MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Third baseman Cole Austin, coming off a breakout sophomore season at West Virginia, is transferring to Arizona State.
Austin started 97 games over two years with the Mountaineers, 58 of those last spring when he blossomed into a .302 hitter and drove in 44 RBIs to help the Mountaineers reach their first NCAA tournament since 1996.
The Kennesaw, Ga., native batted cleanup during the Winston-Salem Regional, smashing a two-run homer in a 9-1 opening-game win over Maryland.
On April 1 his two-run, ninth-inning shot tied the game at Oklahoma State before WVU won it in extras.