Austin Fawley

Ole Miss Baseball vs Clemson on February 16, 2025 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX.

Photo by Hannah Morgan White/Ole Miss Athletics

@OleMissCreative

Class:
Junior
Position:
C
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 205
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
West Palm Beach, Fla.
High School:
Park Vista
Prev. College:
Kentucky
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Second Team
• 2025 Oxford Regional All-Tournament Team

2026 (Junior): Played and started in 57 games (all but one at catcher, the other at DH) … Third on the team slugging percentage (.489) and home runs (13) … Batted .234 for the season, walked 30 times and earned 40 RBI … Had only one passed ball for the season … Had an RBI double versus Nevada (2/15) and scored in the same inning … Went 3-for-5 and scored a run against Arkansas State (2/17) … Had seven RBI in the series against Missouri State (2/20-22), including a grand slam in game one … Went on a seven-game hitting streak from mid-March to the start of April … Had three doubles, two home runs, four RBI and scored five times in that stretch … Went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored at Tennessee (4/18) … Hit his second grand slam of the season to kickstart Ole Miss’ eight-run comeback against Georgia (4/25) … Hit another homer later that day in the second game of a doubleheader … Hit three home runs, including two in game two, in the series at Arkansas (5/1-3) … Went 3-for-5 in game two of that series … Went on another hitting streak (eight games) in the early parts of May … Had two hits in four of those games … Went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a home run and two runs scored against UT Martin (5/12) … Went 2-for-4 in the first two games of the Alabama (5/14-15) series, earning two RBI in both game … Named to the Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team as the catcher of the winning team … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game one of the Auburn Super Regional (6/5) … Went 2-for-5, scoring one run while driving home another versus Troy in the Men’s College World Series

2025 (Sophomore): Appeared in 51 games, starting in 50 of them (49 at catcher, one at DH) ... Fawley's 21 home runs were the most by any catcher during the Mike Bianco Era ... Fawley and teammate Judd Utermark became the first pair of teammates to hit 20+ home runs each in a season in program history ... Led the team in slugging percentage at .648 ... Finished second on the team in home runs and third in RBI ... Hit .256 with 21 home runs, 53 RBI, 114 total bases, and 40 runs scored ... Did not allow a passed ball during SEC play ... Went 1-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and three walks against Southern Miss (2/25) ... Went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Wright State (3/2) ... Went 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBI, and three walks against Jacksonville State (3/8) ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with two doubles, three runs scored, and three walks in series at Missouri (3/21-23) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and five RBI against Florida (3/28) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored at Kentucky (4/4) ... Hit a home run in four-consecutive games and six of seven from April 11 to April 22 ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with three home runs, six RBI, and three runs scored in series against Tennessee (4/11-13) ... Went 1-for-4 with a grand slam, four RBI, and two walks at South Carolina (4/19) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored against Austin Peay (4/29) ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with two home runs, a double, and three runs scored in series at Oklahoma (5/2-4) ... Went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two walks in SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against Arkansas (5/23) ... Hit .333 (6-for-18) with four home runs, seven RBI, and seven runs scored at the Oxford Regional ... Went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs against Western Kentucky at the Oxford Regional (5/31) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored against Murray State at the Oxford Regional (6/1)

KENTUCKY: Appeared in 10 games for Kentucky his freshman season… Tallied four hits, 11 total bases, and scored three runs… Hit two home runs and drove in five… Played for the Boynton Beach Buccaneers of the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2022…Earned Rookie of the Year honors…Batted .288 with a .933 OPS in 73 at bats…Had 14 runs scored, three doubles, one triple, three home runs and 17 RBI…Walked 21 times in 29 games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Larry Greenstein at Park Vista HS…Helped lead the team to a district title in 2021..Ranked a top 500 player nationally and No. 101 in Florida…by Perfect Game…Ranked the No. 273 player nationally by Prep Baseball Report…2022 PG Preseason All-America.

PERSONAL: Full name is Austin James Fawley… Son of Jamie and Jennifer Fawley… Has one sibling, Adrianna… Born March 4, 2003… Father Jamie played collegiate baseball and was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers… Majoring in Multi-Disciplinary Studies.