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#5 Austin Bell OF • 5-9 185 R-Sr. • Albuquerque, NM (Univ. of New Mexico)
CAREER HONORS
2020:
Missouri Valley Conference First Team Scholar-Athlete
2020 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
Started all 16 games before the season was cancelled ... Led the team in runs (16), a mark that ranked second-most in the Missouri Valley Conference ... Hit two home runs and was third on the team in RBI (10) ... Posted the team’s second-highest on-base percentage (.370) ... VS. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 1-for-3 and scored two runs at No. 13 North Carolina (2/22) ... Delivered a pair of base hits, scored a run, and stole a base in a series-clinching win at No. 13 North Carolina (2/23) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run at No. 9 Oklahoma (3/3) ... VS. NON-CONFERENCE: Homered on Opening Day to help lift DBU to a win over South Dakota State (2/14) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double versus UT Arlington (2/18) ... Smashed a game-tying three-run homer in the fourth inning against Oral Roberts (3/8) ... Drove in two runs at Baylor (3/11).
2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Played in 21 games, making 11 starts ... VS. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 1-for-2 two with a double and a run scored in a win over then-ranked No. 19 TCU (4/9) ... VS. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his Patriot debut versus Kent State (2/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Kent State (2/16) ... Tied a single-game school-record for hits (6) and RBI (9) after going 6-for-6 with three doubles, a home run, and five runs scored at Air Force (3/24) ... MVC TOURNAMENT: Delivered a pinch-hit two-run single versus Indiana State in the MVC Tournament Championship (5/25).
2018 (JUNIOR)
Redshirt season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2017 (SOPHOMORE – NEW MEXICO)
Played in 32 games, making three starts ... Hit .233 and drove in six runs ... Tied for third on the team in triples (2).
2016 (FRESHMAN – NEW MEXICO)
Played in 44 games, making 22 starts ... Posted a .342 batting average and totaled 12 RBI ... Picked up his first career hit against DBU on March 5.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Prior to the summer of 2020, spent each of the last two summers with the Cowlitz Bears and was named to the West Coast League All-Star Team in 2019 after hitting a team-high .356 ... Played for the Hays Larks in the Jayhawk League in 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at La Cueva High School ... Played for head coach Girard Pineda ... Garnered First Team All-State honors as a senior in 2015 after hitting .403 ... Rated the No. 2 outfielder and the third-best player in the class of 2015 from the state of New Mexico by Perfect Game ... Helped lead La Cueva to a state championship in 2014 ... Named a Wendy’s High School Heisman ... Tabbed a First Team All-Academic selection all three years of his prep career ... Competed for the Albuquerque Baseball Academy in the summers.
PERSONAL
Born on January 16, 1997 ... Parents are Bill and Michelle Bell ... His father, Bill, was a kicker for the New Mexico Lobos’ football team and also played baseball ... His sister, Nicole, played volleyball at California Baptist ... Earned his Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and
is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration ... Favorite Bible verse is Isaiah 6:8.
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