Austin French

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Hometown:
Orange, Conn.
High School:
Hamden Hall

2016: Started nine games as a member of the weekend rotation with a 4-4 record … ranked second in the Ivy League with 60 strikeouts … finished with 54.2 innings pitched … recorded a pair of 11-strikeout games against Holy Cross (3/27) and Harvard (4/24) … had two complete game shutouts.

2015: Made 10 appearances as a junior, including three starts in conference play as a member of the weekend rotation … ranked fourth on the team in strikeouts (30) and fourth in innings pitched (31.1) … picked up the win over Yale (4/25) in the season finale … posted a season-high nine strikeouts in 4.1 innings out of the bullpen against Columbia (4/6).

2014|Stats: Made seven appearances as a sophomore, including a pair of starts … recorded nine strikeouts … went six innings as the starter at Rhode Island (4/28), allowing just two earned runs with four strikeouts for a no decision.

2013|Stats: Made 12 appearances out of the bullpen as a freshman … allowed nine earned runs and picked up 13 strikeouts in 12.2 innings.

Before Brown: A three-sport athlete and four-year letter winner in baseball as a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder for Hamden Hall Country Day School…Also earned a letter in football and basketball…Earned Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention in 2011… Named a Baseball Factory Top Underclassman in 2011…Set a school record of 18 strikeouts in a game to win Hamden Hall the championship title in 2011… Earned a spot on the Rawlings All-American team and the All-Region team in 2012…Served as team captain in 2012 and received Hamden Hall’s Captain’s Award for Outstanding Leadership…Named to the 2012 New Haven Register All-Area team…Compiled a four-year ERA of 1.55…Batted an average of .417 throughout high school, with a career best of .544 during his senior campaign.

Personal: Austin L. French III is the son of Austin and Ann Marie French of Orange, Connecticut…A member of the Green and White Club and the Diversity Club Committee at Hamden Hall Country Day School…Also enjoys playing other sports, math and drawing...His concentration is undeclared.