9  Mark Austry
	Class: Senior Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas High School: Arlington Heights Last College: Coastal Carolina Weight: 200 Position: 1B/OF Bats/Throws: Left/Left

1999: Plattooned with David O'Keeffe at first base while seeing action vs. righthanders … hit .306 in February and .333 in April … went 2-4 with run and RBI vs. Oklahoma State … finished season with nine mult-hit games and 39 career mult-hit games … went 8-12 with four RBI and five runs in series vs. Iowa State including a 3-5 game and 3-4 game … went 3-4 with RBI and double vs. Texas A&M … hit home run to win game in top of ninth and went 2-5 with two RBI at Southern California … hit two doubles vs. Southwest Texas State and went 2-4 with three runs … registered season-high 15 putouts on 4/16/99 at Texas.

1998: Emerged as Red Raiders' starting first baseman after transfering to Texas Tech from Coastal Carolina ... steady defensive force at first base with an outstanding reach ... started 61 games at first base for Red Raiders ... had 20 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games ... hit .357 in February, .323 in March and .329 with six home runs and 18 RBI in April ... finished series 5-8 with five runs and RBI in series vs. West Texas A&M ... went 2-4 with home run in win vs. TCU ...went 4-4 with two runs vs. Santa Clara ... finished two-game Texas series with .556 average (5-9) with two runs, home run, double and RBI ... went 2-5 with three RBI and run at Oklahoma State ... went 3-4 with three RBI and two runs vs. Sul Ross State ... went 5-6 with three RBI , three runs, double and home run vs. New Mexico Highlands ... finished 4-9 with six runs, home run and two RBI in series vs. Iowa State ... went 5-13 with three RBI, two home runs and three runs vs. Oklahoma ... finished 3-4 with four RBI, two runs and home run vs. Texas A&M in the Big 12 Conference championship ... went 4-5 with four RBI and home run vs. South Carolina in NCAA Regional.

1997 at Coastal Carolina: Played one season at Coastal Carolina located in Conway, S.C. and in the Big South Conference for head coach Gary Gilmore ... team finished 23-31 ... batted .333 (41-123) with two home runs, 21 RBI, 25 runs and 12 doubles after starting 29 of 47 games played ... hit .340 in Big South games ... finished season with 10 multi-hit games ... went 3-4 with two runs scored and two RBI and double at Clemson ... went 3-4 with RBI, two runs scored and two doubles vs. Princeton ... went 5-9 with 3 RBI, four runs, two doubles and homer in series vs. Princeton ... went 5-9 with four RBI, three runs, one double and one home run vs. Maryland-Baltimore County ... went 3-5 with two runs scored at UNC-Wilmington ... went 2-3 with two doubles and two runs vs. Liberty ... named to school's Dean's List.

High School: A 1996 graduate of Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas where he played baseball, basketball, football and tennis ... helped lead team to state championship along with the district championship, area title, regional finals ... named All-State in 1996 ... named All-Area and First Team All-Tournament in 1996 ... named All-District in 1994, 1995 and 1996 ... batted .467 along with six home runs, 44 runs, 14 doubles, five triples, 40 RBI and had an .808 slugging percentage as a senior ... selected to play for the Junior Texas All-Stars ... named All-District in football as a junior ... named All-District in basketball as sophomore.

Personal: Born Mark Austry on October 28, 1976 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... son of Jerry and Sharon Austry, both graduates of Western Michigan University ... has two older brothers Michael and Brian ... father played professional baseball and brother, Michael played professional hockey ... majoring in Business/Marketing ... career goal is to graduate from college and become a successful businessman ... hobbies/interests include chess, golf, tennis and water sports.

Austry Career Highs - At-bats: 6, twice (last vs. UCLA, 2/20/99); Runs: 3, three times (last vs. Oregon State, 2/19/99); Hits: 5, vs. New Mexico Highlands, 4/8/98; Home Runs: 1, several times; RBI: 4, twice (last vs. South Carolina, 5/22/98); Walks: 3, twice (last at Iowa State, 4/18/98); Put Outs: 16, twice (last vs. Oklahoma, 4/26/98)