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• Made his collegiate debut, recorded his first collegiate hit and drove in two runs on Feb. 15 at UNLV.
• Opened his career with hits in each of his first three games, going 5-for-15 (.333) during that stretch, capped off by a 3-for-5 effort in the second game of a doubleheader against the Rebels on Feb. 16.
• Was 2-for-3, scored three runs and drove in another in a 16-0 whitewashing of Alcorn State on March 8.
• Drove in three runs in a 12-4 win over the Braves two days later.
• Had a clutch two-out, two-RBI double in the eighth inning of UT's 7-6 win at Alabama on March 16.

• Graduated from Farragut High School in Knoxville where he was coached by Matt Buckner.
• Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 32nd round (987th overall) of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
• Named to the 2012 Baseball America High School All-America Second Team.
• Earned 2012 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American honors.
• Tabbed to the 2012 Rawlings All-Southeast Region first team.
• Listed as the nation's 136th-best prospect and top player in the state of Tennessee by Perfect Game.
• Three-time state champion, helping lead the Admirals to Class AAA titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
• Hit .460 with nine home runs, 13 doubles, four triples and 45 RBIs, and logged four saves on the mound as a senior.
• Picked as the 2012 Knoxville News Sentinel PrepXtra Player of the Year.
• Took home District 4-AAA MVP accolades in both 2011 and 2012.
• Led all TSSAA players with 70 hits while leading the Admirals to their fourth consecutive state title his junior year.
• Also hit at a school-record .470 clip with two home runs and 32 RBIs that season.
• Posted a 28-game hit streak as a junior and followed that with a 19-game streak his senior season.

• Full name is Austin Jay Simcox
• Born June 22, 1994
• Son of Larry and Linda Simcox
• Has one sibling, Erin
• Plans to major in business
• Formerly a Tennessee batboy
• His father, Larry, was a UT assistant coach from 1991-2007