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Jersey Number 40
Austin Crook
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Deposit, Ala.
- High School:
- Prattville HS
- Prev School:
- Faulkner State CC
Bio
2017 (Redshirt Senior)
Pitched in 13 games with 11 starts on the mound … Finished the season 5-2 with a team second-best 4.08 ERA … Named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week after striking out 14 batters and allowing just two earned runs in a team season-high 8.2 innings of work in the win against No. 15 UL Lafayette … In his first appearance since May 21, 2015, he held UAB to two runs on five hits in 6.2 innings on February 28 … Worked 64 innings on the hill which was the second-most on the team … Finished his Troy career with a 9-2 record and an opponent batting average of only .267
2016 (Senior)
Did not play … Redshirted due to injury
2015 (Junior)
Appeared in 15 games on the mound and started eight contests, including the final five Sun Belt weekends … Posted a 4-0 record and struck out 30 batters over 52.2 innings pitched, while issuing just 11 walks … Struck out three and allowed just one run on four hits over 4.0 innings against Arkansas State in his first Sun Belt start … Pitched 4.2 innings in first career appearance in series finale vs. Northwestern State; allowed one earned run on two hits … Earned his first start against Samford and pitched five scoreless innings while only allowing three hits … Pitched 4.2 innings against Georgia State in his final start of the season; he didn’t allow a run on three hits while striking out four … In his final relief appearance before moving into the rotation, stuck out four and allowed just one run in 6.1 innings at App State
Prior to Troy (Faulkner State Community College)
Played two seasons under head coach Wayne Larker at Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minnette, Alabama … Named all-state and all-district in 2014 after turning in an 11-1 record with a 1.92 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 79.2 innings pitched … Finished freshman season 6-0 with a 1.93 ERA
High School
Played three season under head coach Tommy Goodson at Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama … Named 2012 Montgomery Metro Player of the Year and the 2012 Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year … Named all-state in 2011 and 2012 … Finished career at Prattville High School with 26-4 record … Was 11-1 with an 0.48 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 73 innings
Personal
Full named is John Austin Crook … Born Nov. 2, 1993 … Son of Bubba and Pam Crook … Has one sister, Jordan … Majoring in exercise science
Pitched in 13 games with 11 starts on the mound … Finished the season 5-2 with a team second-best 4.08 ERA … Named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week after striking out 14 batters and allowing just two earned runs in a team season-high 8.2 innings of work in the win against No. 15 UL Lafayette … In his first appearance since May 21, 2015, he held UAB to two runs on five hits in 6.2 innings on February 28 … Worked 64 innings on the hill which was the second-most on the team … Finished his Troy career with a 9-2 record and an opponent batting average of only .267
2016 (Senior)
Did not play … Redshirted due to injury
2015 (Junior)
Appeared in 15 games on the mound and started eight contests, including the final five Sun Belt weekends … Posted a 4-0 record and struck out 30 batters over 52.2 innings pitched, while issuing just 11 walks … Struck out three and allowed just one run on four hits over 4.0 innings against Arkansas State in his first Sun Belt start … Pitched 4.2 innings in first career appearance in series finale vs. Northwestern State; allowed one earned run on two hits … Earned his first start against Samford and pitched five scoreless innings while only allowing three hits … Pitched 4.2 innings against Georgia State in his final start of the season; he didn’t allow a run on three hits while striking out four … In his final relief appearance before moving into the rotation, stuck out four and allowed just one run in 6.1 innings at App State
Prior to Troy (Faulkner State Community College)
Played two seasons under head coach Wayne Larker at Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minnette, Alabama … Named all-state and all-district in 2014 after turning in an 11-1 record with a 1.92 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 79.2 innings pitched … Finished freshman season 6-0 with a 1.93 ERA
High School
Played three season under head coach Tommy Goodson at Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama … Named 2012 Montgomery Metro Player of the Year and the 2012 Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year … Named all-state in 2011 and 2012 … Finished career at Prattville High School with 26-4 record … Was 11-1 with an 0.48 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 73 innings
Personal
Full named is John Austin Crook … Born Nov. 2, 1993 … Son of Bubba and Pam Crook … Has one sister, Jordan … Majoring in exercise science
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