection
• Helped lead Providence to a 23-2 record
• Won the 2010 National Player of the Year/Sportsmanship Award from the National Umpires Association
• Named all-state and Southwest 4-A Conference player of the year as a junior in 2010 after batting .436 with eight doubles, 12 home runs and 29 RBIs
• Played in the summer of 2010 for the Diamond Devils 17-U team and led the Devils to the Perfect Game Wood Bat tournament championship in Atlanta
• Was a teammate at Providence with fellow Wolfpack signee Jake Fincher

MLB Draft
• Selected in the supplemental first round, 54th pick overall, by the San Diego Padres in the 2011 MLB draft

Personal
• Enrolled in the First-Year College
• Older brother Chase Austin played baseball at Elon, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Marlins in 2009, and is currently playing in the Marlins farm system

Team Links

NC State Wolfpack