2012: Appeared in20 games with six starts for the Spartans as a junior…Posted a 4-1 record with a 3.49 earned run average in 56.2 inningof work… Recorded 43 strikeouts and allowed just 14extra-base hits on the year… Started and pitched into theseventh inning at Georgia State (May 2), recording five strikeoutsand allowing three runs to pick up the win… Tallied a saveat ETSU (April 15), tossing 1.2 innings and giving up one hit andno runs.
Before USCUpstate: Played two seasons at Hillsborough CommunityCollege in Tampa, Fla… Tallied 70 strikeouts in 81 inningsof work as a sophomore and earned the Hawks’ Male ScholarAthlete of the Year award… Was also a Phi Theta KappaHonoree at conclusion of sophomore year.
High School: Was afour-year letterwinner at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian,Fla… Was named the squad’s Most Outstanding Pitcheraward as a senior… Earned First-Team All-Treasure CoastConference honors as well as First-Team Scripps Treasure Coastaccolades at end of senior season… As a junior, picked upteam’s Most Outstanding Pitching award and was named to boththe All-Treasure Coast Conference team and the Scripps TreasureCoast team… Also earned MVP honors as part of the FloridaStars WABA Woodbat National Runner-up team.
Personal: Born onApr. 8, 1991 in Sebastian, Fla… Son of Earle and RebeccaAugenstein… Has one brother and one sister… Majoringin Exercise Science… Favorite song is “LoseYourself”… Lists Mark Prior as his favorite sportsfigure… Person he most admires is his brother…Favorite quote is “You can do anything you set your mindto”… Aspires to be a professional baseballplayer… Enjoys working out, fishing and listening tomusic… His father, Earle, played collegiate basketball atOhio State… His brother, Bryan, played collegiate baseballat the University of Florida and was a Seventh-Round draft pick ofthe Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 MLB First-Year PlayerDraft… His brother, who made his MLB debut on May 13, 2009with the Diamondbacks, most recently suited up for the St. LouisCardinals (2011).
