2005 Baseball Roster
Roster
Austin Swain
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Murray High School
2006: Hit .293 with an on-base percentage of .371...led the team with six sacrifice bunts...shared the team lead with three stolen bases...had a season-high three hits four times...went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs on April 14 at Eastern Kentucky...went 6-for-9 with two three-hit games against Eastern Illinois...made no errors in 46 games in the outfield.
2005: Had a team-best .341 batting average...with 26 walks to 21 strikeouts, had a .453 on-base percentage...was fourth on the team with 26 walks...had a season-high three hits five times...drew a season-high three walks against Tennessee Tech.
2004: Second on the team with a .315 batting average...3-for-3 in stolen bases...led MSU with seven sacrifice hits...known for his ability to beat out bunts for hits...had a season-high three hits twice...went 3-for-3 with four RBIs at Tennessee Tech on April 24 with a triple and a home run...went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and three RBIs against Western Kentucky on March 24.
BEFORE MSU: Batted .500 in his senior season (2003) at Murray High under coach Cary Miller...helped Tigers to the district title that year...named the 2003 Region I Co-Player of the Year...named to the East-West All-Star Team...part of the regional champion and Elite Eight team in his junior year (2002)...named to the East-West All-Star Team that season...Tigers went 26-3 in his sophomore season (2001) and won the district title...was a four-year letterwinner in soccer...named to the 110-Percent Award.
PERSONAL: Born Austin Douglas Swain on Feb. 1, 1985, in Murray, Ky., the son of Todd and Laura Swain...enjoys working with computers...majoring in telecommunications systems management.
