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2023 Baseball Roster

Billy Saunders, Regis Athletics
Ted Betsy, Regis Athletics

10 Austin Vaught

10 Austin Vaught

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    180
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lubbock, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Lubbock-Cooper HS

Summary

Biography

Career Notes
3-year letterwinner

All-Time Rankings
Most triple plays turned: t-1st (1)

Single-Season Rankings
Most triple plays turned: t-1st (1 in 2021)
Most picked off: t-13th (2 in 2021)

2022 | Junior
Vaught played in a career-high 37 games in 2022 and made 27 starts as a utility infielder. Hbatted .264 with 17 runs scored and 10 driven in while leading all Rangers with seven sacrifice bunts. Defensively, he was rock solid with a .981 fielding percentage on 108 total chances.

2021 | Sophomore
Competed in 32 games, including 18 starts, during the condensed 2021 season … Went 5-for-7, scoring a share of the game-high five runs and contributing two RBI in the Rangers’ 33-16, series-closing win at Adams State on March 21 … Opened the series on the road against the Grizzlies of Adams State with a 2-for-4 result at the plate, including a double, scored one run, and had two RBI in Regis’s 22-7 victory on March 19 … Claimed a 2-for-3 performance and added two RBI in RU’s 14-3 win at UC-Colorado Springs to conclude a doubleheader and the series on May 12 … Ended the season with a .270 batting average, including three doubles, and also had 16 runs scored, 10 RBI, five walks, and two stolen bases … Was one of only two players on the team to successfully steal every base attempted … Compiled a .974 fielding percentage, including 30 putouts and 46 assists.

2020 | Freshman
Started all 16 games in which he made appearances during the shortened 18-game season … Led the Rangers in both batting average (.353) and hits (18) … Had a share of the team-high two triples … Finished among his teammates second in slugging percentage (.529), doubles (5), total bases (27) and RBI (13) … Was tied for third in game starts (16) and tied for fourth in at-bats (51) among Regis players … Had a stellar 5-for-6 showing at the plate, including two doubles, as well as scored one run and contributed five RBI in RU’s 16-4, series-closing win at Washburn on Feb. 23 … Claimed a 2-for-4 performance with the bat, including a double, and had three RBI in the Rangers’ 11-3 victory to close a doubleheader against No. 23 Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 16 in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Opened the road series against the Ichabods of Washburn with a 2-for-3 outing, including a triple and a double, and scored a pair of runs in Regis’s 10-2 win on Feb. 21 in Lawrence, Kan. … Additionally had one walk on the season … Accumulated a .973 fielding percentage, including 27 putouts and 44 assists.

High School
A 2019 graduate of Lubbock-Cooper High School in Lubbock, Texas … Was a three-year letterwinner in baseball … Played for the Pirates of the 5A Region I District 3 in Division 5A … Participated in the GWTBCA All-Star Game … Earned THSBCA Academic All-State distinction … Received Hub City Preps All-City Baseball Team Honorable Mention recognition … Member of the National Honor Society … Was among the Academic Top Ten … Performed community service through Challenger League Buddy.

Personal
Son of Michael and Stephanie Vaught … Has a sibling named Trey … Admires Dustin Pedroia because of his work ethic both on and off the field … Regards making it to the Regional Quarterfinals during his junior year of high school as his best sports moment … The small campus is what he likes most about Regis University … Plans to go to graduate school after graduating … Majoring in pre-pharmacy.
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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2020Freshman

    INF
    5'10" 150 lbs
    48
  • 11

    2021Sophomore

    INF
    5'9" 185 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Junior

    INF
    5'9" 180 lbs
    11
  • 10

    2023Senior

    Infield
    5'9" 180 lbs
    10