2021 Baseball Roster
Murr, Austin
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Tuesday, June 11
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Sunday, June 09
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Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 12
Austin Murr
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Denmark Township, Minn.
- High School:
- Stillwater (Des Moines Area CC)
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 218
Bio
Round 6, Pick 165 to Detroit Tigers in 2021 MLB Draft
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
2021 Second Team All-ACC
2021 All-ACC Academic Team
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
2020 - Junior Season
2018 & '19 - Freshman & Sophomore Seasons (at Des Moines Area C)
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
2021 Second Team All-ACC
2021 All-ACC Academic Team
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
- Made 53 starts in 54 appearances, missing two to injury
- Earned Second Team All-ACC and All-ACC Academic Team honors
- An ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner, which recognizes the top defensive players in the nation
- Selected in the sixth round as the 165th pick to the Detroit Tigers in the 2021 MLB Draft
- Did not commit an error in his NC State career (71 games played, including 70 starts)
- Slashed .319/.504/.376 on the year and finished among the top three on the team in five different offensive categories, highlighted by a team-leading 21 doubles and three triples
- Was an essential piece to the Wolfpack's postseason run, as he batted .351 (13-for-37) through nine games and scored a team-leading seven runs
- Finished third on the team with 23 multi-hit games
- Held a 20-game reached base streak from Feb. 27 to April 14, including a 13-game hit streak from March 23 to April 14 where he turned in five multi-hit games in the span
- Had a career-best 5-for-6 outing on Feb. 23 vs. Coastal Carolina, becoming the first player since 2014 to tally five hits in a game
- Drove in a season-high three RBIs on two separate occasions (March 2 vs. Campbell and March 29 at North Carolina)
- Named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on April 5 after compiling a .370 clip with 10 hits, 10 runs scored and eight runs batted in over six games, as seven of his 10 hits were for extra bases, highlighted by three home runs
2020 - Junior Season
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Started all 17 games at first base, and was one of two players to start every game and not commit an error
- Batted .306 with 19 hits, including a team-high 7 doubles and two triples
- Homered on three separate occasions, and drove in 14 runs
- Reached base safely in every game of the year, and turned in six multi-hit and four multi-RBI performances
- Tallied a career-high three hits on Feb. 15 vs. James Madison and on Feb. 22 vs. Tennessee Tech
- Drove in a career-best four runs on March 4 vs. Coastal Carolina
- Went 5-for-5 in stolen bases, highlighted by a career-best two on March 10 vs. Charlotte
- Finished second on the team with a .470 on-base percentage and fourth on the team with a .629 slugging percentage
- Finished second on the team with 16 walks
2018 & '19 - Freshman & Sophomore Seasons (at Des Moines Area C)
- Tabbed an All-American as a sophomore in 2019
- Finished with a career batting average of .440, including a .470 clip as a freshman
- Compiled a .710 slugging percentage with 62 extra-base hits
- Named to the NJCAA Division II All-Region Team as a freshman