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Cade Austin

  • position Right Handed Pitcher
  • height 6-3
  • weight 230
  • class Redshirt Freshman
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Chapin, S.C.
  • High school Chapin HS
  • position Right Handed Pitcher
  • height 6-3
  • weight 230
  • class Redshirt Freshman
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Chapin, S.C.
  • High school Chapin HS

Cade Austin Bio

AWARDS

  • Stopper of the Year Watch List (2023)
  • Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2022)

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023)

  • Had 23 appearances and one start for the Gamecocks in 2023
  • Was 1-0 with a 4.55 ERA and two saves
  • Struck out 38 batters in 29.2 innings pitched
  • Earned a win against Penn (Feb. 26), retiring the final batter in the eighth
  • Picked up the save in the SEC Tournament game against Georgia (May 23), striking out three in 2.1 innings
  • Also had a save at Mississippi State (March 30), striking out a batter in the ninth inning
  • Allowed just one hit with three strikeouts in three innings pitched vs. Auburn (April 29)
  • Had a season high five strikeouts in three innings vs. Charlotte (May 16)
  • Struck out the side in back-to-back outings against Presbyterian (March 14) and at Charlotte (March 21)
  • Had two strikeouts in an inning of work vs. USC Upstate (April 11)

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022)

  • Made a team-high 27 appearances with two starts for the Gamecocks in 2022
  • Had a team-best 3.17 ERA to go along with a 5-2 record, two saves and 55 strikeouts in 54 innings pitched
  • In SEC games, had a 3-1 record with a 2.84 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 31.2 innings pitched
  • Struck out five in 3.1 hitless innings at Tennessee (March 19)
  • Earned a win in a start vs. Winthrop (Feb. 22), allowing just one run in four innings pitched
  • Had four strikeouts in three innings of relief at Auburn (April 24)
  • Earned the win against Florida (May 21), allowed an unearned run in three innings of relief
  • Had three scoreless innings of relief vs. Kentucky (May 13)
  • Struck out four in two innings in a win over Gardner-Webb (March 15)
  • Picked up a save against Vanderbilt (March 26), pitching the final two innings to clinch the series
  • Earned a save at Missouri (April 1), allowing a pair of hits with a strikeout in two innings

FRESHMAN (2021)

  • Did not see game action

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended Chapin High School in Chapin, S.C., where he was a two-time all-state selection (2018, ’19)
  • All-Region (2017, ’18, ’19)
  • Was 6-1 with a 1.61 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 43.1 innings pitched as a junior (2019)
  • Helped Chapin win a state championship in Class 4A as a sophomore (2018)
  • USA Today All-State team (2018)
  • Was ranked the No. 4 right-handed pitcher and No. 7 overall player in the state of South Carolina by Perfect Game in the class of 2020
  • Perfect Game Preseason All-Atlantic first team (2020)
  • Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-America third team (2019)
  • Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-America high honorable mention (2018)
  • Played summer baseball for Upstate Mavericks

PERSONAL

  • Born on September 28, 2001
  • Son of Darrell and Kelly Austin
  • Dad, Darrell, played football at Carolina from 1971-73
  • Brother, Chase, played football at Newberry College from 2014-17
  • Major is criminology and criminal justice