Austin Colon (La Grange/La Grange) is a senior middle-infielder for Texas Lutheran.
2020: Colon was named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the first time as a Bulldog...Started all 13 games of the season at second base for TLU...Batted .267 in 45 at-bats...Scored ten runs and had eight RBI...Recorded three doubles and was successful in his only stolen base attempt...Walked eight times and only struck out five times.
2019: Earned SCAC First Team honors as a second baseman in his first year as a starter for TLU... Was a key contributor for a Bulldog squad that won the SCAC regular-season title, played for an SCAC Championship in the SCAC Tournament and hosted the NCAA Division III Baseball Seguin Regional...Made 42 starts at second base his junior season for TLU...Batted.314 in 175 at-bats...Was second on the squad with 55 hits, fourth on the team with 34 runs scored and was third with 29 RBI...Stole seven bases, which was good for second on the team.
2018: Was on the roster for the Bulldogs run to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series, that also won the NCAA Division III Baseball Spokane Regional and won the SCAC Championship at The Depot at Cleburne Station...Made two starts at second base...Batted .250 in 12 at-bats, recorded one double, scored three runs and had three RBI...In the first game of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series against The University of Texas at Tyler, Colon singled to center field in a pinch-hit at-bat...In SCAC play, against The University of Dallas, Colon went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored in the second game of the double-header.
Colon is a graduate of La Grange High School in La Grange, Texas...He played for Robert Barber and was a 2013 UIL baseball state champion as a freshman and was a 2016 First Team All-District selection his senior year.
Personal: His parents are Patrick Colon and Clarissa Mullins...His major is communications and his minor is English.
