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UC San Diego

2022 Baseball Roster

Jeff Tourial/UC San Diego

14 Austin Smith

  • Position LHP/OF
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 184
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Granite Hills HS
  • Major Sociology
  • Bats/Throws L/L

Biography

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Appeared in 53 games and was second on the team with 51 starts, primarily in right field…Also made seven starts on the mound…
Batting: Ranked third on the team in runs scored (29) and RBI (30), second in walks (26) and fourth in hits (46), homeruns (4), doubles (9) and total bases (67)…Finished with a .261 batting average, .381 slugging percentage and .367 on-base percentage…Recorded 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games, including a team-best five RBI day against Seattle U (Feb. 19)…Recorded a seven game hitting streak and led the team with a 32-game streak of reaching base…Went 3-for-4 with five RBI, three runs scored, a double and a homerun in his second collegiate game (Feb. 19, Seattle U).
Pitching: ranked third on the team with a 3.18 ERA and second with a 1.06 WHIP, holding opponents to a .210 batting average…Tallied 20 strikeouts in 17.0 innings pitched with just five walks…Recorded a season-high six strikeouts in 3.0 shutout innings, giving up just two hits against USC (Feb. 22) in his first collegiate start.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2021 from Granite Hills HS … First Team All-CIF and First Team All-Grossmont Hills League in 2021 … Broke the Granite Hills single season hit record (58) and single season double record (18) in 2021 … Helped his team to a CIF Championship and So Cal Regional Championship in 2021 … Finished with a .475 batting average his senior season … also played football for three years. 
 
PERSONAL
Born on April 11 in San Diego to Brian and Tammy … Has an older brother, Brian, Jr. and younger brother, Trevor … Father, Brian was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 1995 and also played for the Newark Bears, independent ball for two years … Favorite baseball memory was winning CIF his senior year and hitting his first collegiate homerun in summer ball for the Medford Rogues in 2021 … Majoring in Sociology with an emphasis in Law and Society at Muir College … Hopes to become a police offer after graduating … Hobbies include fishing, snowboarding and golfing … Roots for the Packers and Phillies … Favorite athletes are Bryce Harper and Aaron Rodgers … Listens to Morgan Wallen … Favorite movie is Step Brothers … Favorite food is Mexican food.

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