Honors & Awards:
- 2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-American
- 2020 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award watch list
- 2020 Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/18)
- 2020 NCBWA Third-Team Preseason All-American
- 2020 Baseball America Second-Team Preseason All-American
- 2020 D1Baseball Second-Team Preseason All-American
- 2020 Perfect Game Second-Team Preseason All-American
- 2020 Collegiate Baseball Second-Team Preseason All-American
- 2019 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- 2019 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- 2019 D1Baseball First-Team Freshmen All-American
- 2019 Baseball America First-Team Freshmen All-American
- 2019 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American
- 2019 NCBWA First-Team Freshman All-American
- 2019 Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshmen All-American
- 2019 Cape Cod League All-Star (starter)
- 2019 Cape Cod League Outstanding Pro Prospect
- 2019 Arizona Summer Player of the Year
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Started in all 15 games of sophomore season...Earned recognition on the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award watch list...Hit .375 (21x56) with 12 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs, and 14 RBI...Drew more walks (17) than strikeouts (14) on the way to posting a .527 on-base percentage...Led or tied for the team lead in hits (21), doubles, total bases (33), slugging percentage (.589), walks, and on-base percentage...Notched first career Pac-12 Player of the Week award on Feb. 18 after hitting .545 (6-for-11) with four runs, four doubles, one home run, and eight RBI over the opening week of play...Put together six multi-hit performances and four multi-RBI games...Collected a season-best four hits on March 7 vs. Houston (4x5)...Logged time on defense at catcher (12 games) and left field (1 game) while also serving as the designated hitter twice...Boasted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage over a team-leading 121 chances...Allowed just one passed ball while serving as the team's every day catcher.
Summer 2019
Played with the Y-D Red Sox in the Cape Cod League, logging time in 42 regular season games...Earned Cape Cod League's Outstanding Pro Prospect Award at the conclusion of the season...Selected as a starter in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game...Hit .308 with 23 runs scored, 13 doubles, seven home runs, and 26 RBI...Ranked tied for third in the league in home runs and placed seventh on the circuit in RBI...Led the Red Sox in doubles, home runs, and RBI.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year; first Arizona player to earn the award...First-Team Freshman All-American by
Baseball America,
D1Baseball,
Collegiate Baseball,
NCBWA, and Perfect Game/Rawlings...Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention...Played in and started all 56 games as a freshman; first Arizona freshman to start in every game since 2013 (Kevin Newman, 55 games)...Hit .353 (78x221) with 73 runs scored, 15 doubles, seven triples, five home runs, and 60 RBI...Registered a .462 on-base percentage and a .552 slugging percentage...Set Arizona freshman records in runs scored and OBP...Set Arizona freshman conference play records with 39 runs scored, six triples, 34 RBI, 23 walks, a .597 slugging percentage, and a .465 on-base percentage...Became the only Wildcat freshman (1976-current) with at least 60 runs and 60 RBI in a single season...Led the team, the Pac-12, and all Division I freshmen with 73 runs scored...Reached base safely in 28 straight games from February 23 - April 14; hit .371 (39x105) with 33 runs, eight doubles, three triples, two home runs, 23 RBI, and 22 walks during that stretch...Ranked second on the team with 24 multi-hit games and ranked fourth on the squad with 16 multi-RBI performances...Drove in two RBI six times, three RBI six times, four RBI twice, and five RBI twice...Hit a home run in his first collegiate at-bat, becoming the first Arizona player to do so since Jon Gaston accomplished the feat on February 3, 2006...Went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, one triple, one home run, and three RBI on April 5 against Washington...Went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, one double, one home run, and five RBI on May 17 at Penn State.
High School
Prepped at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas…Played for head coach Gino Demaria…Lettered all four seasons at catcher…Combined to hit .428 with 85 runs scored and 87 RBI during prep career…Named team captain and Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…Selected to First-Team All-Conference and All-City teams as a sophomore, junior, and senior…Honored as First-Team All-Southwest District, First-Team All-Sunset Region as a sophomore, junior, and senior while earning First-Team Division I All-State recognition as a junior and senior…Also tabbed to Perfect Game Second-Team, USA Today Second-Team, and Collegiate Baseball First-Team teams…Perfect Game All-American, Under Armour All-American, and 2017 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year.
Draft
Selected by the New York Yankees in the 35th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.
Selected by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (28th overall) of the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Austin Kenneth Wells…Son of Greg and Michelle Wells, both graduates of the University of Arizona…Mother played gymnastics at Arizona, father played baseball with the Wildcats…Father, Greg, played with George Arias, the father of Austin’s current teammate George Arias…Two younger brothers...Majoring in pre-business…Came to Arizona for the “best team, coaching staff, and facilities, in the country.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
