Austin Wates was one of many Tech baseball players I covered
during my time as the "Voice of English Field".
Austin was an important part of turning Tech's ACC baseball
fortunes around, and his play in college led to him be selected in the third
round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft by the Houston Astros.
Wates hit .300 with 6 home runs and 75 RBI during his first
season of minor league ball for the Lancaster Jethawks of the California
League.
Those numbers earned Wates a promotion to AA ball this year
where he's currently hitting .295 for the Corpus Christi Hooks.
The other day, Austin pulled off this impressive over-the-wall catch that
has made him a viral star.
2 comments:
Sweet catch and even cooler Hokies uniform. Looks like the old Astros garb.
Yeah those are one of the many combinations of throwback garb our team wears. Very sweet, probably even better than the football team's "swag" as the kids say.
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