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- 6' 1"
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- St. Christopher's
- Richmond, Va.
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| Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
| 2008 | .324 | 53-51 | 216 | 35 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 98 | .454 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .369 | 3 | 2 | 15-20 | 92 | 70 | 14 | .920 |
| 2009 | .397 | 47-47 | 194 | 50 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 118 | .608 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 3 | .447 | 4 | 0 | 16-17 | 204 | 14 | 5 | .978 |
| 2010 | .382 | 60-59 | 225 | 61 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 136 | .604 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 5 | .491 | 2 | 0 | 18-21 | 247 | 12 | 5 | .981 |
| Career | .367 | 160-157 | 635 | 146 | 233 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 129 | 352 | .554 | 60 | 28 | 95 | 11 | .439 | 9 | 2 | 49-58 | 543 | 96 | 24 | .964 |
Hughes says: “Austin is going to have a big year because he’s so focused on winning and becoming a better baseball player for Virginia Tech. He’ll play in the outfield for us and he’ll play first base. Wherever we need him that day, he’ll play, and he’ll be very good at it. We look for him to really jump his stolen base totals up – we’ll cut him loose a little more. I think his power potential, at some point, is going to take off. I think he’s one of the most exciting players in our league. He’s the best athlete I’ve ever recruited, and he’s one of the better kids that I’ve coached, too. He’s all about winning at Virginia Tech and that’s why he’s made the jumps he’s made in the past two years. He’s unselfish and he’s focused on the right things."
2010: Had a good all-around game in the season opener with Kentucky, tallying a single, a triple, two walks, two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base ... Went 3-for-5 with three singles and an RBI against Coastal Carolina ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against West Virginia ... Went 4-for-6 in game one at CSU with two runs ... Went 0-for-5 in game two, snapping a 17-game hitting streak that dated back to 2009 ... Bounced back with another 4-for-6 performance in game three, hitting two triples (both in the same inning) to tie a Virginia Tech and ACC single-game record, which he already shared with many others ... Went 1-for-3 with two walks and two steals in game one with Long Island ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and another steal in game three ... Tweaked a muscle in his hand during that game, and sat out the next three contests aside from an inning at first base on March 9 ... Returned to action for the Maryland series and went 3-for-12 with three RBIs, a double and a stolen base ... Had a big day vs. Columbia, scoring a career-high five times and tying a career-best with four RBIs ... Fell a triple shy of the cycle, going 4-for-4 with a walk, his first homer of the season and two doubles ... Followed that up by going 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs in game one against Rider ... Went 2-for-4 with two steals and two runs scored in the second Rider game ... Batted .300 with two walks and two runs scored in the Clemson series ... Hit his second homer of the season, a two-run shot, in game three ... Singled, scored, walked and drove in one against Liberty ... Went 4-for-12 with two runs, two steals and an RBI in the Wake Forest series ... Had an RBI single and scored twice against VMI on March 30 ... Tallied a career-high five RBIs at ETSU, going 3-for-5 with a double and a homer ... Batted .462 with two doubles, a homer, four runs scored and four RBIs in the Florida State series ... For his efforts in the five games from March 30 to April 4, was named the ACC Player of the Week and the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week ... Struggled in the Miami series, picking up just two singles and striking out four times ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and a steal against NC A&T ... Tied for the team lead in hits during the UVa series, going 4-for-11 ... Doubled and stole his 13th base in game one ... Had an RBI single and scored twice at Radford ... Batted .385 (5-for-13) with five runs scored and three RBIs in the Georgia Tech series ... Homered in game one and doubled in game two ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two walks and a stolen base in the win at VMI on April 27 ... Had a sac fly and a two-run triple in game one with BC ... Double and stole his 15th base in game three ... Had his first two-homer game as a collegiate in the May 8 win over Savannah State, tying a career-high with five RBIs ... Walked a career-high three times in the second game with the Tigers ... Batted .333 with five RBIs in the Duke series, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs in each of the first two games ... Went just 1-for-8 in the UNC series, though he had a sacrifice fly, was hit by a pitch and walked three times ... Led the team with a .455 batting average at the ACC Tournament, going 5-for-11 with four hit-by-pitches and being voted to the All-Tournament Team ... Scored four runs, drove in three and stole two bases ... Homered in the win over Georgia Tech.
2009: Broke out as a sophomore and ranked fourth in the ACC with a .397 average … Led the team with 77 hits, 20 doubles, 118 total bases and a .608 slugging percentage, while adding 50 runs scored, three triples and five homers … Also swiped 16 bases in 17 attempts … Made the All-Classic Team at the Courtyard by Marriott Classic Feb. 20-22 after going 7-for-15 with five runs scored and two doubles … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs in the first Bucknell game … Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs, a double and a triple in game one with Duke … Hit his first home run of the season – a solo shot – in game two at Duke … Stole two bases in each UNC game … Went a career-best 5-for-6 against VMI on March 17 … Went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer the next day against the Keydets … Made a start at first base against USC Upstate on March 24 and has now started at first, second, third, left, right and DH in his career … Went 3-for-6 with a stolen base and two RBIs in the game one win at NC State … Was 4-for-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs in game two … Pulled a hamstring while legging out a double and missed six games … Returned for the series at Maryland, picking up a single in game one and a double in game two … Picked up an RBI single and scored in game one with Clemson … Drove in two on two hits in game two … Registered a sac fly at Liberty … Went on a 10-game tear beginning with the second Miami game, going 22-for-40 for a .550 batting average … Had 12 extra base hits in that span, including 10 doubles, two triples and two homers, as well as 16 RBIs … The homers came in the High Point game and the first Florida State game, while the triples came against Davidson and Delaware State … Had four RBIs in each Delaware State game, setting a new career high … Went 3-for-4 in game one with No. 10 UVa, hitting a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Hokies to their first win over Virginia since 2003 … Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in game two and 2-for-4 in game three … Over his final 13 games, went 30-for-53 (.556) with 12 doubles, two triples, three homers, 19 RBIs, 14 runs scored and four stolen bases.
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 sociology.
