Austin's Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)

2016-17 Senior

• Former walk-on earned athletic scholarship for spring semester
• Appeared in 10 games on the season, totaling four points and four rebounds

2015-16 Junior

• Played in 32 of 34 games, starting six times
• Fifth on the team with 13 steals
• Five rebounds in UI debut vs. North Florida (Nov. 13)
• First walk-on in Illini starting lineup since 2010 with start vs. North Dakota State (Nov. 15), tallying five points
• Career-high 33 minutes at Providence (Nov. 18), finishing with four points, five rebounds and season-high four assists
• Season-high eight points and five rebounds vs. Chicago State (Nov. 23)
• Four points in six minutes at Indiana (Jan. 19)
• Five points at Rutgers (Feb. 3)
• Season-high three steals vs. Minnesota in Big Ten Tournament First Round (March 9)

2014-15 Redshirt

• Sat out the season per NCAA transfer rules

At Eastern Illinois

• Played in 59 games with 36 starts during two-year EIU career, averaging 8.2 points and 2.4 rebounds
• Appeared in 27 games last season, starting 16 times, and averaged 7.0 points and 2.4 rebounds
• Shot 83 percent from the free throw line (44-53) to lead Panthers and was second on the team with 31 made 3-pointers
• Scored season-high 18 points vs. Olivet Nazarene (Nov. 13, 2013)
• Grabbed season-high six boards vs. Indiana State (Dec. 7, 2013) and Jacksonville State (Jan. 11, 2014)
• Played in all 32 games as a freshman, starting 20, and averaged 9.3 points and 2.5 boards
• Leading-scoring freshman in the Ohio Valley and was named OVC Freshman of the Week five times
• Shot 46.4 percent from the field (103-222) and 36.8 percent from 3-point range (39-106), ranking second on EIU with 39 treys
• Scored career-high 21 points vs. Toledo (Dec. 8, 2012)
• Registered career-high eight rebounds vs. Southeast Missouri (March 6, 2013)

High School

• Averaged 18.9 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior
• Made 70 three-pointers on the year, shooting 42 percent from behind the arc
• Third-team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association
• Chicago Catholic League-South Division Co-Athlete of the Year
• All-Area by the Southtown Star
• Averaged 13 points and 4.5 rebounds as a junior
• Played with current Illini teammate Tracy Abrams at Mount Carmel
• High school coach was Mike Flaherty
• Played for the Illinois Wolves AAU program, coached by Mike Mullins

Personal

• Born Nov. 17, 1993
• Enrolled in the UI master’s program in recreation, sport and tourism
• Earned bachelor’s degree in communication in December 2016
• Parents are Charles Austin and Valerie Alexander
• Father was Indiana Mr. Basketball as a high school senior in 1988 and went to play four years at Purdue, leading the Boilermakers in scoring as a senior in 1992
• Has an older sister, Talaya, a younger sister, Maeve, and a younger brother, Charlie
• Favorite player is Kobe Bryant