{"id":6339,"date":"2012-06-05T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/?p=6339"},"modified":"2012-06-05T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T19:58:41","slug":"austin-hays-from-spruce-creek-high-fl-named-nsr-male-athlete-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/austin-hays-from-spruce-creek-high-fl-named-nsr-male-athlete-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Hays from Spruce Creek High (FL) named NSR male athlete of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771441\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6340\" style=\"width: 131px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Austin-Hays.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6340\" title=\"Austin Hays\" src=\"\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Austin-Hays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Hays<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We at <strong>National Scouting Report\u00a0<\/strong>continue to hear about the incredible athletic performances by client-prospects across the U.S.A.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/app.nsr-inc.com\/prospectResume\/pProspectResume.aspx?id=184939\">Austin Hays<\/a><\/strong>, an <strong>NSR<\/strong> 2013 baseball prospect from<a href=\"www.sprucecreekhigh.com\/\"> Spruce\u00a0Creek High School<\/a> in Port Orange, FL\u00a0\u00a0 Austin led this year&#8217;s team\u00a0offensively to the Florida State 8A Championship, the school&#8217;s first 8A (Big\u00a0 School) Championship since the state began the new classification.\u00a0 For this achievement, Austin has been selected as our <strong>NSR Male Athlete of the Day<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771545\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771543\">Austin, a 6&#8217;0&#8243; 185\u00a0 pound outfielder, was outstanding at the plate throughout the state\u00a0playoffs hitting .625.\u00a0 That lofty figure becomes even more impressive when considering that three\u00a0of the\u00a0 pitchers he faced were just drafted on the first day of the Major League\u00a0Baseball draft.\u00a0 For the season, Austin led Spruce Creek with 26 RBI and a .363 batting\u00a0average.\u00a0 He hit .452 with runners in\u00a0scoring position.\u00a0 Austin&#8217;s head coach Johnny\u00a0 Goodrich said, &#8220;There is not a fastball Austin can&#8217;t hit.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Coach Norm Yelverton added, &#8220;Austin is a very mature hitter and a\u00a0clutch hitter. He is a Division I hitter.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771541\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771539\">Additionally, Austin was named to the <strong><a href=\"www.orlandosentinel.com\/sports\/\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a><\/strong> Central Florida Baseball First Team.\u00a0 Academically, he carries a 4.0 GPA and expects to pursue a degree in Criminology.\u00a0 In his personal essay to college coaches, Austgin says, &#8220;I have worked very hard and have the desire to one day be able to call myself \u201ca college baseball player\u201d.\u00a0 I love this game because of the discipline that it can teach you along with the memories and friends that are made over the years.\u00a0 The number of times you fail in this game causes your mental toughness to become greater with every strike or out, but I love the challenge that it brings to me.&#8221;\u00a0 Austin&#8217;s <strong>NSR<\/strong> scout is Dave Johnson who covers Northcentral Florida.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771533\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771535\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771537\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771552\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_11_1338924707771551\">Dave\u00a0 Johnson <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We at National Scouting Report\u00a0continue to hear about the incredible athletic performances by client-prospects across the U.S.A.\u00a0 Austin Hays, an NSR 2013 baseball prospect from Spruce\u00a0Creek High School in Port Orange, FL\u00a0\u00a0 Austin led this year&#8217;s team\u00a0offensively to the Florida State 8A Championship, the school&#8217;s first 8A (Big\u00a0 School) Championship since the state began the &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/austin-hays-from-spruce-creek-high-fl-named-nsr-male-athlete-of-the-day\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6341,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions\/6341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}