2008: Was one of the ACC's best freshmen ... Played in 53 games, starting 51, including 32 at second base ... Led off 21 times and finished the year second on the team with a .324 batting average ... Stole a team-high 15 bases, tallied a team-best 70 hits and led the ACC with six triples ... Worked his way into the starting lineup after coming off the bench in game two against Pitt and reaching base in each of his first three collegiate plate appearances ... Had two hits, including a double ... Stole two bases in game one against Coastal Carolina ... Collected two hits, two runs scored and a steal at Davidson ... Smashed a bases-loaded triple in game two against Central Connecticut ... Picked up three hits and stole two bases in a win over Binghamton ... Had three more hits in the win at Radford, including a double ... Tripled and scored two runs against Fordham ... Led the team at UNC by collecting five hits in 12 at bats ... Scored a run and stole a base in game two ... Had a pair of 3-for-6 games vs. FSU, scoring two runs in game two and three runs in game three ... Went 3-for-6 again at JMU, this time scoring four runs ... On April 1 against Radford, went 4-for-5 with his first collegiate home run ... Had two hits against Longwood ... Notched two RBIs in game two with Maryland and had two hits, including a double, in game three ... Collected three hits in each of the first two Wake games ... Doubled twice in game one ... Had a three-run triple in game two and also stole two bases ... Had two hits at Liberty ... Went 2-for-4 with what proved to be the game-winning home run in game two against NC State ... Had two RBIs against Radford, including the go ahead sac fly in the eighth inning ... Doubled in game three at Clemson ... Went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in game two with Presbyterian ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a steal in the second Liberty game ... Hit two triples in that game to tie a single-game school record and become the first Hokie since 2003 to record six in a season ... Doubled twice in game one vs. Miami ... Hit the game-winning double in the bottom of the eighth inning in the upset of No. 1 Miami ... Went 2-for-5 vs. William & Mary.

High School: Spent his junior and senior seasons starring for Coach Tony Szymendera at St. Christopher's School ... In 2007, earned all-prep, all-state and all-metro honors in both baseball and soccer, while being named to the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association First Team on the diamond ... Also played on the Virginia Prep League basketball championship team ... Batted .449 with six doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 21 runs batted in as a senior, after hitting .500 as a junior ... Prior to moving to Richmond, played two seasons in all three sports at Garfield High School in Seattle, Wash. ... His soccer teams in 2005 and 2006 won state titles, and he once earned regional All-America honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Personal: Austin Anthony Wates ... Born 9/2/88 in Seattle, Wash. ... Son of Luther C. Wates, Jr., and Tawnya Pettiford-Wates ... Enrolled in university studies.