BASEBALL: PNG grad Bost commits to Texas A&M
Published 4:05 pm Monday, May 20, 2019
- Austin Bost gives PNG coach Scott Carter dap after hitting a solo home run to lead off a 6-1 win at Porter on May 4, 2018. (I.C. Murrell/The News)
Austin Bost’s one season in the junior college baseball ranks has led to an opportunity in the Southeastern Conference.
Bost has signed with Texas A&M after spending this school year at Panola College. The 2018 Port Neches-Groves graduate played 47 games with the Carthage-based Ponies and helped them earn third place in the NJCAA Region XIV tournament held last week at Lamar University.
“Blessed to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Texas A&M University!” Bost tweeted Sunday. “Thank you to everyone who has helped me get to where I am today! [thumb-up sign]”
Blessed to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Texas A&M University! Thank you to everyone who has helped me get to where I am today!👍🏼 #GigEm pic.twitter.com/HStvBjcP7p
— Austin Bost (@bost_austin) May 20, 2019
The 6-foot, 180-pound infielder batted .351 (61 for 206), hit nine home runs and scored 38 runs in 47 games with the Ponies. He lined 19 doubles and drove in 40 runs.
Bost thrived in conference play with a .388 average, .492 on-base percentage and .680 slugging clip.
A stalwart infielder at PNG, Bost helped the Indians win the 5A state championship in 2017.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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