• print
  • email
  • font +
  • font -
  • rss

spacer

  Austin Heaps

Austin Heaps

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Orem, Utah

High School:
Timpanogos HS

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 215

Position:
1B/OF

Experience:
1V

Bats/Throws:
L/R

At Utah Valley ...
Freshman (2007):
Played in 54 games starting 52 of them ... hit .348 with 16 doubles, one triple, seven homeruns and 54 RBI ... had 22 mulit-hit games ... at the Banana Belt Tournament on Mar 3rd against Air Force he went 2-for-3 with two RBI and homerun and a run scored ... Mar 4th against Southern Utah he was 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored ... against Universtiy of Utah on Apr 5th he was 2-for-5 with a homerun, three RBI and a run scored ... on Apr 6th against the Utes he went 3-for-4 with four RBI, three runs scored and hit a homerun ... in a weekend series against Dixie State Apr 19th-21st he was a combined total 5-for-13, eight RBI, six runs scored and hit two homeruns ... on May 24 against NJIT in the Independent Tournament he was 5-for-6, with five RBI, three runs scored and hit a homerun.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Timpanogos High School ... broke school record by batting .603 as a senior ... named 1st team All-State and All-Region ... hit five home runs during senior season ... played baseball, football and wrestled ... in baseball his team was state and region champs in 2004 and 2005 ... he was named academic All-Region for baseball in 2004 and 2005.

Personal ...
Born in Provo, Utah ... graduated from Timpanogos High School in 2006 with a 3.8 GPA ... majoring in Exercise Science ... served an LDS mission from 2007-09 in Honduras ... is an Eagle Scout ... enjoys horseback riding, hunting, camping and snowboarding ... parents are Steve and Sherry Heaps ... also recruited by Yavapai and BYU.