Austin Montgomery

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Marion, Ill.
	High School: Marion

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 181
	Position: INF/OF
	Experience: 3rd Season
	B/T: R/R

05/25/2012

Baseball advances to MVC title game with 10th inning thriller

SIU will face Creighton Saturday night at 7:37 p.m. with an NCAA Tournament bid on the line.

05/22/2012

Baseball fights off Wichita State for 6-3 first round victory

Brian Bajer and Donny Duschinsky hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the ninth inning and put the game away.

05/21/2012

Baseball opens MVC Tournament Tuesday against Wichita State

SIU will play either Missouri State or Bradley on Wednesday in the second round of the double-elimination tournament.

05/21/2012

Seven Salukis earn All-MVC Baseball honors

Three SIU First Team All-MVC representatives is the most since 1990.

05/18/2012

Baseball plates 10 runs in 8th inning in 16-0 rout of IPFW

SIU has outscored IPFW 24-0 in the first two games of the series.

03/06/2012

Baseball vs. MTSU

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Last updated on May 31, 2011

2011 (Sophomore): Started in all 43 games he played in - 30 as the designated hitter, 10 at first base and one apiece at catcher, third base and right field...Only player on the team to make a start at five different positions...Missed 14 games from March 5-25 due to illness...Batted .291 with 18 RBIs and 23 runs scored...Had 50 hits, including 10 doubles, one triple and two home runs...Finished with 16 multiple-hit games, including five three-hit games...Had a career-high two doubles on May 19 at Indiana State, when he was 3-for-4...Drove in a career-high four runs two days later, when he led the Salukis to a 9-7 win over the Sycamores...Had a nine-game hitting streak from May 13-25...Was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two driven in and one home run at No. 7 South Carolina, Feb. 25...Hit .281 in conference play, which is the highest batting average of any returning player.

2010 (Freshman): Honorable mention All-MVC as a utility player...Named to the MVC Academic Honor Roll...Played in 45 games and made 29 starts at five different positions (14 at third base, five as the DH, five at catcher, three in right field and two at first base)...SIU was 19-10 in games he started...Led all Saluki freshmen with a .319 batting average...Had 27 RBIs and scored 22 runs...Had 43 hits on the year, five doubles and three home runs...Recorded 12 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games...Hit two home runs and had three RBIs in a 13-10 extra-inning victory over Indiana State, April 25...Had three hits in back-to-back games at Wichita State and vs. Illinois, which were his only two three-hit games on the year...Hit one solo home run in that April 11 victory at Wichita State...Scored three runs in two games - at SEMO, April 6, and vs. Indiana State, April 25. Prior to SIU: Garnered all-conference and all-region accolades as a junior and senior...Also played three years of basketball during prep career and one year of football as a senior...Was an honor roll student and graduated with a 3.96 grade point average.

Personal: Full name is Austin Lee Montgomery...Born in Marion, Ill. on Oct. 13, 1990...Majors in mechanical engineering...Son of Jean and Michael Montgomery.